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- Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (SVNDF) operates as a pure holding company overseeing a diversified global retail group centered on convenience stores, superstores, department stores, financial services, specialty stores, and other operations. The company manages domestic convenience store operations through Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. and affiliates, offering directly managed and franchised 7-Eleven stores featuring everyday necessities, fresh foods, beverages, and just-made merchandise; overseas convenience store operations via subsidiaries including 7-Eleven, Inc., Speedway LLC, and Seven-Eleven (China) Investment Co., Ltd., encompassing 7-Eleven, Speedway, and Stripes brands with gasoline retail; superstore operations through Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd., York-Benimaru Co., Ltd., and others providing daily necessities, groceries, and community-oriented retail; department store operations under Sogo & Seibu; financial services via Seven Bank, Ltd., Seven Card Service Co., Ltd., and affiliates delivering banking, ATMs, credit cards, leasing, electronic money, and insurance; and specialty stores together with real estate and IT-related businesses. Seven & i Holdings serves consumers across Japan, North America, Asia-Pacific, China, and select European and Middle Eastern markets through approximately 84,000 stores worldwide, targeting everyday retail, food, financial, and convenience needs.
Founded on September 1, 2005, through the integration of Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd., Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd., and Denny's Japan, the company is headquartered at 8-8, Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8452, Japan.
In recent strategic developments, Seven & i Holdings completed group structure reforms including the deconsolidation of Seven Bank, Ltd. as an equity-method affiliate in June 2025 and advanced the sale of its superstore and specialty stores business group to Bain Capital, with closing targeted for September 1, 2025, as part of an absorption-type split and partial reinvestment. The company plans to list its North American convenience store subsidiary, Seven-Eleven, Inc., by the second half of 2026 to enable accelerated store openings (approximately 1,300 in North America by fiscal 2031), bolt-on mergers and acquisitions, and additional debt financing for growth. Further initiatives encompass a JPY 2.0 trillion share repurchase program by fiscal 2030 (with 58.8% progress as of late 2025), progressive dividend policy enhancements, exploration of M&A deals and partnerships for expansion into Europe as a fourth growth pillar, and CVS performance acceleration through 7NOW delivery strengthening, SIP store initiatives, and fresh food assortments.