LAWSON Company Description
LAWSON aims to be the "hot station" in the neighborhood for on-the-go Japanese. Japan's #2 convenience store chain (behind Seven-Eleven Japan), LAWSON operates more than 8,850 outlets throughout Japan and in Shanghai, China. Its stores offer original products including main dishes, prepared noodles, bakery and deli items, and rice balls. (Food and groceries account for about 85% of sales.) Subsidiary Lawson Ticket sells concert, sports, and other events tickets in LAWSON and Daiei stores. Lawson ATM dispenses cash to shoppers in about 4,250 LAWSON shops. Founded in 1975 as Daiei Lawson Co., the chain was spun off by financially troubled Daiei in 2000. Mitsubishi Corporation owns about 32% of LAWSON.
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