Sundrug

Sundrug is a Japanese drugstore and pharmacy chain operated by Sundrug Co., Ltd. (株式会社サンドラッグ). The company traces its origin to December 1957, when honorary chairman Yukimasa Tada founded the business in Setagaya, Tokyo. It was incorporated as Sundrug Co., Ltd. in 1980 and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1997, later moving to the First Section in 2002. Its stores sell medicines, cosmetics, health foods, hygiene products, baby care goods, nursing care products, stationery, daily necessities and food, and also dispense prescription medicines. The group includes subsidiaries such as Seikodo Pharmacy, Sundrug Plus, Dairex, Oya and Sundrug Dreamworks.

Sundrug's history begins in December 1957, when honorary chairman Yukimasa Tada founded the business in Setagaya, Tokyo. In April 1965, Yugen Kaisha Sundrug was established and chain expansion began. In July 1980, the company was reorganized into a joint-stock company, Sundrug Co., Ltd. (株式会社サンドラッグ), and in December 1980 it opened a suburban drugstore in Hachioji, Tokyo. In February 1985 it began online sales and ordering information, and in December 1986 it opened a logistics center with a picking system in Kunitachi, Tokyo. In March 1987 it moved its head office to Fuchu, Tokyo. In November 1991 it introduced POS registers at all stores. In August 1994 it registered its shares with the Japan Securities Dealers Association and increased capital to 2.608 billion yen. In February 1996 it made Taisei Home Aid Co., Ltd. (now Sundrug Pharmacies Co., Ltd.) in Chiba a subsidiary, and in September 1996 it signed a franchise agreement with supermarket Queens Isetan. In March 1997 it increased capital to 3.931 billion yen through a public offering, and in September 1997 it listed its shares on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In April 1998 it moved its head office to 1-38-1 Wakamatsu-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo, and made Komine Co., Ltd. in Tochigi a subsidiary. In September 2002 it was designated to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In December 2009 it made Dairex Co., Ltd., which operates discount stores in Kyushu and Chugoku-Shikoku, a subsidiary. In February 2011 it established Sundrug Dreamworks Co., Ltd., which received certification as a special subsidiary in February 2012.

Drugstore and pharmacy chain guided by the motto 'safety, trust, convenience' (「安心・信頼・便利」).

Product categories. Medicines · Cosmetics · Health foods · Hygiene products · Baby care goods · Nursing care products · Stationery · Daily necessities · Food · Prescription dispensing

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