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- Bookoff Group Holdings Limited is a Japan-based holding company that manages subsidiaries engaged in the reuse retail business, primarily operating second-hand stores and e-commerce platforms offering books, comics, CDs, DVDs, games, trading cards, hobby goods, mobile phones, apparel, branded products, sporting goods, jewelry, home appliances, baby products, and miscellaneous household items; formats include BOOKOFF (approx. 430 m² average floor space), BOOKOFF SUPER BAZAAR (approx. 3,100 m² with expanded categories like tableware), BOOKOFF PLUS (approx. 990 m² adding fashion accessories), ASO-VIVA (specializing in trading cards, anime goods, and game software), and the BOOKOFF Official Online Store. The company also provides premium services through hugall (high-end branded goods, jewelry, antiques, and artworks via department store consultation desks and BtoB channels), aidect (custom jewelry with in-house workshop), rehello (premium e-commerce for luxury items), and BOOKOFF Purchasing Consultation Desk (now rehello-branded buy-only stores for apparel and small appliances); additional operations encompass Japan TCG Center (dedicated trading card stores), BOOKOFF Clean-Up Service (household item removal in Tokyo area), CD-Pla (recycled plastics from media), Aoyama Book Center (new bookstore in Omotesando, Tokyo), and Booklog (book review community site). Founded in 1990 with the first store in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, the group established its holding structure in 2018 and is headquartered at 2-14-20 Kobuchi, Minami-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa 252-0344, Japan; it operates approximately 846 stores (470 directly operated, 376 franchised as of May 2025), including international locations in the United States (17 stores targeting anime/figurine enthusiasts, aiming for 100 by FY2033), Malaysia (Jalan Jalan Japan brand), France, and Kazakhstan. Recent developments include terminating the Kazakhstan joint venture (J&K Trading LLC) in July 2025 after opening one store in April 2024 to enable faster franchised expansion, unifying premium services under the rehello brand by fiscal year-end May 2026, renovating 52 stores in FY2025 (ended May 2025) to boost entertainment merchandise with 61% sales growth to foreign tourists, launching IT system upgrades and app enhancements for 9.3 million members, and reporting consolidated net sales of JPY 119.2 billion (up 6.8% year-on-year) alongside profit surges in Q1 FY2026.