Yodobashi Camera opens “Multimedia Ikebukuro” in Ikebukuro on the 30th, one of the largest consumer electronics stores in the Kanto region
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- Yodobashi Camera announced on the 30th that it will open Multimedia Ikebukuro, one of the largest electronics retail stores in the Kanto region, in the Yodobashi HD Ikebukuro Building adjacent to JR Ikebukuro Station.
- With the opening of new stores in fiercely competitive areas, it is inevitable that competition will intensify in the consumer electronics retail industry.
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Yodobashi Camera announced on the 16th that it will open one of the largest consumer electronics stores in the Kanto region on the 30th in the Yodobashi HD Ikebukuro Building, which houses the Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store, located at JR Ikebukuro Station (Toshima Ward, Tokyo). The station area is a competitive area with major electronics retailers such as Bic Camera, and with the opening of Yodobashi's new store, competition is expected to intensify.
Yodobashi opens a large store called ``Multimedia Ikebukuro''. Located in a prime location close to the station, the store will have a total sales floor area of approximately 33,000 square meters, and will consist of seven floors, from the first basement floor to the sixth floor above ground. There will also be a parking lot that can accommodate 680 cars.
Bic Camera opened a new store at the west exit of the station in March. There are three existing stores near the station: Ikebukuro Main Store, Ikebukuro Camera/PC Store, and Ikebukuro West Exit Store, and the company is determined to protect its stronghold in Ikebukuro, where it was founded, through its ``dominant strategy'' of opening stores in a concentrated manner.
Yamada Denki also appears poised to fight back by completely renovating its flagship store, LABI Ikebukuro Main Store, in September last year. (Kazuya Yanagihara)
