7-Eleven

Alibaba celebrates 1.2 million users on Taobao in Hong Kong

11 Dec 2012

Mainland e-commerce giant Alibaba Group said its customer-to-customer online trading platform Taobao has been growing robustly in Hong Kong.

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Taobao, 7-Eleven offer new payment scheme for Hong Kong's online shoppers

8 Nov 2012

The Alibaba Group's internet retail subsidiaries, Taobao Marketplace and Tmall.com have teamed up with convenience store giant 7-Eleven to deliver a more efficient payment tool for Hong Kong...

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Clothes ripped off shoplifting suspect at 7-Eleven store in New York

22 Oct 2012

A worker at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Brooklyn, New York, was fired after he and other store employees were recorded ripping the clothes off a suspected shoplifter.

The video was...

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7-Eleven attacked for 23pc price rise

25 Jan 2012

They claim to offer unrivalled convenience: but the inconvenient truth is that prices at your local 7-Eleven have crept up by almost a quarter in just three months, according to a new study.

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Remnant of a bygone era gives shoppers touch of nostalgia in quest for survival

11 Feb 2008

In downtown Beijing, a run-down department store just five minutes' drive from two new super-shopping malls is bursting with customers every day.

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Chia Tai shares surge on plan to buy stores

19 May 2007

Shares of retailer Chia Tai Enterprises International surged as much as 66 per cent yesterday after it announced that a partnership led by controlling shareholder, Thailand's Chearavanont family,...

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Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Dairy Farm takes over Lianhua Quik stores

Dairy Farm International Holdings, whose 7-Eleven outlets constitute Guangzhou's biggest convenience store chain, will take over its closest rival in the city in a move to head off increasing...

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Convenience Retail to franchise Circle K brand in China

Convenience Retail Asia, whose stores compete with 7-Eleven outlets in Hong Kong, is for the first time to franchise some mainland outlets under its Circle K brand once its loss-making operation...

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Cold-drink stores do a roaring trade

There were no protests from owners of stores selling cold drinks, as thirsty demonstrators caused a boom in business. But other outlets, such as mobile phone stores, saw a drop in sales as...

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Expansion vital to 7-Eleven profits

Dairy Farm's convenience store operator 7-Eleven hopes its joint venture operations in southern China will achieve profitability as early as 2003 after nine years of losses.

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Youths pocket princely sum

Youngsters get an average of $2,313 in pocket money each month, with about half of it going on food and drink, according to a survey of 516 people aged between 10 and 24 by the 7-Eleven...

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