18 September 2001

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7-Eleven prepares major expansion in China

World's largest convenience store retailer 7-Eleven plans a major expansion of its presence in China. This will be done through franchising operations, involving a consortium of existing licensees.


World's largest convenience store operator, Japanese owned 7-Eleven will expand its Chinese operations. This will be done through franchisees, who are already familiar with trading in the country. This 7-Eleven store is in Tokyo, Japan.

These licensees include Hong Kong based Dairy Farm, which already operates 62 stores in Guangdong Province, in addition to its 400 Hong Kong 7-Elevens. Also 7-Eleven Japan, which is the by far largest store operator in this network of 22,000 convenience stores world-wide, is said to be prepared to participate.

7-Eeleven is owned by Japanese retail multinational Ito-Yokado, which also runs a large network of supermarkets in its home country.