World

World Co., Ltd., through its subsidiaries, plans, manufactures, retails, sells, and imports/exports apparel and fashion products in Japan and internationally. It offers women's, men's, and children's clothing wear and accessories; interior products; jewelry and fashion goods; and men's and women's golf apparel products under the adabat brand. The company also provides leather accessories under the HIROKO HAYASHI and HIROFU brand; engages in franchise business; operates PINK-latte selected brand shops targeting teenagers; and plans, manufactures, imports, and sells business and home use furniture, and life style goods, as well as engages in the business development of the TAKEO KIKUCHI men's brand in Thailand. In addition, it operates lifestyle shops; off-price stores and EC stores for clothing, household goods, etc.; and select shops for the second-hand designer brand apparels. Further, the company engages in business investment activities; mail order business; provision of solution development and consulting services for companies in fashion-related industries; and provision of consulting services for purchasing activity, and visual merchandising and graphic design services. Additionally, it imports/exports fabrics and raw materials; engages in dyeing, processing, and sales of threads made from wool, cotton, synthetic fiber and chemical fiber, and finished products, as well as uniform business; sewing operation business; and provides administrative operation services for corporate clients, including data processing, accounting, document creation, customer help desk preparations, and reception. The company also provides babies', and children's clothing and related products; women's intimates and shoes; bags and accessories; and shoe molds, as well as imports and sells foods and related goods. World Co., Ltd. was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Kobe, Japan.