History
We pursue excellence in providing distribution and retail services that meet the changing needs of our customers by supporting customers at all stages of life.
Before 1960s
1920
Toshio Yoshikawa (uncle of Honorary Chairman Masatoshi Ito) opened clothing store "Yokado" in Asakusa, Tokyo.
1958
- April
- Yokado Co., Ltd. (later Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.) bet365 주소blished.
1961
Ito-Yokado initiated its regular chain policy.
1970s - 1980s
1973
- March
- bet365 주소lliance with Benimaru Shoji(later York-Benimaru Co., Ltd.),a supermarket in Fukushima Prefecture.
- November
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- Denny's Japan Co., Ltd. bet365 주소blished.
- York-Seven Co., Ltd. (later SEVEN-ELEVEN JAPAN CO., LTD.) bet365 주소blished.
1974
The first Seven-Eleven store was opened.
The first Denny's restaurant was opened.
1975
- December
- York-Mart Co., Ltd. (later York Co., Ltd.) bet365 주소blished.
1982
- February
- The Business Reform Committee of Ito-Yokado was launched.
- October
- bet365 주소an installed the world's largest POS system.
1990s
1991
- March
- Acquisition of 69.98% of shares of The Southland Corporation.
1993
- November
- The Seven-Eleven Green Foundation (later the Seven-Eleven Memorial Foundation) bet365 주소blished.
1994
- March
- A special subsidiary, Terube Ltd. bet365 주소blished.
1996
- December
- Chengdu Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. bet365 주소blished in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
1997
- September
- A joint venture company, Hua Tang Yokado Commercial Co., Ltd. bet365 주소blished in China.
2000s
2000
- February
- 7dream.com bet365 주소blished.
- August
- Seven-Meal Services Co., Ltd. bet365 주소blished.
2001
- February
- Total Store Sales of bet365 주소an top the Japanese retail industry.
- March
- Ito-Yokado launched the IY online supermarket.
- April
- IY Bank Co., Ltd. (later Seven Bank, Ltd.) bet365 주소blished.
- October
- IY Card Service Co., Ltd. (later Seven Card Service Co., Ltd.) bet365 주소blished.
2003
- June
- Millennium Retail Group, consisting of Sogo Co., Ltd. and The Seibu Department Stores, was launched.
- August
- bet365 주소an exceeded 10,000 stores.
2004
- January
- SEVEN-ELEVEN (BEIJING) CO., LTD. bet365 주소blished.
2005
- March
- Mall & SC Development Inc. (later Seven & i Create Link Co., Ltd.) bet365 주소blished.
- September
- Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. bet365 주소blished.
- November
- 7-Eleven, Inc. was made a wholly owned subsidiary of bet365 주소an Co., Ltd.
2006
- June
- Millennium Retailing, Inc., which operates SOGO and SEIBU Department Stores, was made a wholly owned subsidiary.
- September
- York-Benimaru Co., Ltd. was made a wholly owned subsidiary.
2007
- January
- Seven & i Food Systems Co., Ltd. bet365 주소blished.
- March
- The Loft CO., LTD. was made a wholly owned subsidiary of Millennium Retailing, Inc.
- April
- Proprietary electronic money service "nanaco" was introduced.
- May
- Seven Premium, a private brand across the Group, was launched.
- July
- Akachan Honpo Co., Ltd. was made a subsidiary of Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.
2008
- January
- Seven & i Financial Group (later Seven Financial Services Co., Ltd.) bet365 주소blished.
- April
- SEVEN-ELEVEN (CHINA) INVESTMENT CO., LTD. bet365 주소blished.
- July
- Seven & i Net Media Co., Ltd. bet365 주소blished.
- August
- Agricultural corporation, Seven Farm Tomisato Co., Ltd. bet365 주소blished.
2009
- January
- Seven Culture Network Co., Ltd. bet365 주소blished.
- August
- Millennium Retailing, Sogo, and The Seibu Department Stores were merged to establish Sogo & Seibu Co., Ltd.
- December
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- Seven Net Shopping, a general online shopping site for the Group, was launched.
- bet365 주소nd capital alliance made with PIA Corporation.
2010s
2010
- March
- Capital alliance with Tower Records Japan Inc.
- July
- Agricultural production corporation, Seven Farm Co., Ltd. bet365 주소blished.
- December
- SEVEN-ELEVEN (CHENGDU) CO., LTD. bet365 주소blished.
2012
- July
- bet365 주소an launched "Seven Easy Delivery" (Rakuraku Otodokebin) service using electric mini vehicles.
2013
- July
- bet365 주소nd capital alliance with DAIICHI CO., LTD. a Hokkaido-based supermarket.
- December
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- bet365 주소nd capital alliance with Nissen Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. entered into a capital alliance with Tenmaya Store Co., Ltd., and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. entered into a bet365 주소lliance with Tenmaya Store Co., Ltd. and Tenmaya Co., Ltd.
- bet365 주소nd capital alliance with BALS CORPORATION (later Francfranc Corporation).
2015
- February
- Barneys Japan Co., Ltd. was made a wholly owned subsidiary.
- March
- bet365 주소lliance with Kansai-based food supermarket MANDAI CO., LTD.
- November
- Grand opening of Omni7, the Group's comprehensive e-commerce channel.
2016
- November
- Nissen Holdings Co., Ltd. was made a wholly owned subsidiary.
2017
- October
- SEVEN-ELEVEN OKINAWA CO., LTD. bet365 주소blished.
2018
- January
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- Seven Payment Service, Ltd. bet365 주소blished.
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bet365 주소an exceeded 20,000 stores..
- April
- bet365 주소lliance with Izumi Co., Ltd.
- July
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- bet365 주소lliance with Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. and with Odakyu Shoji Co., Ltd.
- bet365 주소lliance with Zoshinkai Holdings Inc.
2019
- May
- Environmental initiative "GREEN CHALLENGE 2050" was formed.
- July
- First Seven-Eleven store was opened in Okinawa, giving the Seven-Eleven chain a presence in every prefecture in Japan.
- December
- Number of 7-Eleven stores worldwide exceeded 70,000.
2020s
2020
100th anniversary of Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.
- March
- bet365 주소AN CO., LTD. established General Incorporated Association, Seven Global Linkage.
- May
- The Seven Premium Connect Declaration was announced.
- June
- York Co., Ltd. bet365 주소blished.
2021
- May
- 7-Eleven, Inc. acquired Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s U.S. convenience store and fuel retail businesses operating mainly under the Speedway brand.
- June
- bet365 주소AN CO., LTD. and 7-Eleven, Inc. undertook a joint venture to establish 7-Eleven International LLC.
2022
- March
- Revised the material issues of the Seven & i Group.
- April
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- The company and Seven Bank moved to the Prime Market following the reorganization of Tokyo Stock Exchange markets.
- Number of 7-Eleven stores worldwide exceeded 80,000.