Sogo - A Bit of Japan in Hong Kong

v>Sogo is known for its quality of products,businessmen, Thomas Lau of Chinese Estates,
excellent service, offering customers aand Henry Cheng of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises,
comfortable environment to shop. Sogo is afor an amount of US$ 453.6 million. Under their
shop-in-shop, one-stop shop that has a distinctownership Sogo went public as part of Lifestyle
customer orientation, hence a place people alwaysInternational in 2004.
come back to.Sogo Hong Kong Co. Ltd., now a Sogo franchisee,
Sogo’s success and popularity hasnow portrays a different retail picture. It opened
spurred its expansion over the years. With thean additional store to mark the 25th anniversary
customer’s comfort and convenienceof Sogo in Hong Kong, on 30th September, 2005
foremost in their minds, Sogo was renovated andin Tsim Sha Tsui. The Causeway Bay store was
expanded in 1993. It became Jumbo Sogo withextended and inaugurated on November 22, 1993
more than a three-fold increase in floor spaceto spread over 15 floors and sell products falling
from 120,000 sq ft to 400,000 sq ft. Anotherinto every category. Newest additions include the
step in its success story was the listing of theSogo Club and the Sogo Book Club, besides
holding company of Sogo, Lifestyle InternationalBeaute in a new annexe building. Exclusive
Holdings Limited, in The Stock Exchange of Hongdesigner labels are sold through the Tsim Sha Tsui
Kong Limited on 15th April, 2004.outlet.
1980 saw the opening of the Causeway BayThe Hong Kong Island is a mixture of both
Store on Hong Kong Island, also referred to asurbanization and tradition. Therefore
Jumbo Sogo.there’s always something to do and see
The unfortunate collapse of the Sogo group, andwhen visiting the city. There is many a hotel in
the bankruptcy of the Japanese Sogo, led to theHong Kong which offers convenient and
sale of Sogo Hong Kong including the 40,500comfortable accommodation with modern facilities
square meters Causeway Bay property. Theand services, ensuring a memorable stay in the
business was purchased by two localcity.