Corporate History

Corporate History

May 1998

Book Off Wave Co., Ltd. was established in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture as the first project of Book Off Corporation’s entrepreneur support programme.
8 stores in Mie, Okayama, Tokyo and Aichi in Japan

July 2000

Established Recycle Book Centre Co., Ltd. in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture

August 2000

Japan's largest online bookstore "eBOOKOFF" site opened in Toyota Motor Corporation’s GAZOO Mall

November 2000

"eBOOKOFF" won the Grand Prize of EC Study Group 2000 Japan Online Shopping, Large Store category

December 2000

Changed company name to eBOOKOFF Co., Ltd.

February 2001

Started handling used CDs

August 2001

Started handling used game software

June 2002

Started handling used DVDs

December 2002

Moved from Okayama to "Obu Product Centre" (Obu City, Aichi Prefecture)

March 2005

Entered into partnership with Yahoo! JAPAN

October 2005

Changed company name to NETOFF Co., Ltd.

September 2006

Started handling new books (books / comics)
Moved head office to Obu City, Aichi Prefecture

January 2007

Launched "Smile Eco Program" of home delivery & purchase eco fundraising

November 2008

Started home delivery auction agency service

September 2009

Opened "Second Product Centre" (Obu City, Aichi Prefecture)

November 2009

Launched "Net Off Delivery Purchase", a home delivery purchase service covering brand products, cameras, musical instruments, sports equipment, etc

December 2009

Cumulative donation of "Smile Eco Program" exceeded JPY20 million
Won the grand prize at Silicon Valley's "PACT2009" (Venture Competition)
Entered into business partnership with Hard Off Corporation

August 2010

Started T point service

December 2010

Cumulative donation of "Smile Eco Program" exceeded JPY 30 million

January 2011

Opened "Net Off Figure", a website dedicated to purchasing figure dolls

October 2011

Cumulative donation of "Smile Eco Program" exceeded JPY 40 million

October 2011

Net Off first TV commercial aired with Risako Miura

February 2012

Received the Guinness World Record for the world's No.1 number of used books sold online in a year

March 2012

Opened the industry's first dedicated site for Otaku goods home delivery "Moetaku!"

July 2012

Integrated point service to T point

March 2013

Entered into business partnership with Yahoo! JAPAN on purchasing second-hand goods business
Established subsidiary "ReNet Japan Co., Ltd."

May 2013

Opened "Net Off", a site dedicated to smartphones

May 2013

Cumulative donation of "Smile Eco Program" exceeded JPY 50 million

January 2014

ReNet Japan Co., Ltd. obtained the small household appliance recycling law certification, covering the whole of Japan, from the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The first, as a home delivery collection service

April 2014

Exceeded total membership of 2 million people

July 2014

In partnership with local governments including Obu City, Aichi Prefecture, ReNet Japan began the collection of used small electronic home appliances from households for the first time in Japan

October 2014

Company name changed to ReNet Japan Group Co., Ltd.
ReNet Japan signed an agreement with Kyoto city, the first ordinance-designated city

March 2015

ReNet Japan expands collection area nationwide

February 2016

ReNet Japan signed an agreement with Tokyo city, and began the collection of used small electronic appliances from offices, for the first time in Japan

April 2016

ReNet Japan Group's first smartphone app "National Garbage Day Navigation" released

May 2016

The "National Garbage Day Navigation" app was adopted by Komaki city, Aichi Prefecture as the official local government app

December 2016

Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers

March 2017

"National Garbage Day Navigation" app downloads exceed 20,000
The number of partnerships with local governments for the collection of small home appliances, exceeds 100

April 2017

Net Off membership exceeds 2.5 million

August 2017

In partnership with the apartment management companies, began home collection service of used small home appliances for the apartment residents

September 2017

Partnered with leading consumer electronics retailers, to begin home collection service of used small home appliances

December 2017

Moved head office to Nakamura-ku, Nagoya

January 2018

Established METREY HR CO., LTD. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) in Cambodia for the purpose of dispatching human resources

February 2018

Established RENET JAPAN (CAMBODIA) CO., LTD. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) for the purpose of vehicle sales business in Cambodia

September 2018

Acquired shares of CHAMROEUN MICROFINANCE PLC., A social microfinance institution in Cambodia (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

As of January 2019



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