FamilyMart fell 8.1% on profit-taking after announcing that it expects consolidated pretax profit to reach an all-time high for the 2014 fiscal year.

WSJ: Nikkei Outperforms, Shanghai Treads Water

On January 13th, for instance, a consortium of five, led by FamilyMart, said they would set up a joint venture to develop Japanese e-commerce.

ECONOMIST: Banking at your convenience

Yet Bouchard knows 7-Eleven's U.S. division is experimenting with daily deliveries to its stores, similar to what its Japanese parent does and what Japan's Familymart is attempting with its first U.S. convenience store, in California.

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