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Seven & i Holdings (TSE: 3382) Company Profile

Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. was founded in 2005 through the merger of Ito-Yokado Co. Ltd., Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd. and Denny’s Japan Co. Ltd. Headquartered in Tokyo, the company operates retail, food, financial and IT businesses. Seven & i Holdings operates convenience stores, superstores, supermarkets, department stores, restaurants and other operations worldwide. The company had around 21,800 stores of various types in Japan as of Feb. 28, 2018, and around 66,200 stores in other parts of the world as of Dec. 31, 2017.

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Taubman Centers, Inc. (NYSE: TCO) Company Profile

Taubman Centers is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), incorporated in 1973 and headquartered in Michigan. The Taubman Realty Group Limited Partnership is a majority-owned partnership subsidiary of Taubman Centers that directly or indirectly holds interests in all Taubman Centers’ real estate properties. Taubman Centers owns, leases, acquires, disposes of, develops, expands, and manages shopping centers and related interests.

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JCPenney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) Company Profile

JCPenney operates department stores and via its website, selling family apparel and footwear, accessories, fine and fashion jewellery, beauty products through Sephora inside JCPenney, and home furnishings. The company department stores also offer services such as styling salon, optical, portrait photography and custom decorating.

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Casey’s General Stores (NASDAQ: CASY) Company Profile

Casey’s specifically aims to tap underserved markets in the Midwest by serving smaller communities not covered by large national convenience stores and grocery stores. The company strives to bolster store performance and traffic through digital engagement, its loyalty program and product price optimization. Casey’s is also remodeling stores and making acquisitions to increase its scale and performance.

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EssilorLuxottica (ENXTPA: EL) Company Profile

Essilor Luxottica is formed by the merger of Essilor and Luxottica, two distinctive and disruptive companies in the vision care sector. Essilor designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of lenses. Its flagship brands are Varilux, Crizar, Transitions, Eyezen, Xperio, Foster Grant, Bolon and Costa. Essilor is also involved in development of equipments, instruments and services for eyecare professionals. Luxottica Group is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of fashion, luxury, sports and performance eyewear. The company operates under two segments—manufacturing and wholesale distribution in addition to retail distribution.

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Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ASNA) Company Profile

Ascena is a specialty retailer offering apparel, shoes and accessories for women and tween girls under four segments: Premium Fashion, Value Fashion, Plus Fashion and Kids Fashion. The company operates approximately 4,600 stores int the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico through the brands Ann Taylor, Loft, Maurices, Dressbarn, Lane Bryant, Catherines, and Justice brands. It also sells online, including anntaylor.com, LOFT.com, louandgrey.com, maurices.com, dressbarn.com, lanebryant.com, catherines.com, and shopjustice.com. The company was founded in 1962 and is based in Mahwah, New Jersey. It was known as Dress Barn, Inc. until 2011, when it changed its name to Ascena Retail Group, Inc.

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Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSX: ATD.B) Company Profile

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., founded in 1980 and headquartered in Laval, Quebec, operates convenience stores and fuel stations under banners such as Circle K, Couche-Tard, Holiday, Ingo, Mac’s, Re.Store and Topaz. The company offers grocery items, food and beverages, fuel, lottery tickets, automated teller machines and car wash services. Alimentation Couche-Tard operates in North America, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Russia and Lithuania. As of Oct. 14, 2018, the company operated 9,943 convenience stores in North America that employed around 105,000 staff and 2,718 convenience stores in Europe that employed around 25,000 staff.

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Dufry (SIX: DUFN) Company Profile

Dufry AG is a Switzerland-based company engaged in the travel retail business under the Dufry, Nuance, World Duty Free, Hellenic Duty Free and Hudson banners, among others. The company operates more than 2,300 duty-free and duty-paid retail shops located in airports, cruise liners, seaports and other tourist locations. Its product assortments include beauty, confectionery, liquor, tobacco, watches and jewelry, electronics, toys and apparel, and publications such as newspapers, magazines and books. Dufry operates in five geographic divisions: Southern Europe and Africa; UK and Central Europe; Eastern Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia; Latin America; and North America.

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Casino Group (ENXTPA: CO) Company Profile

Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA is a French multinational food and general merchandise retailer that operates hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores, cash-and-carry outlets and e-commerce stores. The group’s banners include Monoprix, Casino Supermarchés, Carulla, Pão de Açúcar, Franprix, Vival, Spar, Le Petit Casino, Minuto Pão de Açúcar and Assaí. As of December 2017, the group owned more than 12,200 stores in France, Latin America and the Indian Ocean region, including more than 9,200 stores in France alone. It operates the general merchandise website Cdiscount in France.

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