7-Eleven
American multinational convenience store chain
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| October 15 2024 | As part of 7-Eleven Philippines' 40th year of operations, they opened their milestone 4,000th store in Newport, Makati City. |
| September 6 2024 | Seven & i Holdings rejected Alimentation Couche-Tard's buyout offer as too low, though they remain open to a potentially revised offer. |
| August 19 2024 | Alimentation Couche-Tard made a buyout offer for Seven & i Holdings. |
| May 2024 | 7-Eleven's expansion effort in Israel failed, and the stores were sold, concluding the attempted market entry. |
| May 2024 | Reitan announced plans to discontinue cigarette sales in all Swedish 7-Eleven stores by 2026. |
| April 2024 | The purchase of the Australian 7-Eleven franchise by Seven & i Holdings was finalized. |
| December 2023 | Seven & i Holdings of Japan agreed to purchase the Australian 7-Eleven franchise for A$1.71 billion. |
| September 7 2023 | First 7-Eleven store in Laos officially opened in Vientiane, located on Souphanouvong Road, Nongpanai Village, Sikhottabong district. |
| March 2023 | 7-Eleven announced 7Charge, its proprietary EV charging network and mobile app, with plans to expand charging locations. |
| January 2023 | The first 7-Eleven store in Israel opened at Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Center, marking the brand's entry into the Israeli market. |
| 2022 | 7-Eleven in Denmark experienced a widespread ransomware attack that forced all stores to temporarily close. The company did not pay the attackers and confirmed that no customer data was compromised. |
| August 2022 | 7-Eleven acquired Skipcart, a same-day and on-demand delivery platform. |
| April 2022 | 7-Eleven Australia settled a class-action lawsuit with franchisees for A$98 million, related to misleading representations about store profitability. |
| January 2022 | Lotte acquired the entire stake of Ministop Korea Co. for 313.37 billion won ($263 million), with plans to gradually convert all Ministop stores to 7-Eleven. |
| 2021 | 7-Eleven announced a partnership with a South Korean nonprofit to create jobs and franchising opportunities for North Korean defectors. |
| 2021 | 7-Eleven launched a $70 million advertising campaign, their largest investment in advertising, with commercials directed by Harmony Korine to highlight their evolving store format. |
| October 2021 | 7-Eleven signed a contract with Electra Consumer Products to open hundreds of stores in Israel, planning to expand to approximately 400 branded locations. |
| October 9 2021 | 7-Eleven opened its first store in India, located in Mumbai at Blue Fortuna, Military Road, Marol, Andheri East. The store initially operated 24 hours but was later modified to close at 12:00am. |
| October 7 2021 | Reliance Retail announced its partnership with 7-Eleven to open stores in India, following the end of Future Group's partnership with the company. |
| August 30 2021 | 7-Eleven and Thailand's CP Group opened the first 7-Eleven store in Phnom Penh's Chroy Changvar district, marking the brand's entry into Cambodia. The company planned to open at least six more stores in Phnom Penh in the same year, with a commitment to stock at least 50 percent local small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) products. |
| July 11 2021 | 7-Eleven Philippines opened its 3,000th store in Meycauayan, Bulacan, coinciding with the chain's 94th founding anniversary. |
| May 14 2021 | 7-Eleven completed the acquisition of Speedway LLC for $21 billion. |
| April 2021 | 7-Eleven launched the 'Take it to Eleven' ad campaign, inspired by the chain's name and the phrase from the film 'This is Spinal Tap'. |
| 2020 | 7-Eleven announced the purchase of Speedway for $21 billion. |
| 2020 | Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 7-Eleven Philippines reduced planned store openings from 400 to 200 stores. |
| August 31 2020 | 7-Eleven and Thailand's CP Group announced a 30-year master franchise agreement to expand into Laos. |
| July 11 2020 | 7-Eleven Day was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with 7 Rewards members receiving a free medium Slurpee through their app instead. |
| March 2 2020 | 7-Eleven, Inc. completed the acquisition of over 100 independently operated 7-Eleven stores in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. |
| February 2020 | 7-Eleven opened a cashier-less location at their headquarters in Irving, Texas, showcasing a technological innovation in their retail approach. |
| February 2020 | 7-Eleven partnered with GCash to introduce a new scan-to-pay payment option for physical purchases using the GCash app. |
| 2019 | 7-Eleven further expanded its operations by opening stores in Wuhan, Xi'an, and Fuzhou. |
| 2019 | 7-Eleven again announced plans to return to the UK market, but no stores were actually opened. |
| July 2019 | 7-Eleven launched and then quickly suspended its mobile payment service 7pay after a security breach that allowed hackers to spend money from customers' accounts. |
| February 2019 | 7-Eleven announced plans to operate a combination store in partnership with Domino's Pizza, expanding their business model. |
| 2018 | 7-Eleven entered into partnership discussions with Petrobras Distribuidora to potentially operate convenience stores at gas stations in Brazil, but the talks did not progress further. |
| 2018 | 7-Eleven opened stores in Nanjing, continuing its strategic expansion across Chinese cities. |
| November 2018 | CP All Public Company announced an intent to reduce and eventually end the use of single-use plastic bags in their 7-Eleven stores |
| January 2018 | 7-Eleven launched an experimental unstaffed shop called X-Store, demonstrating innovation in their retail approach. |
| 2017 | 7-Eleven expanded to Hangzhou and Ningbo, further diversifying its presence in eastern China. |
| 2017 | 7-Eleven closed its operations in Indonesia due to low sales. |
| October 2017 | Partnership between Shell Singapore and 7-Eleven was terminated, with remaining 52 7-Eleven stores in Shell petrol stations to be gradually rebranded back to Shell Select. |
| June 15 2017 | 7-Eleven opened its first store in Vietnam, marking the country as the 17th nation to host the global convenience store chain. The store was established through Seven System Vietnam (SSV), based in Ho Chi Minh City. |
| September 2016 | 7-Eleven's store count in Indonesia reduced from 190 to 166 stores. |
| July 2016 | 7-Eleven Malaysia opened its 2,000th outlet located on Jalan Klang Lama. |
| March 2016 | 7-Eleven acquired 148 Imperial Oil-owned Esso gas stations in Alberta and British Columbia for C$2.8 billion, converting most to 7-Eleven stores. |
| December 2015 | 7-Eleven offered to pay the first $25 million of back-pay claims for current and former workers affected by wage theft. |
| October 2015 | 7-Eleven opened its first store in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, marking the company's initial entry into the Middle Eastern market. |
| September 2015 | 7-Eleven chairman Russ Withers and CEO Warren Wilmot resigned following the wage underpayment revelations. |
| August 2015 | Fairfax Media and ABC's Four Corners programme reported on 7-Eleven's employment practices, revealing systematic underpayment of employees. |
| 2014 | 7-Eleven announced plans to return to the UK market, but the plans did not progress further. |
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