JAPAN: Aeon buys Marunaka
By Sam Webb | 5 October 2011
Japanese retailer Aeon said today (5 October) that it would spend JPY44.9bn (US$585m) to buy central Japan-based supermarket chain Marunaka and Sanyo Marunaka, to expand its presence in the region.
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Japanese retailer Aeon said today (5 October) that it would spend JPY44.9bn (US$585m) to buy central Japan-based supermarket chain Marunaka and Sanyo Marunaka, to expand its presence in the region.
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