Bic Camera, Inc. (株式会社ビックカメラ, Kabushiki gaisha Bikku Kamera) is a consumer electronics retailer chain in Japan.

Four years later, the camera sales department was separated from the company and renamed Bic Color Co., Ltd. (株式会社ビックカラー, Kabushiki gaisha Bikku Karā).

In 1995, Bic Camera displayed banners protesting France's nuclear weapons testing in the South Pacific.

A year later, the company purchased Sofmap in February and had itself listed in the JASDAQ Securities Exchange on August 10.

In 2009, Bic Camera was fined US$1.3 million by the TSE for falsifying its earnings after its shares lost half its value early that year.

On September 27, Bic Camera signed a partnership with clothing giant Uniqlo to convert the Shinjuku East Store to BICQLO (ビックロ, Bikkuro).

[11] In 2018, Bic Camera reported record profits and a 50% increase in shares as a result of a rise in Chinese tourists and the store chain's acceptance of Alipay and WeChat.

[16][17] In addition, Bic Camera partnered with the JR East to have its own section on the "JRE Mall" online store.

The jingle's melody is loosely based on the enka song "Tabako-ya no Musume" (煙草屋の娘 / タバコやの娘, lit.