Kanoko Matsuyama

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Kanoko Matsuyama |Lisa Du

Seven & i said it expects domestic convenience store sales to rise 9.4% this fiscal year. (Bloomberg) -- Seven & i Holdings Co. jumped the most in a month after announcing a plan to buy back ¥600 billion ($4 billion) worth of shares over the next year, helping to ease investor concerns over a weaker earnings outlook. The stock climbed as much as 9.7% in Tokyo trading, the largest intraday gain since March 6.

1 month ago | japantimes.co.jp | Lisa Du |Kanoko Matsuyama

Alimentation Couche-Tard has met privately with key Seven & I Holdings shareholders as the Canadian firm ramps up pressure on the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores to engage in takeover talks.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Lisa Du |Kanoko Matsuyama

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. met privately with key Seven & i Holdings Co. shareholders as the Canadian firm ramps up pressure on the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores to engage in takeover talks.

1 month ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Mathieu Dion |Kanoko Matsuyama

Seven & i Holdings Co. said it’s engaging with Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. on ways to ease antitrust concerns over a potential combination of the retailers while denying conflict-of-interest allegations raised by a major shareholder. Couche-Tard, the Canadian convenience store and gas station operator that owns the Circle K brand, proposed last year to purchase Seven & i for $18.19 per share, but hasn’t been able to enter negotiations with the Japanese company.

1 month ago | bloomberglinea.com | Lisa Du |Kanoko Matsuyama |Manuel Baigorri

Bloomberg — Parecía una extraordinaria muestra de patriotismo y unidad: Las mayores empresas de Japón se unirían para salvar a los suyos, ya fuera el alicaído fabricante de automóviles Nissan Motor Co. (NSANY) o el asediado gigante de las tiendas de conveniencia Seven & i Holdings Co. Aproximadamente seis meses después, los ambiciosos planes de fusionar Nissan con Honda Motor Co. (HMC) y de privatizar el operador de tiendas de conveniencia 7-Eleven se han venido abajo en ambos casos,...