TOKYO: Japan's Seven & i Holdings, operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, has picked Bain Capital as its preferred ...

It is unclear if higher customer numbers have been sustained, and Seven & I has no plans right now to open more such outlets.

Seven & i Holdings The first 7-Eleven store in Japan opened in Tokyo in 1974. It was an instant success in Japan and within two years had expanded to 100 stores. Kyodo News Stills, via Getty ...

Owner Seven & i has tried for years to upgrade the chain’s reputation in the US. Now, a rival Canadian retailer is betting $47 billion that it can do a better job.

Convenience stores have become an essential part of modern working culture in the U.S. and abroad. If you work long hours with few breaks, meal prepping at the end of the day can be exhausting.

said an operations manager at Seven & i Holdings unit Seven-Eleven Japan. While they may stop by any convenience store for something they need then and there, they also choose 7-Eleven for such ...

TOKYO/BANGKOK -- The founding family of Japan's Seven & i Holdings, owner of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, has ...

THE 7-Eleven store in Chiba prefecture, a suburb of Tokyo, isn’t like the the 21,000 other ones across Japan. It’s almost double the size of regular ones with more than twice the number of products ...

Japan's first 7-Eleven celebrated its 50th birthday on May 15. Seven-Eleven Japan was the first convenience store chain in Japan to launch a nationwide franchise system. Lawson and FamilyMart ...

The 7-Eleven store in Chiba prefecture, a suburb of Tokyo, isn’t like the the 21,000 other ones across Japan. It’s almost double the size of regular ones with more than twice the number of ...

U.S. 7-Elevens have long trailed their Japanese counterparts in prepared foods. Now they’re trying to catch up, and market an expanded menu to customers who associate them with Slurpees and pizza.

Of 7-Eleven’s 85,000 stores worldwide, some 21,000 are in Japan, most of them franchises. The Japanese convenience store market is also saturated: moreover, 7-Eleven faces stiff competition from ...