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Japanese clothing brand
Beams (ビームス) is a Japanese clothing brand established in 1976 in Harajuku, Tokyo by Etsuzo Shitara. The current CEO is Yō Shitara (設楽洋). The brand has 167 stores in Japan, and 10 stores overseas, including in Milan, London, and Paris.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Beams (ビームス) is a Japanese clothing brand established in 1976 in Harajuku, Tokyo by Etsuzo Shitara. The current CEO is Yō Shitara (設楽洋). The brand has 167 stores in Japan, and 10 stores overseas, including in Milan, London, and Paris.2
In May 2005, Beams expanded its business internationally. The next store they opened up was located in Hong Kong and began as a women's clothing shop. In 2006, the company expanded again to a number of different locations. Their most recent store opened in March 2015 in Bangkok.
From Wikipedia’s article on Beams (brand), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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