ABC-Mart

ABC-Mart, Inc. (株式会社エービーシー・マート, Kabushiki gaisha Ē Bī Shī Māto) is a Japanese footwear company, with stores in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

ABC-Mart, Inc.
株式会社エービーシー・マート

Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 2670
Industry	Retail
Founded	June 6, 1985; 40 years ago (1985-06-06)
Founder	Masahiro Miki
Headquarters	Shibuya, Tokyo , Japan
Number of locations	1,000+
Area served	Japan South Korea Taiwan
Key people	Minoru Noguchi (president)
Products	Footwear Apparel
Subsidiaries	ABC-Mart Korea, Inc. ABC-Mart Taiwan, Inc. LaCrosse Footwear
Website	www.abc-mart.net

Toshima Store, in Tokyo

History

The company was founded by Masahiro Miki in Shinjuku in 1985 as Boeki Shoji Inc. In 1987, the company moved to Arakawa and changed its name to International Trading Corporation (ITC). It was in 1990 that ABC-Mart was established, with three stores opening in Tokyo. A year later, ABC-Mart acquired the exclusive sales rights of Vans products in Japan. The company was then re-established as a joint stock company in 1997 before moving its headquarters to Shibuya a year later.^[1]

In 2002, ITC absorbed ABC-Mart and was renamed ABC-Mart, Inc. before being publicly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The company then opened its first branch in South Korea in 2003 and in Taiwan in 2009.^[1]

In 2012, ABC-Mart bought the American company LaCrosse Footwear, which in turn purchased the U.S. boot maker Whites Boots in 2014.^[2]

In 2019, ABC-Mart opened its 1,000th store.^[1]

In 2025, it was announced ABC-Mart would open in the Philippines, with its flagship store being located in BGC. This will be the first ABC-Mart location outside East Asia.^[3]