EXCLUSIVEBRANDSOURCING RETAILER/WHOLESALER ...

AEON GROUP, THE
1-5, 1 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiiba-shi, Chiba 261- 8515 JAPAN
Tel: +81 43-212-6042
Fax: +81 43-212-6849
www.aeon.info/
Total Fiscal 2011 Aeon Group Revenues: $ 58.1 Billion (¥ 5.1 Trillion) +0.8%; Total General
Merchandise & Other Store Revenues: $47.1 Billion (¥ 4.1 Trillion) +1.2%; Total Specialty Store
Retail Revenues: $6.1Billion (¥ 532.9 Billion) - 2%; Total Shopping Center Dev. Revenues: $1.9
Billion (¥ 171 Billion) +3.3%; Total GM and Other Retail Sales in Exclusive Brands: 20%+ ( E)
Percentage of Sales in Exclusive Brands: N/A
Principal Business: The Aeon Group is comprised of 155 consolidated subsidiaries, all under
Aeon Co., Ltd., the holding company, which oversees 12 individually managed businesses. In
total, Aeon represents 12,170 retail stores (10,255 in Japan, the rest in 9 other ASEAN countries--
Cambodia, China & Hong Kong,India, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, South Korea,
Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam). In addition, the group operates 401 financial services units and
1,410 service business units (shopping center development, digital etc.) in six of those countries.
Its retail stores breakdown as follows: 590 (GMS) general merchandise stores in 7 countries plus
Hong Kong; 1,307 supermarkets in 4 countries plus Hong Kong; 104 discount stores in Japan;
3,811 convenience stores in 4 countries, 3,305 specialty stores in 3 countries plus Hong Kong,
2,657 drugstores, and 269 other retail outlets. Aeon is the top supermarket chain in Japan, where
its 1,300+ Maxivalu stores operated by 19 companies, produce sales of ¥1.8 trillion. Its GMS
stores in Japan, mostly under the JUSCO banner, but also including Saty and Postful banners,
serve as the core of the Aeon shopping center. There are some 46 shopping centers in its business.
Its convenience stores carry the Ministop banner. Its specialty store shops cover fashion apparel,
footwear, etc., many of them located in its shopping centers: Blue Grass fashion, Nustsep shoes,
Taka:Q clothing, etc. In its drugstore pharmacy operation, Aeon belongs to the AEON Welcia
Store alliance along with 11 leading dispensing pharmacies and drugstore operators in Japan as
well as HAPYCOM, one of Japan’s largest alliances of drugstores and pharmacies.
EB Identities: Topvalu (everyday products), Topvalu Select (superior quality, identifiable place of
origin, unique manufacturing methods and/or functional benefits), Bestprice by Topvalu (daily
essentials), Topvalu Gurinal (processed foods using less agricultural chemicals, antibiotics, or
other chemical addities), Topvalu Kyokan Segen (enironment friendly products-reduce, recycle,
reuse and returnable), Topvalu ready Meal (prepared meals), Topvalu Healthy (healthy and well
being products), Topvalu Premium (high quality materials and manufacturing methods to support
body shape and lifestye changes for aging consumers), Welcia, HapYcom (health and beauty care
items in drugstores and pharmacies).
EB skus: 5,500+