History of XEBIO
July 1973 | Established as Sansuits Co., Ltd. |
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August 1979 | Trade name changed to Sankyo Co., Ltd. |
November 1979 | With the theme of fashion and sports, first large-scale store of XEBIO opened in former Nagasakiya Building in Fukushima Prefecture. |
November 1983 | Suburban sports store “Top Sports Namiki” opened in Koriyama City. |
October 1984 | Suburban Men’s clothing store “Sankyo Asaka” opened in Koriyama City. |
November 1985 | Suburban single casual wear store “Men’s Capa Kuwano”opened in Koriyama City. |
November 1987 | Trade name changed to XEBIO Co., Ltd. |
April 1988 | Store registered at Japan Securities Dealers Association, Tokyo District. |
May 1990 | Development of new head office completed at 3-7-35 Asahi, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture. |
May 1990 | Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
July 1990 | Opened our first suburban golf specialty store “XEBIO Sports Katsuta (currently Xebio Sports Hitachinaka)” in Katsuta City (currently Hitachinaka City), Ibaraki Prefecture. |
April 1991 | Acquired 100% of the shares of Resort Hotel Bandai Co., Ltd. (currently Seiryozen Co., Ltd., consolidated subsidiary). |
October 1992 |
XEBIO Business Service Co., Ltd Motomiya Distribution Center (Total floor area 21,120 sq. m.) completed. |
December 1992 |
Suburban large complex “Super Sports XEBIO Izumi-Chuo Sendai” (3300 sq. m., one floor) opened in Sendai. Six other new mega stores opened simultaneously. |
September 1995 | Listing changed to the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
June 1996 | Concluded Business Alliance Agreement with British apparel retailer Next Corporation. |
November 1999 |
Opened nature-themed “Super Sports XEBIO Sapporo Dome Tsukisamu” with the largest retail space within the country of about 8,250 sq. m.. |
March 2002 | “XEBY” is abolished and merged into sports category. |
July 2004 | XEBIO Business Service Co., Ltd. (consolidated subsidiary) is established. |
April 2005 | Acquired 100% of shares of Victoria Ltd. (consolidated subsidiary), and acquired 100% ownership. |
August 2005 | XEBIO Insurance Services Co., Ltd. (consolidated subsidiary) established. |
June 2006 |
Established XEBIO Card Co., Ltd. (consolidated subsidiary). |
July 2008 | XEBIO Navigators Network Co.,Ltd. (consolidated subsidiary) founded. |
October 2008 | Acquired shares of Golf Partner Co., Ltd. through a takeover bid, and made it consolidated subsidiary. (Owned 95.5% of shares.) |
April 2009 | Acquired total ownership of Golf Partner Co., Ltd. by simple share exchange. |
June 2010 |
Japan’s largest hands-on sports mall “Super Sports XEBIO Dome Tsukuba Gakuen-higashi Odori Avenue” opened. |
May 2011 | Established integrated sports marketing company “X Sports Marketing Inc”. |
February 2012 | Established “Saibyao (China) Gymnastic Goods Co., Ltd. (賽標 体育用品有限公司)” in Shanghai with Toyota Tsusho Corporation. |
April 2012 | Korean joint venture company “XEBIO Korea Co., Ltd” established. |
June 2012 |
Grand opening of first overseas store “Super Sports XEBIO Shanghai Pudong” was held. |
March 2013 | Second overseas store “Super Sports XEBIO Euljiro, Seoul” established in Seoul, Korea. |
December 2013 | Transfer agreement reached with Transview Holdings Singapore for the golf equipment business. On-site overseas business management company is established in Singapore. |
October 2015 | Transition to a pure holdings company completed. 6 core companies placed under XEBIO Holdings Co., Ltd. |
February 2016 | Opened Japan’s first PGA TOUR certified golf store. |
April 2018 | Changed the company name of Xebio Korea Co., Ltd to Golf Partner Korea Co., Ltd. |
May 2018 | Opened the first Golf Partner Korea store, Golf Partner Wille New City Store. |
April 2022 | Shifted from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the Prime Market due to a revision of the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s market classification. |