Marui

Marui Co., Ltd. (株式会社丸井, Kabushiki-gaisha Marui) (TYO: 8252) is a Japanese retail company which operates a chain of department stores in Tokyo as well in other major Japanese cities. They are best known for their women's fashion and accessories, which are aimed at the 25–35 age range. In 2003–4 the company generated US$2.75 billion in revenues. Its president is Tadao Aoi. The company's name (丸井) is a combination of the name of its predecessor's parent company "Maru-ni" (丸二) and the name of its president "Ao-i" (青井). The name of the department store is customarily written in Japanese as "マルイ", in katakana lettering. The department store's famously ambiguous present-day logo is a symbol resembling "○I○I", and read "marui". The Japanese...