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Hard Off Corporation buys used goods from customers, repairs and cleans them, and sells them again through reuse shops divided into specialist store brands, starting with HARD OFF. It runs stores directly and with franchise partners in Japan and overseas, issues its own warranty on some used items, and offers an online store and online buying. Its head office is in Shibata, Niigata, with a Tokyo office in Shimbashi, Minato-ku.
The company began in July 1972 as Sound Hokuetsu, a new-audio retailer, and later moved into reuse. It is listed on the TSE Prime Market (code 2674). Consolidated net sales were ¥39.3 billion for the year to March 2026, and chain sales including franchisees were ¥80.5 billion.
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Part-time staff at Mode Off Koenji, Hard Off's secondhand fashion shop: appraising and buying clothing and accessories, preparing items for sale, and building displays.
Store staff at a MODE OFF secondhand fashion shop in Koiwa: appraising clothing brought in for purchase, preparing it for sale and building displays.
Part-time staff at the Hard Off Musashi-Koyama Palm store, buying and appraising used instruments, games, cameras and audio gear, cleaning items and building displays.