Japanese retail giant Seven & I has reported a 15.8 per cent increase in net sales for the nine months to November. Profit rose by a less impressive 2.9 per cent. The 7-Eleven parent said its overseas convenience store business achieved an impressive 15.7 per…
Overseas growth in the 7-Eleven convenience store business drove a modest increase in profit for Japanese retail group Seven & I Holdings in the first quarter. While the challenges of a shrinking population, falling household spending and corresponding…
Seven & I Holdings, parent company of Ito Yokado, will accelerate store expansion in the Chinese mainland market and plans to have 20 stores by 2020, tripling their current number in China. Ito Yokado entered the Chinese mainland market in 1997, with its…
While Japanese retailer Seven & I, which owns the 7-Eleven brand, has seen sales sliding, it plans to triple its network of supermarkets and department stores in China. The company aims to capitalise on the high growth in Sichuan province to grow its general…
Japanese retail giant Seven & I plans to close 40 of its Ito-Yokado branded supermarkets and general merchandise stores by 2020. Japan’s Nikkei reports that Seven & I, which is the parent of the 7-Eleven retail brand, expects the closures will boost profits.…