convenience store: Ministop in Dalian and Lawson in Shenyang
A series of Japanese convenience stores advancing into the three northeastern provinces
Dalian
May 20, 2019
Mini stop
The company announced that it has signed an area franchise agreement with Dalian Mitaka Group.
The signing date is April 15th.
Ministop will start a convenience store business in China from 2009, and will expand 81 stores as of April 2019.
Mitaka group: “Anywide” brand
Launched the “Anywide” brand in Dalian in 2015, and has expanded 138 convenience stores in China.
Entering into China: Nikkei convenience store
Ministop,
Seven-Eleven,
Lawson,
Family mart
Tohoku 3 provinces: Lawson only
Until now, only Lawson had made inroads.
Lawson operates 153 stores in Dalian.
It will be opened in Shenyang city in the future.
Liaoning Provincial Government Foreign Affairs Office announcement
The company’s Takemasu Sadanobu president April 30, met with Ryokuhei Chen Fukusho length and Shenyang city of Liaoning Province, revealed to be opened in the city in prospect June.
Dalian convenience stores: Chinese brands
“Good customers”
“Solar system”
“Good friend Kimiman” etc.
There is a Chinese brand.
However, only Lawson and Anywide are the only companies that handle imported goods and locally produced Japanese-made companies in China.
-JETRO
https://www.jetro.go.jp/biznews/2019/05/21144e86e8895bae.html