What giant that operates as Asda in the United Kingdom, Seiyu in Japan and Best Price in India is also the biggest private employer in the world?
"Seiyu Group The group was established in December 1946, and was formed in 1956 by Seibu Department Stores, a group company of Seibu Railway. In 1980, Seiyu launched its private brand ""Mujirushi-Ryōhin"" (commonly known as MUJI outside Japan). MUJI was transferred to Ryohin-Keikaku in 1990, and is no longer part of Seiyu. On December 31, 2003, Seiyu and Walmart signed a partnership agreement in which Walmart would teach global supply chain practices. Numazu, Shizuoka was the site of the first Seiyu store using Walmart methods. Walmart bought a 37 percent stake in Seiyu in 2002, and according to a company"
"Japan, and as Best Price in India. It has wholly owned operations in Argentina, Chile, Canada, and South Africa. Since August 2018, Walmart only holds a minority stake in Walmart Brasil, with 20% of the company's shares, and private equity firm Advent International holding 80% ownership of the company. Walmart is the world's largest company by revenue—over US$500 billion, according to Fortune Global 500 list in 2018—as well as the largest private employer in the world with 2.3million employees. It is a publicly traded family-owned business, as the company is controlled by the Walton family. Sam Walton's heirs own over"
"(EMEA headquarters), Singapore (APAC headquarters) and several other countries (India, Germany, France, China, Taiwan, Japan, Italy, Latvia, Brazil) Boku is the largest independent carrier billing company in the world. The platform is used by digital marketplaces including Apple Inc., Google Play Store, Sony PlayStation Store, Windows Store, Facebook App Center, and Spotify. In addition, Boku has established partnerships with game publishers and online services. Many digital and gaming companies enable Boku's service, including Electronic Arts, Riot Games, Tencent, IGG, King.com, Bigpoint, Goodgame Studios among others. Leading payment service providers (Adyen, Ingenico, Optimal Payments, Xsolla, and others) choose to offer Boku"
"Sainsbury's Sainsbury's is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, with a 16.9% share of the supermarket sector. Founded in 1869, by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company became the largest retailer of groceries in 1922, was an early adopter of self-service retailing in the United Kingdom, and had its heyday during the 1980s. In 1995, Tesco overtook Sainsbury's to become the market leader, and Asda became the second largest in 2003, demoting Sainsbury's to third place for most of the subsequent period until January 2014, when Sainsbury's regained second place."
"areas. Sainsbury's Sainsbury's is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, with a 16.9% share of the supermarket sector. Founded in 1869, by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company became the largest retailer of groceries in 1922, was an early adopter of self-service retailing in the United Kingdom, and had its heyday during the 1980s. In 1995, Tesco overtook Sainsbury's to become the market leader, and Asda became the second largest in 2003, demoting Sainsbury's to third place for most of the subsequent period until January 2014, when Sainsbury's regained second"
"jobs outside India. From 2006 to 2010, FDI by Indian companies outside India amounted to 1.34 per cent of its GDP. Indian companies have deployed FDI and started operations in the United States, Europe and Africa. The Indian company Tata is the United Kingdom's largest manufacturer and private-sector employer. In 2015, a total of US$68.91 billion was made in remittances to India from other countries, and a total of US$8.476 billion was made in remittances by foreign workers in India to their home countries. The UAE, the US, and Saudi Arabia were the top sources of remittances to India, while"
"UFJ, Mizuho, NTT, TEPCO, Nomura, Mitsubishi Estate, ÆON, Mitsui Sumitomo, Softbank, JR East, Seven & I, KDDI and Japan Airlines counting as one of the largest companies in the world. Four of the five most circulated newspapers in the world are Japanese newspapers. The Koizumi government set Japan Post, one of the country's largest providers of savings and insurance services for privatization by 2015. The six major keiretsus are the Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, Fuyo, Mitsui, Dai-Ichi Kangyo and Sanwa Groups. Japan is home to 251 companies from the Forbes Global 2000 or 12.55% (as of 2013). In 2012, Japan was the"
