The Japanese parent company of 7-Eleven is betting billions of dollars that it can expand its business in the United States by making its convenience stores more like the food meccas they are in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/12/companies/us-japan-style-seven-eleven/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #stephendacus #food #conveniencestores#seveneleven #seveniholdings #us
Seven & I Holdings' market value dipped below Aeon for the first time in two decades, as shares in the operator of 7-Eleven stores languish after Alimentation Couche-Tard abandoned its bid for the company. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/21/seven-eclipsed-by-aeon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business#seveneleven #seveniholdings #aeon
Seven & I Holdings said it will open 1,300 new international stores, mainly in the United States, in an update to its midterm plan after Circle-K operator Alimentation Couche-Tard dropped its takeover bid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/06/companies/seven-i-updates-midterm-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #conveniencestores#seveneleven #stocks
In withdrawing its $46 billion bid for Japan’s convenience store leader, the Canadian firm, Couche-Tard, has shown how unprepared it always was. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/18/japan/7-eleven-was-doomed-from-the-start/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #seveniholdings #couchetard #conbini
Despite the end of Couche-Tard's bid, Seven & I Holdings remains a buyout target in the eyes of some investors, who say new suitors may emerge unless the operator of 7-Eleven turns around its business. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/18/companies/seven-i-buyout-candidate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #alimentationcouchetard #acquisitions #conveniencestores
Alimentation Couche-Tard’s decision to walk away from an attempted acquisition of Seven & I Holdings has set off a debate in Tokyo about what lessons foreign companies with mergers and acquisitions aims should draw. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/18/companies/couche-tard-failed-bid-sparks-debate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #alimentationcouchetard #acquisitions #conveniencestores
Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard has abandoned its $45.8 billion bid to buy Seven & I Holdings, citing a refusal to engage meaningfully. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/17/companies/couche-tard-abandons-seven/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #alimentationcouchetard #acquisitions #conveniencestores
In the March-May first quarter of the current business year, three major Japanese convenience store operators posted growth in their group operating revenues and profits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/14/japan-convenience-store-earnings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #conveniencestores #seveniholdings #familymart #lawson