   7-eleven or 7-11 is part of an international chain of convenience stores. 7-eleven, primarily operating as a franchise, is the world's largest operator, franchisor, and licensor of convenience stores with more than 50,000 outlets. this number surpassed the previous record-holder, mcdonald's corporation, in 2007, by approximately 1,000 retail stores. 7-eleven branded stores under parent company seven & i holdings co., are in 15 countries with its largest markets being japan (16,664), the united states (7,800), thailand (7,816), republic of korea (7,055), and taiwan (5,001). 7-eleven, inc. is headquartered in dallas, texas, while its globally operating parent company, seven-eleven japan co., ltd., is headquartered in tokyo, japan. in turn, the holding company of seven-eleven japan is seven & i holdings co. ltd. ==etymology== the company's first convenience outlets were known as tote'm stores, since customers "toted" away their purchases, and some even sported genuine alaskan [[totem p
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