"Bestway Bestway Group is a British multinational conglomerate company based in London, United Kingdom. It has its operations in United Kingdom and Pakistan. The group owns the UK’s second largest wholesaler serving 125,000 independent retailers and caterers from 64 warehouses nationwide. They also run the UK’s third largest pharmacy chain, Well Pharmacy based in Manchester. In Pakistan it is the largest shareholder of United Bank, while its subsidiary Bestway Cement is the largest cement-maker in Pakistan with a total capacity of more than 8 million tons per annum. In July 2014 Bestway Group acquired the Co-operative Group's stores branded as"
"Corporation, Apple Inc., Verizon, JPMorgan Chase, and Cardinal Health. In 2013, eight of the world's ten largest companies by market capitalization were American: Apple Inc., ExxonMobil, Berkshire Hathaway, Walmart, General Electric, Microsoft, IBM, and Chevron Corporation. According to Fortune Global 500 2011, the ten largest U.S. employers were Walmart, U.S. Postal Service, IBM, UPS, McDonald's, Target Corporation, Kroger, The Home Depot, General Electric, and Sears Holdings. Apple, Google, IBM, McDonald's, and Microsoft are the world's five most valuable brands in an index published by Millward Brown. A 2012 Deloitte report published in ""STORES"" magazine indicated that of the world's top"
"products. Walmart took full ownership in July 2015. In Japan, Walmart owns 100 percent of [[Seiyu Group|Seiyu]] (西友 ""Seiyū"") As of October 31, 2018, there are 333 stores under the Seiyu (Hypermarket) (88 locations), Seiyu (Supermarket) (237 locations), Seiyu (General Merchandise) (1location), and Livin (7locations) banners. In November 2006, the company announced a joint venture with [[Bharti Enterprises]] to operate in [[India]]. As foreign corporations were not allowed to enter the retail sector directly, Walmart operated through franchises and handled the wholesale end of the business. The partnership involved two joint ventures—Bharti manages the front end, involving opening of retail"
"America. ExxonMobil uses its Exxon and Mobil brands but is still known as Esso (the forerunner company name, Standard Oil or S. O.) in many places, most noticeably in Canada. In Brazil, the main operators are Petrobras Distribuidora and Ipiranga, but Esso and Shell are also present. In the United Kingdom, the two largest are BP and Shell. The ""Big Four"" supermarket chains, Morrisons, Sainsburys, Asda and Tesco, all operate filling stations, as well as some of the smaller supermarkets such as The Co-operative Group and Waitrose. Indian Oil operates approximately 15,000 filling stations in India. In Japan, the main"
"supporter of the UK Conservative Party. Bestway Bestway Group is a British multinational conglomerate company based in London, United Kingdom. It has its operations in United Kingdom and Pakistan. The group owns the UK’s second largest wholesaler serving 125,000 independent retailers and caterers from 64 warehouses nationwide. They also run the UK’s third largest pharmacy chain, Well Pharmacy based in Manchester. In Pakistan it is the largest shareholder of United Bank, while its subsidiary Bestway Cement is the largest cement-maker in Pakistan with a total capacity of more than 8 million tons per annum. In July 2014 Bestway Group acquired"
"Japan. In 1995, A.T. Kearney was acquired by EDS, a technology consulting firm. It once again became an independent company in 2005. As of April 2016, A.T. Kearney operates 60 offices in 40 countries. According to Glassdoor, it is the highest-paying company for employees in the United States as of April 2017. The Global Business Policy Council was founded in 1992 by Paul Laudicina as part of A.T. Kearney. Membership is by invitation-only. Members reportedly include academic, corporate, and government thought leaders, who meet at the annual CEO Retreat to discuss issues that affect the worldwide business climate. The Council"
