MINISO, a Japan-based designer brand, was co-founded by Japanese designer Mr. Miyake Junya and
Chinese young entrepreneur Mr. Ye Guofu in Tokyo, Japan, with the former serving as chief designer.
MINISO is the promoter of global “intelligent consumer products”. Sticking to the life philosophy of
“simplicity, nature and good quality” and the brand proposition of “returning to the nature”, MINISO
gains popularity among consumers with its core brand edges of updating products every seven days,
pricing at a low level, and targeting at intelligent consumer product chains. It sets the trend of
personalized intelligent consumption in the frontier market of household consumption. MINISO was run
by MINISO Industries Co., Ltd. in 2013. Established in Japan in 2013, MINISO actively explores the
international market and has opened over 1000 stores in less than three years, with business turnover
standing at USD 750 million in 2015 and nearly USD 1.5 billion in 2016. At present, MINISO has reached
strategic cooperation agreements with more than 50 countries and regions including the United States,
Canada, Russia, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong (China) and Macau
(China), with an average monthly growth rate of 80 - 100 stores.