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Disney Store is an international chain of specialty stores selling only Disney related items, many of them exclusive. Disney Store is a business unit of Disney Consumer Products. ==History== The first Disney Store opened in the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, California on March 28, 1987.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://kpolsson.com/disnehis/disn1987.htm ) source: *Prince of the Magic Kingdom, by Joe Flower, 1991. *Work in Progress, by Michael Eisner, 1998. Page 243.〕 In April 1990, the 50th location was opened in the Montclair Plaza, Montclair, California, along with the first Mickey's Kitchen fast food restaurant with 25,000 opening day visitors with out any promotions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://kpolsson.com/disnehis/disn1990.htm ) source: Business Week, June 25, 1990, Volume 52. Page 54.〕 The first overseas Disney Store was opened on Regent Street, London, England in November 1990.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://kpolsson.com/disnehis/disn1990jul.htm ) source: *Work in Progress, by Michael Eisner, 1998. Page 246. *The New Internationalist, December 1998, Number 308. Page 19.〕 The first Japanese location opened in 1992 as did the first Australian store. In 1992, Disney Dollars were available at Disney Stores.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://kpolsson.com/disnehis/disn1992.htm ) source: Disney Magazine, Summer 1997. Page 68.〕 The second Mickey's Kitchen opened in May 1991 in Schaumburg, Illinois. In March 1992, Disney Stores closed the two Mickey's Kitchen as the restaurants were only breaking even while well received by the customers as the company wanted to focus on overseas expansions.〔 Duplicating the Disneyland attraction and merchandise location, the first Walt Disney Gallery is opened outside of the park within the Disney Store, Main Place Santa Ana mall in California on November 4, 1994.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://kpolsson.com/disnehis/disn1994jul.htm ) *The Disney Channel Magazine, October/November 1994. *Eisner, Michael. Work in Progress. (1998). Page 343. * Disney A to Z - The Updated Official Encyclopedia, by Dave Smith, 1998. Page 593.〕 A Disney Store location opened next to the El Capitan Theatre in its building in 1998. In September 2000, Disney Store redesign two stores as prototypes in Costa Mesa and Cherry Hill, N.J. with more space with a high-tech look where theme park tickets could be bought via computers stations. When Disney indicated that this new model would be rolled out to 350 stores, they also indicated the closure of 100 locations worldwide. Analyst had indicated that Disney had over build stores. By April 2001, 20 stores were redone in the high tech style when a new president, Peter Whitford, was hired. In late 2002, two new prototypes were rolled out in Canoga Park and Torrance. In March 2002, Disney Stores Worldwide announced that the chain would be split into two types of stores, Disney Play and Disney Kids at Home while also continuing closing stores to reach 350 by 2005. The Disney Play stores would stock Disney character toys, plush dolls and costumes aimed at young children, while Disney Kids at Home targeted parents looking to purchase home furnishings, clothing and bed & bath products for their children. Some were expected to be a hybrid of both concepts. This roll out of the two store brands was expected to take 3 years.〔 On March 31, 2003, its 16 Australian locations closed.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Disney Store」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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