Business Wear Business

The Business Wear Business, centered on Yofuku-no-Aoyama, is our Group’s core business, boasting the record of being No. 1 in sales in the menswear specialty store industry.

Main business and stores

  • Yofuku-no-Aoyama

Yofuku-no-Aoyama

This is the Group’s core business. Its clothing stores carry a wide assortment of goods, especially suits, shoes, casual clothing and other men’s items, but also ladies’ suits for job hunting, formal wear, and more. It has stores in all 47 Japanese prefectures. Suported by a wide range of generation.

Management companyAOYAMA TRADING Co., Ltd.
WebsiteYofuku-no-Aoyama
Business startedMay 1964
Number of stores695stores (As of the end of March 2023)Store information

  • SUIT SQUARE

SUIT SQUARE

Now that the world has changed and the way we work has changed rapidly, the clothes we wear to work must also change. Therefore, in order to respond to ever more diverse business situations, we are starting a new space that integrates four brands, offering all kinds of business wear, from a lineup of basic suits to custom-made suits and casual wear.

Management companyAOYAMA TRADING Co., Ltd.
WebsiteSUIT SQUARE
Business startedMay 2023

  • THE SUIT COMPANY

THE SUIT COMPANY

Based on the concept of “providing high-fashion, high-quality goods at reasonable prices in ideal locations,” it has revolutionized the image of menswear shops. It has done this through its stores, which have a standardized, stylish design of their space, and through the use of an approach to customer service that transforms the store from a “salesroom” to a customer-centric “buying room.” This brand has gained enormous popularity with the younger generation.

Management companyAOYAMA TRADING Co., Ltd.
WebsiteTHE SUIT COMPANY
Business startedNov 2000
Number of stores41stores (As of the end of March 2023)Store information

  • UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE is a store brand for urban adults that possesses exceptional merchandise procurement prowess based on a “multichannel, edited-type of SPA.” It has clearly differentiated itself from other select shops, and is building a unique worldview through culling the best from all kinds of channels rather than merely selecting.

Management companyAOYAMA TRADING Co., Ltd.
WebsiteUNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Business startedOct 2004
Number of stores5stores (As of the end of March 2023)Store information

  • WHITE THE SUIT COMPANY

WHITE THE SUIT COMPANY

Under the concept “Suits become clothes to wear freedom”, WHITE THE SUITS COMPANY is produced for all working women to enjoy coordinate office wear like suits. Offer a wide variety of workplace styles for all age women.

Management companyAOYAMA TRADING Co., Ltd.
WebsiteWHITE THE SUIT COMPANY
Business startedFeb 2016
Number of stores1stores (As of the end of March 2023)Store information

  • WHITE THE SUIT COMPANY

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE MEASURE'S

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE MEASURE’S is a format of higher grade, custom made suit stores that emphasizes on high-quality materials and tailoring.

Management companyAOYAMA TRADING Co., Ltd.
WebsiteUNIVERSAL LANGUAGE MEASURE'S
Business startedFeb 2016
Number of stores10stores (As of the end of March 2023)Store information

  • WHITE THE SUIT COMPANY

azabu tailor

The most important thing in living life is "personality". However, We think that "personality" is only evaluated by other people when it's fused with society or the present age. It's only clothes, but it's still clothes. azabu tailor hopes to help you "create your own personality" in your clothes.

Management companyMelbo Men's Wear Inc.
Websiteazabu tailor
Business startedApr 2022
Number of stores26 stores (As of the end of February 2023)Store information

Description of business

Including “Yofuku-no-Aoyama”, the business run across the country and continue to offer all worker “better products at lower prices”. In 2016, women’s apparel specialty store, and custom made store are opened newly for increase of the market share.

Net sales and Operationg income of Busines wear Business

Number of stores opened and closed and stores at the end of the year of the suits business by each business format (As of the end of March 2023)

Name of business format Yofuku-no-Aoyama TSC UL UL MEASURE'S WHITE TSC Aoyama Suits
(Shanghai)
Co.,Ltd.
Yofuku-no-Aoyama
Melbo Men's Wear Inc.
azabu tailor
Total
Stores opened 〔of which, relocated and reconstructed〕
(From April to March)
0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
Stores closed
(From April to March)
9 6 1 2 1 7 6 32
Number of stores at the end of the year
(At the end of March)
695 41 5 10 1 15 26 793
(Notes)
  1. Numbers under The Suit Company include the number of TSC SPA OUTLET formats and the numbers under Universal Language include UL OUTLET formats.
    • TSC: THE SUIT COMPANY
    • WHITE TSC: WHITE THE SUIT COMPANY(specialty store of Ladieswear)
    • UL: UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
    • UL MEASURE'S: UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE MEASURE'S(specialty store of custom order suits)
  2. Results from January to December about Aoyama Suits (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
  3. Results from March to February about Melbo Men's Wear Inc.