History｜Valuence Holdings Inc.

2004

Jun.: Grand opening of first brand reuse store Namba de Nanboya

2011

Dec.: Established SOU Inc., now Valuence Holdings Inc.
(Capital：5 million yen , Head office：Naniwa-ku, Osaka city, Osaka prefecture)

2012

Apr.: Opened Tokyo office (Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo).

2013

Apr.: Launch of BtoB TOKYO STAR AUCTION (currently STAR BUYERS AUCTION).

2014

Dec.: Opened First store “BRAND CONCIER Ginza Store”.

2015

Mar.: Started “Inspection by LINE”, a first of its type in LINE Business Connect.
Sep.: Made Hong Kong STAR BUYERS AUCTION (currently Valuence International Limited) a wholly owned subsidiary.

2016

Oct.: Opened “ALLU”, a new brand-name vintage select shop in Ginza.

2017

Feb.: Made Hakkoudo Inc. (currently Valuence Art & Antiques Inc.) a wholly owned subsidiary.
Mar.: Stated STAR BUYERS AUCTION in Hong Kong.

2018

Mar.: Listed on the Mothers Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Aug.: Hakkoudo Inc. started “THE EIGHT AUCTION”.

2019

Jul.

Stated STAR BUYERS AUCTION in Hong Kong.

Oct.

Established Valuence International USA Limited

Nov.

Established and moved systems development business to consolidated subsidiary SOU Technologies Inc. (currently Valuence Technologies Inc.)

“STAR BUYERS AUCTION” in Japan started accepting online bids from overseas purchasers.

Dec.

Established Valuence International Singapore Pte. Ltd.

2020

Mar.

Adopted a holding company structure and changed corporate name to Valuence Holdings Inc.

Established Valuence International Europe S.A.S.

Jun.

Launched Nanboya Real Estate services

Jul.

Moved THE EIGHT AUCTION fully online

Sep.

Established Valuence International UK Limited

Made NEO-STANDARD Co., Ltd. a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Valuence Group (merged by Valuence Japan Inc. in March 2021)

Nov.

Established Valuence International Shanghai Co., Ltd.

2021

Mar.

Moved the Hong Kong STAR BUYERS AUCTION fully online

Launched Nanboya car purchasing service

Established Valuence Ventures Inc.

May.

Became first in the industry in Japan* to measure and report avoided emissions from reuse emissions *Based on internal research

Jul.

Acquired shares of Nankatsu SC Co., Ltd. and made it an equity-method affiliate.

Oct.

Began providing purchasing support for the Isetan Mitsukoshi i’m green purchase and pickup consultation service

2022

Jun.

Formed the Valuence INFINITIES professional Japanese dance team (D.LEAGUE 22-23 SEASON)

Oct.

Changed name of Nanboya luxury brand goods buying stores to ALLU for overseas locations

Launched repair service ALLU REPAIR, changed name of Nanboya Watch Repair to ALLU Watch Repair

Nov.

Established Valuence International MEA Trading L.L.C.

2023

Jan.

Launched first Public-to-C ALLU AUCTION

Feb.

Relocated head office to Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Made YONE MOTORS Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Valuence Group

Mar.

Launched SaaS function (to enable collaborative auctions) for STAR BUYERS AUCTION member companies

May.

Launched fulfillment services for STAR BUYERS AUCTION member companies

Jul.

Launched ALLU Fashion Market for customers to sell products bought at ALLU while still in use