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. |
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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) |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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