Barneys Japan looking at opening store in Fukuoka

Sunday 07th June, 07:38 AM JST

TOKYO —

Barneys Japan Co is considering opening an outlet of the Barneys New York department store in Fukuoka in a few years’ time, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday. The new outlet of the upscale department store will use floor space rented in a commercial building in the Tenjin shopping and entertainment district, the sources said.

Barneys Japan is looking to draw shoppers from a wide range of areas on Kyushu because the Kagoshima route for the Kyushu Shinkansen Line will be completed in 2011, connecting Kagoshima, its southernmost major city, with Fukuoka in the north, they said. Barneys Japan operates three stores in Tokyo’s Ginza and Shinjuku shopping districts and in Yokohama under a license from Barneys New York Inc.

Kyodo News Service

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Statistician at 10:27 AM JST - 7th June

Wow! This is amazing news! Now I will be able to shop at barney's without leaving Kyuushu!!
TokyoGas at 12:24 PM JST - 7th June

Why is this newsworthy? A chain with 3 outlets looking to open a 4th does not seem to be anything on the radar.
flammenwerfer at 12:56 PM JST - 7th June

Barneys??? what I really want is 'Costco' to expand in Japan....
BurakuminDes at 11:21 PM JST - 7th June

What's Barneys? Never heard of it.
Sarge at 11:24 PM JST - 7th June

"What's Barneys??? Never heard of it."

This reminds me of the posters who said they never heard of Richard Branson.
elbudamexicano at 11:44 PM JST - 7th June

Barney as in Rubble? (the Flintstones) I completly agree with flamingwaver, Japan needs more COSTCOS! Here in Tokyo, we have to go all the way to bloody Machida, or out to Saitama, or even worse out to Yokohama! This is a disgrace, even Mexico has more Costcos than Japan!
Sarge at 11:49 PM JST - 7th June

"Japan needs more COSTCOS!"

It does not. Japan needs some WalMarts and Targets.
telecasterplayer at 01:58 AM JST - 8th June

Japan needs more COSTCOS!

Japan needs some WalMarts and Targets.

Japan really needs more outlets for cheap, toxic chinese-made crap? There are dollar stores all over the place. Cheap is cheap.

Moderator: Back on topic please. The subject is Barney's.
Altria at 09:45 AM JST - 8th June

Is that the one with the purple dinosaur as a mascot?
bushlover at 09:57 AM JST - 8th June

Barney's ??? Is that that large furry purple thing?
BigInJapan at 10:02 AM JST - 8th June

What is Barney's? That dinosaur got a shop, too?
proxy at 12:53 PM JST - 8th June

There is a Costco near Fukuoka, a Barneys would be a great addition to Tenjin as it would help to continue drawing shoppers from overseas. Shopping tourism is an important part of Fukuoka's economy.
usaexpat at 11:29 PM JST - 8th June

Barney's should make it in Fukuoka, hell they have a Frank Mueller boutique. You can pretty much find anything you could find on 5th Avenue in Fukuoka.