Corporate Profile
Profile
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 2020) |
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, specialty stores, 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 | Toshio Yoshikawa(uncle of Honorary Chairman Masatoshi Ito)opened clothing store "Myogaya" in Asakusa, Tokyo, later renamed "Yokado". |
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. (Later York Co., Ltd.)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. |
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. |
August 2000 | Seven-Meal Services Co., Ltd. was established. |
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. (Later Seven & i Create Link Co., Ltd.)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. |
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 | 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 | Ito-Yokado made a capital alliance with Tenmaya Store Co., Ltd., and Seven & i Holdings made a business alliance with Tenmaya Store Co., Ltd. and Tenmaya Co., Ltd. |
December 2013 | Seven & i Holdings made a business and capital alliance with BALS Corporation(Later Francfranc 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. |
October 2017 | SEVEN-ELEVEN OKINAWA CO., LTD. was established. |
January 2018 | Seven Payment Service, Ltd. was established. |
March 2018 | Seven & i Holdings made a business alliance between Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. and Odakyu Shoji Co., Ltd. |
April 2018 | Seven & i Holdings made a business alliance with IZUMI CO., LTD. |
July 2018 | Seven & i Holdings made a business alliance agreement signed with Zoshinkai Holdings Inc. |
May 2019 | Environmental initiative "GREEN CHALLENGE 2050" was formulated. |
July 2019 | First Seven-Eleven store was opened in Okinawa, giving the Seven-Eleven chain a persence in every prefecture in Japan. |