Businessweek

Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the retail business primarily in Japan and North America. The company operates convenience stores, superstores, supermarkets, department stores, food services, financial services, and IT/services. As of February 28, 2008, the company operated approximately 35,000 stores, including convenience store area licensees. The company’s convenience store operations are composed of 7-Eleven convenience stores in Japan, North America, and Beijing, China. 7-Eleven, Inc. provides 7-Eleven area franchise rights to area licensees worldwide. Its superstore operations are composed of superstores that provide apparel, household goods, and food in Japan and China—Beijing and Chengdu, Sichuan Province. In addition, superstore operations include food supermarkets in Japan and Beijing and specialty stores. The company’s department store operations are composed of department stores and miscellaneous goods specialty stores. Millennium Retailing grants Sogo and SEIBU trademark rights in Asia. Its food services are composed of restaurant operations, meal provision services (company cafeterias, hospitals, and schools), and fast food operations in Japan. Its financial services are composed of ATM operations, credit card operations, electronic money services, leasing operations, and insurance operations in Japan. The company’s others are composed of Internet-related services, meal delivery services, publishing, and property management businesses in Japan. History Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. was founded in 2005.