Æon (Company) Information
ÆON Co., Ltd. (イオン株式会社, Ion Kabushiki-gaisha?, TYO: 8267), commonly written AEON Co., Ltd., is the holding company of Æon Group. It operates JUSCO supermarkets directly in Japan. It is originally founded in 1758 by founder Okada Sozaemon (岡田惣左衛門?).
Æon is the largest retailer in Asia. Æon is a retail network comprising 129 consolidated subsidiaries and 26 equity-method affiliated companies ranging from convenience stores "Ministop" and supermarkets to shopping malls and specialty stores, including Talbots. ÆON is Japan's single-largest shopping mall developer and operator.
As of March 1, 2011, all JUSCO and SATY stores under the Aeon umbrella in Japan officially changed their names to Aeon. JUSCO stores still operate in the Greater China region and some others.
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