AEON

By Ritsuko Shimizu and James Davey

LONDRES, 18 (EUROPA PRESS) El grupo británico de distribución Tesco ha vendido el 50% de sus acciones en su negocio en Japón a Aeon, la mayor empresa minorista del país nipón, lo que supone el primer paso de su plan para abandonar el país en dos fases, según informó la compañía en un comunicado.

LEIDEN, Países Bajos, February 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- [TAB]

By James Topham

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Seven & I Holdings posted a rise in third-quarter profit on Friday as strong post-quake demand for food and consumer goods continued to boost earnings of Japanese general retailers, although Aeon Co's earnings undershot strong year-earlier results.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese retailer Aeon Co posted a 9 percent rise in nine-month operating profit, helped by cost cuts, the merging of several separate general merchandise store chains and increased sales of higher-margin store brand goods.