■HISTORY of corporation |
2001′ Oct. |
LLC Littlemoon established as a home business with 1 PC. Deal with miscellaneous goods and hair accessories. |
2001′ Nov. |
Open an online store at Rakuten Ichiba. |
2003′ Nov. |
Renestablished as a specialty store of hair accessories. The first in the mail order business to start such a service. |
2004′ Apr. |
Our main product, the Yakaimaki Comb(for French roll) has sales over 10,000 within 9 months. It causeda boom in hair accesoories. |
2005′ Jan. |
1st relocation of office. Business operations upgraded. |
2005′ Apr. |
Start of Hair updo movie production. Attained most-viewed status for movies at Rakuten Ichiba. |
2005′ Jul. |
Produced hair updo instructional DVD. Hair accessories promoted for one month on a mail-order programme of SkyPerfact! TV. |
2005′ Sep. |
2nd relocation of office. Business operations upgraded. |
2005′ Oct. |
Total sales for Yakaimaki Comb exceed 100,000. |
2005′ Nov. |
Produced 2nd and 3rd versions of hair updo DVD. |
2005′ Dec. |
Incorporated into Littlemoon International Co.Ltd. |
2005′ Dec. |
Ranked number 1 in sales for the year in hair accessories at Rakuten Ichiba. |
2006′ Mar. |
Established a foreign branch. |
2006′ Apr. |
3rd relocation of office(present address). |
2006′ Jun. |
Relased ‘Collection box only for hair accessories'( first in the field.) |
2006′ Jun. |
Started free hair updo lessons in Osaka. |
2006′ Jul. |
Released line of shampoo(fruits aroma). Released hair jewelry with cubic zirconia. |
2006′ Aug. |
Began ‘same-day delivery service’(if ordered by noon). |
2006′ Nov. |
Total sales of Yakaimaki comb reach 250,000. |
2006′ Dec. |
Granted a patent for ‘Yakaimaki Comb’. Establish method of ‘natural hair lock’ |
2006′ Dec. |
Ranked number 1st in Jewelry and watches genre of Rakuten Ichiba. 1st prize of annual ranking in Hair accessories genre of Rakuten Ichiba. |
2007′ Jan. |
Received the grand prize in Jewelry and watches genre of Rakuten Ichiba SHOP OF THE YEAR 2006′. |
2007′ Jan. |
Hankyu Hanshin department store starts selling Littlemoon products. |
2007′ Feb. |
「Inner hair accessories」 go on sale. |
2007′ Apr. |
Sponsored Beauty Workshop as part of the thirtieth anniversary event of More(fashion magazine). |
2007′ Apr. |
‘StarRabbish series’ go on sale. ‘Made in japan’ brand goes on sale. An example is the ‘ Lucie’s closet’ series, which is inner hair accessories and vintage European beads. |
2007′ Dec. |
“Inner hair accessories” are ranked number one at Rakuten in the annual ranking in the jewelry category. |
2008′ Feb. |
‘Acetic brand goes on sale. |
2008′ Spirng |
Littlemoon product sold on TV mail order. |
2008′ Apr. |
Hair updos DVD (vol. 4th) go on sale in collaboration with Artissalon. |
2008′ Jun. |
‘Inner hair accessories’ upgraded, go on sale. |
2008′ Jul. |
Demonstration of hair up dos in Loft at Umeda, Sinsaibashi, Abeno branches. Littlemoon products go on sale in Loft stores across the contry. |
2008′ Oct. |
Demonstration of hair up dos in Hankyu Hanshin Department store(Umeda branch). |
2008′ Dec. |
“Inner hair accessories”, “Slender line” are ranked no 1at Rakuten in jewelry category. |
2008′ Dec. |
Mentioned on Jessica Michibata’s blog as “Always in my bag, certainly.” |
2009′ Feb. |
‘Galactic series’ go on sale. |
2009′ Jul. |
Started ‘Same-day service’ (if ordered by 15:00) |
2009′ Sep. |
Opened a limited-time shop at Daimaru Department store, Umeda branch 1st floor. The numbers of retail stores where Littlemoon protucts are sold all over the country over 200. |
2009′ Oct. |
Opened a store at Hankyu Hanshin Department store Amagasaki branch. |
2009′ Nov. |
Opened a limited-time shop at Takashimaya Department store Okayama branch 1st floor. |
2010′ Feb. |
Opened a limited-time shop at Takashimaya Department store Kyoto branch. |
2010′ Apr. |
Opened a small branch office with showroom at Asakusabashi, Tokyo. |
2010′ Apr. |
Participated as a member of ‘Team Minus 6%'(renamed ‘Challenge 25’), for the prevention of global warming. Conducted a campaign called ‘Be pretty with Eco hair accessories’. |
2010′ Apr. |
The numbers of retail stores where Littlemoon products are sail all over the country number over 350. |
2010′ Jun. |
Started free Hair updos lessons at Tokyo branch. |
2010′ Jun. |
Sponsored Yong Americans’ activity in Japan for encouraging independence in children. |
2010′ Jun. |
Awarded a scholarships to needy kids in Laos and Cambodia. |
2010′ Jul. |
Opened a limited-time shop at Takashimaya Department store Kyoto branch. |
2010′ Jul. |
Recognized by Osaka Prefecture as motivated company which promotes both men and women in the workplace. |
2010′ Sep. |
Started ‘take along the kids day’ at hair updos lesson in Osaka. The number of participants numbered 500. |
2010′ Sep. |
Visited Laos to meet kids who received a scholarship and gave hair accessories(B class) to her and her friends. |
2010′ Oct. |
Participated as assistant instructor in the Osaka Museup Project(mail-order section). |
2010′ Oct. |
Opened a limited-timeshop at Dimaru Department store Umeda branch. |
2010′ Nov. |
Started the Charity Auction of hair accessories. Donated 20% of proceeds to charitable work(Library in Laos). |
2010′ Nov. |
Opened a limited-time shop at Takashimaya Department store Kyoto branch. |
2010′ Nov. |
Started ‘Little ECO coupon service‘ (a hair accessory exchange system where custemers exchange old hair accessories for coupons redeemable at Littlemoon online store; the old hair accessories are then donated to people in Laos, Cambodia and Thailnad). |
2010′ Dec. |
Opened a store at Dimaru Department store (Sinsaibashi and Umeda). |
2010′ Dec. |
Ranked number 1 by Rakuten in the annual ranking for hair accessories: “Inner hair accessories’ special set “, “Classic Line”, and “Littlemoon Ribbon”. |
2011′ Dec. |
Ranked number 1 by Rakuten in the annual ranking for hair accessories: “Inner hair accessories’ special set “, “Classic Line”, and “Littlemoon Ribbon”. |
2012′ Jan. |
Shop of the year Prize in Jewelry and Accessoris genre by Rakuten Ichiba. |
2012′
Apr. |
CSR prize by E-commerce Business Society. |
2012′ Nov. |
Execellent fulfillmenet prize by Online Shop Masters. |
2012′ Dec. |
Ranked number 1 by Rakuten in the annual ranking for hair accessories: “Inner hair accessories’ special set “, “Classic Line”, and “Littlemoon Ribbon”. |
2013′ Nov. |
1st prize of Online Shopping in Japan.
The grand prize In Mid-class. |
2013′ Dec. |
Ranked number 1 by Rakuten in the annual ranking for hair accessories: “Inner hair accessories’ special set “, “Classic Line”, and “Littlemoon Ribbon”. |
2014′ Dec. |
Ranked number 1 by Rakuten in the annual ranking for hair accessories: "Inner shot", "Classic Line",
and "Lady Grace". |