Shares in Seven & I Holdings fell after the Japanese company ended talks over a potential investment in Zabka Group, Poland\u2019s largest convenience store operator, even as it continues to look for expansion opportunities beyond its home market.<\/p>\n
Seven & I fell as much as 2.3% on Monday after it said it was unable to reach a deal that would be in the best interests of the company and its shareholders. Europe is still an attractive growth opportunity and the 7-Eleven owner will keep evaluating options in the region, according to the release.<\/p>\n
The Tokyo-based company had earlier this month confirmed reports that it was in discussions to acquire a stake in Zabka.<\/p>\n
A representative for Zabka wasn\u2019t immediately available to comment. The Polish chain operates nearly 13,000 stores across its home nation and began expanding into Romania in 2024.<\/p>\n
Seven & I has been under pressure over its lackluster share price, which has fallen around 6.5% in 2026, lagging behind Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 benchmark. The company drew an unsolicited takeover bid from Canada\u2019s Alimentation Couche-Tard in 2024, which was ultimately abandoned. The Japanese retailer has since streamlined its business and promised faster growth.<\/p>\n
With limited room for growth at home, Seven & I is aiming to expand its footprint to 30 countries and regions by 2030, from 19 currently. Europe in particular is seen as a new pillar, after the U.S. and Australia. The firm already has operations in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.<\/p>\n
Seven & I has traditionally relied on licensing arrangements, leaving day-to-day management to local operators. Now, the company is betting that it can replicate what it achieved in Australia, where it made the local business a wholly owned subsidiary, dispatched executives, and strengthened its food offerings.<\/p>\n
The retailer is also considering selling a stake to SoftBank and the Japanese payments company PayPay, people familiar with the negotiations have said, a move that would position them to capture more of consumers\u2019 wallets and fuel faster profit growth.<\/p>\n
Building a base in Europe could help offset Seven & I\u2019s weakness in the U.S., although 24-hour convenience-store operations remain less established in the region. Gaining a meaningful foothold in such markets could help drive market expansion.<\/p>\n
Seven & I raised its full-year operating profit guidance by about 5% to \u00a5425 billion ($2.6 billion) in earnings released earlier this month, beating analysts\u2019 estimates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shares in Seven & I Holdings fell after the Japanese company ended talks over a potential investment in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[217,215,3175,359,214,216,16660,41824,22135,5436,41179],"class_list":["post-64669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-business-of-japan","tag-convenience-stores","tag-investments","tag-japans-business","tag-japanese-business","tag-poland","tag-poland-japan-relations","tag-seven-i-holdings","tag-stocks","tag-zabka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}