New, Total-life Industry Aiming at continuously evolving Ònew, total life industryÓ in the continuously changing society

New Challenge for era

7 business areas Seven & i Holdings takes advantage of the power of group synergy centering on 7 business areas, and focuses on the creation of life infrastructure that keeps up with the changing society and time, through “a New, Comprehensive Lifestyle Industry” to continually respond to the ordinary needs of the customers.


*Business
convenience stores, general merchandise stores, department stores, supermarkets, food-services, financial services, and IT/services

Breakthrough thinking

Seven & i Holdings is trying to meet the expectations and confidence of stakeholders through the development of “a New, Comprehensive Lifestyle Industry” that responds to the needs of time and society. For this reason, we will commit to a core business that centers on the distribution industry, as well as devote our energies to the improvement of quality by continuously advancing self-innovations through breakthrough thinking that breaks down existing experiences and frameworks, based on work restructuring, rather than pursuing the expansion of scale and quantity in the management.

Innovation for Group Infrastructure

Through “a New, Comprehensive Lifestyle Industry”, Seven & i Holdings is continuously advancing innovation for business infrastructure in accordance with the change in time and social environments, in order to accurately meet the needs of customers that are changing day by day, and to continue to provide new value. This allows achieving greater synergistic effects and promoting quick decision making, thereby carrying on establishment of a consistent daily life infrastructure among the entire group.


Steps for Group Infrastructure

September 2005 Seven & i Holdings is established.
November 2005 Seven-Eleven Japan establishes 7-Eleven, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary.
June 2006 Seven & i Holdings and Millennium Retailing Group are merged.
September 2006 Seven & i Holdings establishes York Benimaru Co, Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary.
January 2007 Seven & i Food Systems Co., Ltd. is established to integrate/restructure Denny’s Japan Co., Ltd. and Famil Co., Ltd., and York Bussan K.K.
June 2007 Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. announces that AKACHAN HONPO CO., LTD. will be its subsidiary.
December 2007 Nippon Television Network Corporation and DENTSU INC jointly establish NTV7 Co., Ltd.
January 2008 Seven & i Financial Group is established.
April 2008 Seven-Eleven China is established.
July 2008 A new consolidated IT/Services business is created through establishing Seven & i Net Media Co., Ltd.
August 2008 Seven Farm Tomisato is established
January 2009 Seven Culture Network Co., Ltd. is established
February 2009 Seven & i Restaurant (Beijing) Corporation, is established
March 2009 Seven Internet Lab. Co., Ltd. is established
June 2009 Seven Health Care Co., Ltd., is established
August 2009 Merged Millennium Retailing, Inc., Sogo Co., Ltd., and THE SEIBU DEPARTMENT STORES, LTD. to establish Sogo & Seibu Co., Ltd.
September 2009 Robinson Department store is merged with Sogo & Seibu Co., Ltd.