ÆON

Infobox Company
name = ÆON Co., Ltd.

type = Public KK (tyo|8267)
foundation = 1758 (as Shinoharaya)
location = flagicon|Japan Tokyo, Japan
key_people = Motoya Okada, President
industry = Retail
services = Shopping malls, Hypermarkets, Supermarkets, Convenience stores
locations = 391
revenue = profit ¥ 5,167,366 million JPY (FY 2007)
net_income = profit ¥ 43,932 million JPY (FY 2007)
num_employees = 76,318 (2007)
homepage = [http://www.aeon.info/en/ www.aeon.info] Nihongo|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 Nihongo|Okadaya Sozaemon|岡田惣左衛門.

ÆON is the largest retailer in Asia. ÆON is a multi-faceted 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.

ee also

*ÆON Group
*JUSCO
*Maxvalu Tokai
*Ministop

References

*" [http://www.aeon.info/en/investors/annual/ann_data/2007/2007_all.pdf ÆON Annual Report 2007] "

External links

* [http://www.aeon.info/aeoncorp/english/ ÆON Co., Ltd.]