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History

1939
Sewing processing industry

Started operation in Hamamatsu as Mutow Dressmaker
with 6 sawing machines

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1943

Established Shizuoka
Fuhaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. (capital of ¥198 thousand)

1948

Established Mutow Shoji Co., Ltd.

1951
Sewing processing wholesale business

Merged Mutow Shoji Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Mutow-Iryou Co., Ltd.

1954
Started consumer direct sales

Started direct sales of clothing
for women’s society “Topper” in Hamamatsu

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1955
Started organizational mediation sales

Started direct sales of clothing to
women’s association all over Japan
Started sales activities all over Japan by motorcycle

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1962

Established Mutow Sewing Co., Ltd.

1967
Started exhibition sales

Started sales at the Kimono Exhibition (Kyoka Exhibition)

Changed name Mutow-Iryou Co., Ltd. to Mutow Apparel Co., Ltd.

Started Catalog sales

Issued “Mutow Total Catalog”, an apparel catalog

Started sales of school bags for preschool and kindergarten children

Mutow Total Catalog
1969

Started business with student co-op

1970

Changed name to Mutow Co., Ltd.

1971
Started business with Co-op sales

Started business with Consumer Cooperative(Co-op)

Listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange 2nd Section

1972

Established MDC (Mutow Distribution Center) Co., Ltd.(current Scroll Logistics Co.,Ltd.)

Started sales by a women’s sales agent (LP ladies’ promoter)

1973

Published Co-op digest catalog

1977
Started personal direct-mail order sales

Established “Friendship Society” and Started sales through direct-mail

1979
Started door-to-door sales

Introduced face-to-face sales strengthening and attraction sales method for women’s association sales

1980

Logistics warehouse completed (current Scroll Logistics Center Hamamatsu)

1984

Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 2nd Section

1986

Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section

Listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange 1st Section(Delisted in March 2003)

Established Mutow Information Center Co., Ltd. (current Scroll360 corporation)

1987

Published individual DM fashion catalog “RAPTY”

Published individual DM fashion catalog RAPTY
1989

Double-decker distribution center newly established
in Takaoka-cho,
Hamamatsu-shi (currently SLC Hamamatsu Nishi)

1993

Published individual DM general
merchandise catalog “Seikatsuzacca”

1995

Established headquarters building in Sato 2-chome, Hamamatsu-shi

1996
Started online shopping

Started Internet DM through “Mutow On-line shop (scroll shop)”

1998

Mutow Group affiliated company reorganization
MDC Co., Ltd. merged with Mutow Sewing Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Mutow Distribution Center Co., Ltd.

Announced an “Environmental Protection Medium-term Plan” and Started environmental protection activities

2001

Opened a mobile website “Mutow On-line shop (scroll shop)”

2003

Published a “KIREIMITSUKETA” catalog

2005

Spun off Agent business (door-to-door sales, exhibition sales)

2006

Established Shanghai Mutow Information Center Co.,Ltd.(current SCROLL TRADING(SHANGHAI)Co.,LTD.)

2008
Started Solution Business

Changed name Mutow Information Center Co., Ltd. to Mutow Marketing Support Co.,Ltd. (current Scroll360 Corporation)

2009

Changed name to Scroll Corporation

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Changed name Mutow Marketing Support Co.,Ltd. to Scroll360 Corporation

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Started STEP(Small Team Earn Profit)management
~Profit and loss management in the smallest unit organization that forms a business

Promote M & A strategy as an active investment in new businesses

2010
Started E-commerce Business

Converted Innovate Co.,Ltd. (current AXES Co.,Ltd.)into a subsidiary

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2012

Converted AXES Co.,Ltd. into a subsidiary

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2013

Converted HAC CO.,LTD. (later Hokkaido Anthropologie Corporation) into a subsidiary(Apr. 2024 absorption merger with Kinari Corporation)

Converted CatchBall, Inc. into a subsidiary by Scroll360 Corporation

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Established SCROLL R&D Co.,Ltd.(Apr. 2024 absorption merger with AXES Corporation)

2016

Established Scroll Logistics Co.,Ltd.

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2017

Started SMS(Scroll Mission Standard)management
~Qualitative management based on business missions, organizational functions, and business standards

Converted Kinari Corporation into a subsidiary

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Established Scroll International Corporation

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2018

Converted Minerva Holdings Co., LTD. (current Naturum Co., LTD.) into a subsidiary

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Converted TRAVEX TOURS INC. into a subsidiary

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Converted Moshimo Co.,Ltd. into a subsidiary by Scroll360 Corporation

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2019

Converted MIYOSHI corporation. into a subsidiary by Naturum Co.,LTD.

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Established SCROLL VIETNAM CO.,LTD.

Commercialization of SVB(solution vendor business)
~Acceleration of new business initiatives in the mail-order business

Established Overseas Supervisory Department
~System for strengthening production functions Strengthening

2020

Established Scroll Direct Marketing Institute general incorporated association.

Built a new logistics center ” Scroll Logistics Center Mirai ”
in Tsukubamirai-shi, Ibaraki,
as a first distribution base in the Kanto area.
~Mail-order nationwide 3PL strategy(Kanto/Tokai/Kansai)

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2022

Transition to the Prime Section in Tokyo Stock Exchange