Billionaire Hisao Nagata’s Trial Holdings said the acquisition of Seiyu Co. would expand his company’s sales to more than ...

Japanese discount supermarket chain operator Trial Holdings Inc. said Wednesday it will acquire rival Seiyu Co. for 380 ...

Japanese discount supermarket chain operator Trial Holdings Inc said Wednesday it will acquire rival Seiyu Co for 380 billion ...

Trial, a discount store operator based in the Kyushu region, said Wednesday that it will acquire supermarket operator Seiyu.

KKR sells Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu to Trial Holdings for $2.5 billion. Deal reflects KKR's efforts to position Seiyu for success.

Private equity giant KKR & Co (KKR) and U.S.retailer Walmart(WMT) are selling their ownership of the Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu for ...

The acquisition will help Kyushu-based Trial to expand its business areas to the Kanto and Chubu regions, where Seiyu has stores. “We aim for sustainable growth of the entire group by ...

Walmart spent more than $2 billion to take full control of Seiyu by 2008, after first investing in the Japanese supermarket chain in 2002. Walmart sold a 65% stake in Seiyu to KKR and a 20% stake to ...

Trial currently plans to retain Seiyu's company name and staff. With the acquisition, the number of the Trial group's stores will reach 585, and annual sales are expected to expand to about 1,200 ...

This deal comes after a series of takeovers in Seiyu over the past two decades, with Walmart initially purchasing a 6% ...