The 7-Eleven stores eventually became so integral ... who died last year at 98, walks through the history of the company’s founding and his belief that customers always come first.

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 ...

Convenience stores are a part of Japan’s culture, meaning that the foreign buyout offer from Canadian Owner of Circle K for 7-Eleven, the largest chain, could be a hard sell there. Seven & i ...

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 ...

Japan will look at the "economic security" aspects of any foreign acquisition of 7-Eleven, a government minister said as Canada's Couche-Tard pursues a takeover of the world's largest convenience ...

Shares in the owner of convenience store giant 7-Eleven jumped on Wednesday after it received a new takeover offer from Canadian rival Alimentation Couche-Tard. Japan's Seven & i Holdings ...