NAGOYA – The CEO of 7-Eleven-Japan’s parent company, Seven & I Holdings Co., is looking to integrate the company’s 50,000 stores into portals for his growing online retail empire, Japan Daily Press reports. 

Toshifumi Suzuki is planning to make Japan’s 7-Eleven stores pick-up points for the products people order online from Seven & I’s department stores, supermarkets and other partner companies. Drawing inspiration from how U.S. retailers are accomplishing similar practices, he sent 50 heads of his different companies to the U.S. to learn how to “omnichannel” integration and apply it to the Japanese market. 

The company is now in discussions with several Japanese online retailers of their point-of-pickup arrangements. It offers strong logistical incentives, as its 7-Eleven stores are open 24 hours a day and located throughout the country.