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  2. 7-Eleven - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong 7-Eleven store in Shek Tong Tsui, Hong Kong. 7-Eleven first opened in Hong Kong in 1981, when it was a British colony. As of July 2019, it operates as a subsidiary of the DFI Retail Group (formerly Dairy Farm International).

  3. DFI Retail Group - Wikipedia

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    The 7-Eleven convenience store chain in Hong Kong and Singapore was acquired from Jardine Matheson in 1989. Since 1999, Dairy Farm has continued to expand its footprint by acquiring supermarket and other retail operations in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

  4. Octopus card - Wikipedia

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    Over 33 million Octopus cards are in circulation as of 2018, with the card being used by 99 per cent of Hong Kong residents. Notable businesses that started accepting Octopus cards at an early stage included PARKnSHOP, Wellcome, Watsons, 7-Eleven, Starbucks, McDonald's, and Circle K.

  5. Charoen Pokphand - Wikipedia

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    Having been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 1981, CP Lotus, a retail arm of CP Group in China, opened its first store in Shanghai in 1997. [16] After the Asian financial crisis in 1997 , CP consolidated into three business lines under its main brands: foods (CP Foods), retail (7-Eleven), and telecommunications (True).

  6. Hong Kong Sevens - Wikipedia

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    The Hong Kong Sevens (Chinese: 香港國際七人欖球賽) is a rugby sevens tournament held annually in Hong Kong on a weekend in late March or early April. Considered the premier tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series competition, the Hong Kong Sevens is currently the seventh tournament on the World Series calendar (following the Canada Sevens).

  7. Cold Storage (supermarket) - Wikipedia

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    Cold Storage is a Singaporean multinational supermarket company currently owned by DFI Retail Group. Its parent company also operates Market Place stores, now branded as Cold Storage Fresh, as well as the Giant hypermarket brand, and has various other supermarkets around Asia including Hero and Wellcome . Founded in 1903 as the Singapore Cold ...

  8. Circle K - Wikipedia

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    Circle K Stores, Inc. is an American chain of convenience stores that is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, and owned by Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., based in Laval, Quebec, Canada. [7] Founded in 1951 in El Paso, Texas, the company filed for bankruptcy protection in 1990 and went through several owners, before being acquired by Alimentation ...

  9. Singles' Day - Wikipedia

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    The Singles' Day ( simplified Chinese: 光棍节; traditional Chinese: 光棍節) or Double 11 ( simplified Chinese: 双11; traditional Chinese: 雙11 ), originally called Bachelors' Day, is a Chinese unofficial holiday and shopping season that celebrates people who are not in a relationship. The date, 11 November (11/11), was chosen because ...

  10. Seven & I Holdings - Wikipedia

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    Seven & I Holdings. Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (株式会社セブン&アイ・ホールディングス) is an American [2] -Japanese diversified retail holdings company headquartered in Nibanchō, Chiyoda, Tokyo. On September 1, 2005, it was established as a result of the integration of three companies: Ito-Yokado, Seven-Eleven Japan, and ...

  11. History of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    Main article: History of Hong Kong under Imperial China. See also: Nam Viet and Bao'an County. The territory that now comprises Hong Kong was loosely part of China during the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC), and the area was part of the ancient kingdom of Nam Viet (203–111 BC). [21]