Culture Convenience Club

Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.

Type	Private company
Industry	Video rental shop Bookselling
Founded	Hirakata, Osaka (1982)
Founder	Muneaki Masuda
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Japan
Key people	Muneaki Masuda (CEO)
Products	12 Mar 2000
Revenue	JPY 189,299 million (2010)[1]
Operating income	JPY 12,841 million (2010)[1]
Net income	JPY 9,424 million (2010)[1]
Total assets	JPY 124,229 million (2010)[2]
Owner	Muneaki Masuda (DBA MM Holdings KK)
Subsidiaries	Esquire Magazine Japan
Website	www.ccc.co.jp

Tsutaya shop in Ibaraki, Osaka

Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. (カルチュア・コンビニエンス・クラブ株式会社 Karuchua Konbiniensu Kurabu Kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese company that operates Tsutaya, a nationwide chain of video rental shops and bookstores. The company is headquartered in Ebisu, Tokyo.^[3] The stock of the company was formerly listed in the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TYO: 4756), but it has since been delisted following a management buyout in 2011.^[4]

As of December 2013, the company and its franchisees operate 1,461 Tsutaya rental shops in Japan.^[5]

The T Card, the membership card of Tsutaya, works as a platform for a cross-industry loyalty program. As of May 2010, more than 35 million holders of the card earn "T Points" at FamilyMart, Book Off, Lotteria, and so forth as well as Tsutaya shops.^[6][7]

See also

	Companies portal
	Books portal

References

1. "CCC Group consolidated annual results for year ending Mar 31, 2010" (PDF). May 11, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
2. "平成22年3月期 決算短信" (PDF). May 11, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
3. "会社概要". Retrieved June 13, 2010.
4. "「ＴＳＵＴＡＹＡ」のＣＣＣがＭＢＯ　買い付け総額700億円". Retrieved June 4, 2014.
5. "TSUTAYA". Retrieved June 13, 2010.
6. "ＣＣＣ、Ｔ会員数３５００万人突破". Jiji Press. June 8, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
7. T Card official website

External links

• Media related to Tsutaya at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website