The 7-Eleven convenience store chain, a deeply ingrained part of modern Japanese life, faces a potential takeover by Canadian company Alimentation Couche-Tard. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/08/21/7-eleven-buyout/ #commentary #7eleven #alimentationcouchetard #seveni #conbini #convenientstores
A 7-Eleven buyout would stretch Japan’s appetite for M&A

The country’s convenience stores have become essential to daily life. That has many fearing the prospect of a foreign takeover.

The Japan Times