Satudora Holdings

Satudora Holdings is the holding company of the Sapporo Drug Store (サッポロドラッグストアー) group. Its origins trace to the founding of Sapporo Drug Store in Sapporo's Nishi Ward (now Teine Ward) in December 1972 for the sale of pharmaceuticals, and the incorporation of Sapporo Drug Store Co., Ltd. in April 1983. The group operates a regional drugstore chain and a set of subsidiaries covering cosmetics and daily goods import/wholesale, common point card and payment services, electricity trading, POS system development, and startup investment. Its shares were listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ market in July 2013.

In December 1972, Sapporo Drug Store was founded in Sapporo's Nishi Ward (now Teine Ward) for the purpose of selling pharmaceuticals. In March 1982 the company began prescription dispensing operations, and in April 1983 Sapporo Drug Store Co., Ltd. was incorporated with capital of 10 million yen in Sapporo's Kita Ward. In December 1988 it opened its first store outside Sapporo, the Asari store in Otaru, Hokkaido. In January 1989 it relocated its head office and opened its first city drugstore, the Paseo store in Sapporo. In October 1991 it introduced an EOS (online ordering system), and in October 1996 it introduced POS registers and began in-house processing of sales management data. In November 1999 it concluded a voluntary chain membership agreement with NID Co., Ltd. In December 2000 it established the wholly owned subsidiary Sapporo Drug Support Co., Ltd. In October 2003 it registered its shares with the Japan Securities Dealers Association, and in December 2004 it cancelled that registration and listed on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange. In May 2007 a distribution center began operation in Ishikari. In June 2010 it joined the Nichiryu Group joint purchasing organization, and in November 2010 it dual-listed on the Sapporo Securities Exchange. In August 2013 it established the subsidiary Regional Marketing Co., Ltd. via joint investment, and in December 2013 it changed its market from Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ to the Second Section. In May 2014 Sapporo Drug Support Co., Ltd. changed its trade name to Creare Co., Ltd., and in June 2014 the subsidiary Regional Marketing began issuing the Hokkaido common point card EZOCA.

Regional drugstore chain and regional connected business group centered on Hokkaido.

• Sapporo Drug Store chain

  Regional medical-response drugstore chain operation and management.

• EZOCA

  Hokkaido common point card issued by subsidiary Regional Marketing.

• EZO Pay

  Payment service described as a new payment infrastructure connecting regional data.

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