COMPANY
Mar. 2000
Founded as Cyber-Biz Inc. (now ZAPPALLAS, INC.)
Mar. 2000
Through consigning design, development and management of mobile contents, commenied B-to-C e-commerce operations
Jun. 2000
Began distribution of content to i-mode and launched digital-content business
Apr. 2001
Changed our company name to ZAPPALLAS, INC
Feb. 2003
Relocated our headquarters to Nakameguro, Meguro, Tokyo
Mar. 2003
Opened our official i-mode shop and commerced mobile commerce
Apr. 2004
In the term ended in April 2004, lannchrd 22 new sites with fortune-telling content, and secured the top share in “fortune-telling”
May. 2005
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Mothers market
Nov. 2005
Acquired a subsidiary in the form of G-Plus Co., Ltd., a mobile-phone retail company
Feb. 2006
Acquired a subsidiary in the form of Ares & Mercury Co., Ltd., a company performing planning, development and production of mobile-phone-oriented content
Jul. 2006
Relocated our headquarters to Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo.
Jul. 2007
With the aim of tapping into new areas of business in our mobile business, formed a capital and business alliance with Transcosmos, Inc.
Apr. 2008
Transferred some of our shares in Ares & Mercury Co., Ltd. to Transcosmos, Inc., which changed from a consolidated subsidiary to an equity-method affiliate
Feb. 2009
Performed a market shift to Tokyo Stock Exchange’s First Section
May. 2009
Acquired some of Nikkatsu Corporation’s shares, with a view towards expanding in the areas of movie content and mobile content of movie and image characters
Nov. 2011
Acquired a subsidiary in the form of B×E Inc., which plans and sells organic cosmetics
Apr. 2012
Liquidated our subsidiary, G-Plus Inc.
May. 2012
Launched Fujimaki Department Store, an e-commerce site to hanble a variety of Japan- related masterpieces
Nov. 2012
Relocated our headquarters to Shibuya, Tokyo
Dec. 2012
Liquidated our equity method subsidiary, Alles & Mercury Inc.
Dec. 2012
Established a subsidiary, Zappallas, Inc. (U.S.), acquired Daily Insight Group (DIG), a divination business, from NameMedia, Inc. and started overseas business
Dec. 2013
Acquired PINK Inc. , a subsidiary handling travel-related business
May. 2015
Sold BXE Inc. shares, removing it as a subsidiary
Aug. 2015
Spun off Fujimaki Department Store and established caramo Inc.
Oct. 2015
Sold caramo Inc. shares, removing it as a subsidiary.
Jul. 2017
Relocated our headquarter Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo.
Sep. 2018
Established cocoloni, Inc. and Wanaps, Inc. as wholly owned subsidiaries to be consolidated as a result of corporate separation.
Aug. 2019
Absorbed and merged Wanaps, Inc..
Dec. 2019
Consolidated subsidiary cocoloni, Inc. acquired all shares of concourse, Inc., which became a consolidated subsidiary.
Dec. 2020
Established fortune-teller production company, Luck Out, Inc., as a joint venture with Yoshimoto Kogyo Holdings, Co., Ltd.
Mar. 2021
PINK, Ltd. was excluded from the scope of consolidation due to the sale of shares of PINK.
Apr. 2022
Transferred from the First Section to the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Jul. 2022
Head office moved to 3-51-7, Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.
Apr. 2023
Luck Out, Ltd. was excluded from the scope of consolidation due to the sale of shares of Luck Out.
May. 2023
Transferred the business of “cuna select”, an EC site for baby goods.