FamilyMart
| KK FamilyMart
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| legal form | Kabushiki kaisha ( joint stock company ) |
| ISIN | JP3802600001 |
| founding | September 1, 1981 |
| Seat | Toshima , Tokyo |
| management | Junji Ueda (President) |
| Number of employees | 3,356 (2012) |
| Branch | Grocery retail |
| Website | www.family.co.jp |
KK FamilyMart ( Japanese 株式会社 フ ァ ミ リ ー マ ー ト , Kabushiki kaisha Famirī Māto , English FamilyMart Co., Ltd. ) is a Japanese retail chain.
FamilyMart is Japan's third largest convenience store operator after 7-Eleven and Lawson . FamilyMart was the market leader in Japan, but the company had to exit the South Korean market. Since then, the chain has been operated as a CU by BGF Retail .
history
FamilyMart was founded on September 1, 1981. The number of branches rose rapidly within a few years. In 1986 there were 1,000 supermarkets in Japan. In 1988 the first store was opened in Taipei . In 1990 the first branch finally opened in Seoul . In the following years the company expanded rapidly. Finally, in 2005, the first store opened in the United States . The branches in the USA run under the name Famima! .
In March 2010, FamilyMart took over the am / pm chain complete with 1107 convenience stores, most of which were converted into FamilyMart branches by December 2011. 374 former am / pm branches were closed.
Worldwide branches
There are 20,079 FamilyMart or Famima! Branches worldwide ( as of February 2012 ). FamilyMart Co., Ltd. has several subsidiaries that operate the branches in each country. FamilyMart is currently represented in 7 countries.
Here is an overview:
- Japan : 8,834
- South Korea : 6,910
- Taiwan : 2,809
- Thailand : 687
- China : 813
- United States : 8
- Vietnam : 18
In addition, South Korean franchisees operate branches in Bangladesh and North Korea mainly for South Korean visitors and guest workers .
Ownership structures
The shares of the company is traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since 1987th
| proportion of | Shareholders |
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| 30.65% | Itōchū Shōji |
| 4.28% | Japan Trustee Services Bank ( escrow account ) |
| 3.00% | NTT DoCoMo |
| 2.44% | Japan Trustee Services Bank (escrow account) |
| 2.40% | The Master Trust Bank of Japan (escrow account) |
| 2.13% | Mizuho Bank |
| 2.01% | Nippon Life Insurance Company |
| 1.71% | Deutsche Securities Inc. |
| 1.46% | Chase Manhattan Bank |
| 1.33% | Goldman Sachs |
| 48.59% | Free float |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual Report 2012. (PDF; 1.7 MB) (No longer available online.) FamiliyMart, February 29, 2012, archived from the original on June 18, 2013 ; accessed on January 12, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ FAQs. (No longer available online.) FamiliyMart, archived from the original on February 11, 2010 ; accessed on August 28, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Stock information. (No longer available online.) FamiliyMart, February 29, 2012, archived from the original on February 11, 2013 ; accessed on January 12, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
