Ito-Yokado

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Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.

Ito-Yokado headquarters in Nibancho, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Company type	Subsidiary
Founded	1920; 104 years ago (1920)
Area served	Japan, China
Owner	Seven & I Holdings
Website	www.itoyokado.co.jp

Ito-Yokado (株式会社イトーヨーカ堂, Kabushiki-gaisha Itō Yōkadō) is a Japanese general merchandise, shopping center, grocery store and department store, originally founded in 1920. In 2005, it was reorganized, as part of a corporate restructuring, as a subsidiary of the Seven & I Holdings Co.

As of February 2023, there are 126 Ito-Yokado stores operating in Japan.^[1] Ito-Yokado entered the Chinese market in 1997, opening the first store in Chengdu, Sichuan province. As of 2023, the company has 12 stores in China, with 1 in Beijing, 11 in Sichuan.

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Inside Ito-Yokado, the staff working at the register can play instrumentals of famous musical pieces, which is a code to workers in the store for specific things to do. These are:

• Help! (The Beatles)^[2] - A call for additional staff to man the tills during periods of high customer traffic.
• Daydream Believer (The Monkees) - Played during ordinary operation.
• Rhythm of the Rain (The Cascades) - To inform customers of heavy rain outside the building.
• Carmen (Georges Bizet) - Robbery and other criminal activities in the premises.
• Symphony No. 5, 1st. Movement (Allegro con brio) (Beethoven) - Bomb threat. ^{[citation needed]}

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