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Company Name Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.
Head Office 8-8, Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8452, Japan
Phone Number +81-3-6238-3000
President & Representative Director Ryuichi Isaka
Date of Establishment September 1, 2005
Capital 50 billion yen
Number of Shares Issued
(at the end of February 2017)		 886,441,983 (One Share Unit : 100)
Business The planning, management and operation of Group companies centering on a wide variety of business operations, including convenience stores, superstores, department stores, supermarkets, food services, financial services and IT services (pure holding company).

History

1830 A vintage clothing store, Yamatoya was opened by Ihee Sogo in Osaka. (Later Sogo Co., Ltd.)
1920 Yokado Clothing Store was opened by Toshio Yoshikawa, uncle of the Honorary Chairman, Masatoshi Ito, in Asakusa, Taito Ward, Tokyo.
1940 Musashino Department Store (Later The Seibu Department Stores, Limited) was established by Musashino Railway(Currently SEIBU RAILWAY)
April 1958 Yokado Co., Ltd.(Later Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.) was incorporated
1961 Ito-Yokado initiated its regular chain policy.
March 1973 Ito-Yokado concluded a business alliance with a food supermarket, Benimaru Shoji(Later York-Benimaru Co., Ltd.) based in Fukushima prefecture.
May 1973 Denny's Japan Co., Ltd. was established.
November 1973 York-Seven Co., Ltd.(Later Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd.) was established.
December 1975 York-Mart Co., Ltd. supermarket was established.
February 1982 The Business Reform Committee of Ito-Yokado was Launched.
October 1982 7-Eleven installed the world's largest POS system.
March 1991 7-Eleven acquired 69.98% of the shares issued by Southland Corporation U.S.A.
November 1993 The Seven-Eleven Green Foundation(Later the Seven-Eleven Memorial Foundation) was established.
March 1994 A special subsidiary, Terube Ltd. was established.
January 1995 Shiba Park Publishing(Later Seven & i Publishing) was established.
December 1996 Chengdu Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. was established in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
September 1997 A joint venture company, Hua Tang Yokado Commercial Co., Ltd. was established in China.
September 2000 The meal delivery service, Seven Meal was launched.
February 2001 7-Eleven's overall chain stores net sales peaked in domestic retail business.
March 2001 Ito-Yokado launched Net Super.
April 2001 IY Bank Co., Ltd.(Later Seven Bank, Ltd.) was established.
October 2001 IY Card Service Co., Ltd.(Later Seven Card Service Co., Ltd.) was established.
June 2003 Millennium Retail Group, consisting of Sogo Co., Ltd. and The Seibu Department Stores, was launched.
August 2003 7-Eleven exceeded 10,000 stores.
January 2004 SEVEN-ELEVEN(BEIJING) CO., LTD. was established.
march 2005 Mall & SC Development Inc. was established.
September 2005 Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. was established.
November 2005 7-Eleven, Inc. (U.S.A.) was made a wholly owned subsidiary by Sven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd.
June 2006 Seven & i Holdings made Millennium Retailing, Inc., which operates SOGO and SEIBU Department Stores, a wholly owned subsidiary.
September 2006 Seven & i Holdings made York-Benimaru Co., Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary.
January 2007 Seven & i Food Systems Co., Ltd. was established.
March 2007 Millenum Retailing, Inc. made THE LOFT CO., LTD. a wholly owned subsidiary.
April 2007 Seven & i's unique system, nanaco electric money service was started.
May 2007 Started sales of Group-wide original brand, 7-Premium.
July 2007 Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. made Akachan Honpo Co., Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary.
January 2008 Seven & i Financial Group(Later Seven Financial Service Co., Ltd.) was established.
April 2008 SEVEN-ELEVEN(CHINA) INVESTMENT CO., LTD. was established.
July 2008 A consolidated IT / Service business, Seven & i Netmedia Co., Ltd. was established.
August 2008 Agricultural corporation, Seven Farm Tomisato was established.
January 2009 Seven Culture Network Co., Ltd. was established.
June 2009 Seven Health Care Co., Ltd. (Later Seven Bi no Garden Co., Ltd.) was established.
August 2009 Millennium Retailing, Sogo, and The Seibu Department Stores were merged, and Sogo & Seibu Co., Ltd. was established.
December 2009 Seven Net Shopping, a general online shopping site for the Group, was launched.
December 2009 Seven & i Holdings made a business and capital alliance with PIA CORPORATION.
March 2010 Seven & i Holdings began a capital participation in Tower Records Japan, Inc.
July 2010 Agricultual corporation, Seven Farm Tomisato was established.
December 2010 SEVEN-ELEVEN (CHENGDU) Co., Ltd. was established.
July 2012 7-Eleven's Seven Rakuraku Otodokebin was launched.
July 2013 Seven & i Holdings made a business and capital alliance with the food supermarket, DAIICHI CO., LTD. in Hokkaido.
December 2013 Seven & i Holdings made a business and capital alliance with Nissen Holdings Co., Ltd.
December 2013 Seven & i Holdings made a capital alliance with Tenmaya Store and a business alliance with Tenmaya Co., Ltd.
December 2013 Seven & i Holdings made a business and capital alliance with BALS Corporation.
February 2015 Seven & i Holdings made Barneys Japan a wholly owned subsidiary.
March 2015 Seven & i Holdings made a business alliance with the kansai-based food supermarket MANDAI CO., LTD.
November 2015 Group Comprehensive Internet Site “Omni7 ” was launched.
August 2016 Seven & i Holdings made Nissen Holdings Co., Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary.
July 2017 Seven & i Holdings made a business alliance with ASKUL Corporation.

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