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oasting more than 61,000 stores to its name in 18 countries and territories, Seven Emirates Investments LLC is embarking on an innovative 10-year business plan to expand its enterprise for bringing 7-Elven to UAE. The Company began its operations 90 years ago in Dallas, Texas and was known as The Southland Corporation until the corporate name was changed to 7-Eleven Inc in 1999. Since then it has continuously grown, producing excellence in franchise systems and high standards in its day-to-day operations. In 2014 Seven Emirates Investment LLC concluded a master franchise agreement with 7-Eleven Inc to embark on launching 7-Eleven stores in the UAE, applying Japanese best practices with on-site support from an expert Japanese team of business consultants to implement this. “The 7-Eleven business model places emphasis on fresh merchandise, innovative inventory management techniques and numerous technological improvements that have been successfully implemented in Japan,” explains Khamis Al Subousi, President at Seven Emirates Investments LLC. “In collaboration with 7-Eleven Inc. and 7-Eleven Japan, we opened our first store in October, 2015, located in downtown Dubai.” It is hoped that the Company will become the business model in the UAE for neighbourhood convenience stores, with a long-term view of creating a service offering of modern and advanced convenience store services which will keep pace with the country’s economic and social development. The Company is a purely local Company, and in the UAE it is continuing to develop and implement safe and comfortable neighbourhood convenience stores which are operational 24-seven and offer a wide variety of products and services to meet each customer’s needs.
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