Description Retail warrior Takashimaya Company has the honor of being Japan's oldest department store chain. Takashimaya has 20 stores throughout Japan and two overseas (Singapore, and Taiwan), after closing its New York store; it also sells its products through catalogs and has its own credit card. In addition to its department stores, which account for 90% of revenue, the company is involved in shopping center development, consumer finance, and other businesses through 30-plus subsidiaries. To boost sales, Takashimaya is renovating some of its stores and organizes cultural and art exhibitions at its stores. The retailer began operations in Kyoto as a kimono shop in 1831 and opened its first department store in 1922.
Takashimaya has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 97 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Takashimaya employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).
Overall, 65% of employees would recommend working at Takashimaya to a friend. This is based on 97 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
75% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Takashimaya as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Takashimaya.