One of the world’s largest franchise chains 7-eleven is entering the Russian market. As per experts’ opinion, the company is likely to find a partner among local retail operators or sell their master-license. Among the candidates for development on the Russian market – X5 Retail group and Metro.
7-Eleven Inc. belongs to Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd which is part of Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd. The first shops were opened in 1927 in the USA, and in 1950-s there were already 100 shops. Today the company is operating 40,000 shops, the majority is concentrated in Japan.
Source: www.retail.ru