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Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd

  • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
    7-Eleven owner in talks to buy Speedway operations in US for $22bn

    Japanese convenience store company signals push to acquire overseas assets

    A Speedway gas station in Huntington, West Virginia, US. Marathon Petroleum had already announced plans to spin off Speedway after activist pressure last year from Elliott Management.
  • Friday, 2 August, 2019
    Failure of Japan’s 7pay system deals blow to payments industry

    Experts say other cashless methods will be hit by fallout from ¥38m cyber theft

    A customer exits a 7-eleven convenience store, operated by Seven & i Holdings Co., in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, April 6, 2017. Seven & i, the world's largest convenience store operator, said it will acquire Sunoco LP retail shops and gasoline businesses for $3.3 billion in a record deal for the Japanese company as it seeks to expand in the U.S. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 26 June, 2018
    World
    In Vietnam’s nearly untapped market, foreign retailers dream big Premium content

    Convenience store chains battle to modernise a sector built on small business

    The first Vietnamese outpost of South Korea's E-Mart superstore chain has proven to be a hit with shoppers, and several more locations in Vietnam are expected. (Photo by Atsushi Tomiyama)
  • Sunday, 15 April, 2018
    News in-depthPersonal & Household Goods
    Japanese convenience stores limber up in effort to spur growth

    Chains are launching services such as 24-hour gyms as they battle declining footfall

    Japan’s second-biggest convenience chain FamilyMart plans to open 300 Fit & Go gyms
  • Thursday, 15 March, 2018
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Thai 7-Eleven stores to adopt facial recognition technology

    CP Group hopes to drive profits from tie-up with Remark to collect customer data

    7-ELEVEN STORE...A customer prepares to buy drinks at a 7-Eleven store in Bangkok Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004. The Thai government has announced it will introduce measures to save energy, including the early closure of stores nationwide, with the exception of 7-Eleven, which will be allowed to remain open. Local media have accused the government of shameless cronyism, while shares of owner CP Seven Eleven jumped 6.5 percent Thursday morning following the announcement that it would not be affected by the new measures. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
  • Wednesday, 11 October, 2017
    Markets
    Fast Asia Open: Australia home loans, Japan PPI
  • Friday, 7 April, 2017
    Retail sector
    Seven & i shares climb 5% after Sunoco deal
  • Thursday, 6 April, 2017
    US & Canadian companies
    Seven & i agrees $3.3bn deal with Sunoco

    7-Eleven owner to add US convenience stores and petrol stations to portfolio

    A customer exits a 7-eleven convenience store, operated by Seven & i Holdings Co., in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, April 6, 2017. Seven & i, the world's largest convenience store operator, said it will acquire Sunoco LP retail shops and gasoline businesses for $3.3 billion in a record deal for the Japanese company as it seeks to expand in the U.S. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
  • Thursday, 6 October, 2016
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Seven & i chief faces restructuring reality

    Japanese retail chief has support of activist Dan Loeb but now needs to deliver

    Pedestrians walk past a Seibu Department Stores Ltd. store in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Seibu Department Stores is part of the Seven & I Holdings Co. Group. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
  • Friday, 3 June, 2016
    World
    Seven & i higher after US shopping spree
  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2016
    FT AlphavilleMergers & Acquisitions
    Ira Sohn in HK (warning: contains shorts) UPDATED
  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2016
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Seven & i names Daniel Loeb-backed executive to lead conglomerate

    Head of 7-Eleven Japan unit named as group president in decision seen as a victory for shareholder activists

    Shoppers walk out from a Seven & I Holdings' 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo, Japan, April 7, 2016. Picture taken April 7, 2016. REUTERS/Yuya Shino
  • Thursday, 7 April, 2016
    LexFinancial Commentary
    Seven & i: the easy part

    Fixing a good company

    A customer enters a 7-Eleven convenience store, operated by Seven & I Holdings Co., in Tokyo, Japan, on June 30, 2015. Coffee sales at convenience stores surged 48 percent last year, the fastest-growing part of Japan's beverage market, as $1-a-cup brews boosted consumption to a record. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
  • Thursday, 7 April, 2016
    World
    Seven & i shares down, rejects proposed board changes
  • Monday, 28 March, 2016
    US & Canadian companies
    Daniel Loeb presses Japan’s Seven & i on succession plans

    Activist investor Third Point wants retailer to select new CEO based on merit

    Daniel Loeb, chief executive officer of Third Point LLC, listens during a luncheon discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan 26, 2007. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News.
  • Sunday, 24 January, 2016
    Japanese society
    Pop stars go out of tune in corporate Japan

    Endorsements by boybands fail to deliver for country's companies, research shows

    NO INTERNET This picture taken on December 30, 2015 shows Japanese boy band Smap members (L-R) Masahiro Nakai, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Shingo Katori, Goro Inagaki and Takuya Kimura in Tokyo. Japanese pop fans were rocked by news on January 13, 2016 that evergreen boy band SMAP is mulling a breakup, ending the group's 30-year reign at the top of the music business that has won them legions of fans across Asia. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS NO INTERNET JAPAN OUT / AFP / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2015
    Personal & Household Goods
    Daniel Loeb’s Third Point takes stake in Japan’s Seven & i

    Convenience store operator is the latest in a string of Japanese targets for activist investor

  • Monday, 20 July, 2015
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Lawson still sees big growth potential in Japan

    Convenience store operator says ageing, declining rural population presents an opening

    A pedestrian walks past a Lawson Inc. convenience store in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. Lawson Inc. is Japan's second-largest convenience store operator. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 12 November, 2014
    LexCurrencies
    Japan: circle of wealth

    Polls suggest opposition to another tax rise. But Abe’s government must push forward its agenda

    A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) honour guard welcomes Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing on November 9, 2014. Leaders of more than half the world's economy gather in Beijing for the annual APEC forum, with China and the US pushing rival trade agreements as the week-long series of international summits gets under way. AFP PHOTO/GOH CHAI HIN
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2013
    beyondbricsBen McLannahan
    What the mysterious OD05 account tells us about China’s view of Japan
  • Friday, 12 April, 2013
    Currencies
    Equities dip as bullish mood fades
    An investor monitors stock prices at a securities exchange firm in Shanghai, China
  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2013
    FT AlphavilleCentral banks
    Japan’s employers, taking up the Abenomics cause
  • Thursday, 8 November, 2012
    Equities
    US futures and European stocks stabilise
  • Friday, 5 October, 2012
    Tax
    Mystery of three inflation rates on my pension

    Benefits subject to change over time

  • Monday, 3 September, 2012
    Asia-Pacific equities
    Tokyo techs undermine pan-Asian gains
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