Seven & i Holdings reported a drop in nine-month net profit due to a weaker performance across segments.

Eleven's parent rose more than seven percent on Friday after a report that US investment firm Apollo is eyeing a $9.5 billion stake in the owner of the world's biggest convenience store chain.

For most of its almost century-long history 7-Eleven was an American brand. Starting out in 1927 selling blocks of ice that were used to keep fridges cool, it later stocked essential items like ...

Japan's Seven & i Holdings , operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, said operating profit fell 24% in the latest ...

With thousands of branches worldwide, 7-Eleven is one of the most well-known convenience store chains. But it has undergone a ...

Some history: Starting out in 1927 as a convenience ... The name was changed to 7-Eleven in 1946 to reflect expanded business hours, while U.S. franchising began in 1961, and in 1973, Ito-Yokado ...

A rise in shareholder activism in Japan is poised to fuel a new wave of management buyouts by founding families, after the battle for 7-Eleven's parent company prompted a more than ¥8 trillion ($ ...