"and 2012. In April 2018, Sainsbury's and Walmart announced negotiations about a possible merger of Sainsbury's and Asda, creating the largest supermarket chain in the UK. Under the plans, Walmart would own 42% of the combined business, which would be led by the existing chief executive of Sainsbury's, Mike Coupe. The group would also open branches of Argos within Asda stores. The merger is currently under intense scrutiny by a cross-party group of MPs, who are chairing select committees for the proposed merger between the two companies, and along with the Competition and Markets Authority, are investigating the impact of"
"Asda Asda Stores Ltd. () trading as Asda, is a British supermarket retailer, headquartered in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The company was founded in 1949 when the supermarket owning Asquith family merged with the Associated Dairies company of Yorkshire. It expanded into the south of England during the 1970s and 1980s, and acquired Allied Carpets, 61 large Gateway Supermarkets and other businesses, such as MFI, then sold off its acquisitions during the 1990s to concentrate on the supermarkets. It became a subsidiary of the American retail giant Walmart after a £6.7 billion takeover in July 1999, and was the second-largest supermarket"
"said it would increase pay by 15% in the year, spending an extra £100 million on a plan that will also simplify the number of job roles. In April 2018, Sainsbury’s entered talks with Walmart about a proposed merger with Asda, which could form the largest UK supermarket company. Under the plans, Walmart would own 42% of the combined business, which would be led by the existing chief executive of Sainsbury's, Mike Coupe. The group would also open branches of Argos within Asda shops. In May 2018 Sainsbury's shop portfolio was as follows. According to CACI, as of 2006, Sainsbury's"
"the largest manufacturer of mattresses in the world, Tempur-Pedic had greater revenue than Sealy in 2011. Sealy has 25 U.S. plants and a 17.8 per cent share of the country’s mattress sales. Sealy sells the majority of its mattresses under its three main brands: Sealy Posturepedic, Stearns & Foster, and Bassett. There are licensees operating in Australia, Argentina, Bahamas, Colombia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand and the United Kingdom. Sealy Corporation Sealy (formerly the Sealy Corporation) is a brand of mattresses marketed and sold by Tempur Sealy International. It draws its name from the city where the"
"from car park forecourts. Since the mid-1990s Asda has supplied, along with its main supermarket rivals, its own fuel delivered by its own tankers to its petrol station forecourts. As of June 2018, Asda operates 319 petrol stations in total, most within the car park area of its stores. And, as of 31 October 2018, that includes 18 standalone petrol stations. Asda Smart Price is a no-frills private label trade name. The equivalents from the three other big supermarkets are Tesco ""Everyday Value"", Sainsbury's ""Basics"" and Morrisons ""M Savers"". Between 2000/2001, the Smart Price brand replaced the Asda Farm Stores"
"the UK, where its Asda subsidiary is the second-largest retailer. In May 2006, after entering the South Korean market in 1998, Walmart sold all 16of its South Korean outlets to [[Shinsegae]], a local retailer, for . Shinsegae re-branded the Walmarts as [[E-mart]] stores. Walmart struggled to export its brand elsewhere as it rigidly tried to reproduce its model overseas. In China, Walmart hopes to succeed by adapting and doing things preferable to Chinese citizens. For example, it found that Chinese consumers preferred to select their own live fish and seafood; stores began displaying the meat uncovered and installed fish tanks,"
"as chief operating officer, and then worked at McKinsey & Company and Iceland supermarket. He rejoined Asda in 2005 and became the chief operating officer. In November 2017, Clarke joined the food tech start-up Spoon Guru as its chairman. Andy Clarke (businessman) Andrew James Clarke (born January 1964) is a British businessman. His most notable position to date is serving as the CEO of the Asda chain of supermarkets from 2010 to 2016, until he was replaced by Sean Clarke (unrelated), the head of parent company Walmart's operations in China. He began his career as a Fine Fare, the supermarket"
"first year. Despite this turnover rate, the company is still able to affect unemployment rates. This was found in a study by Oklahoma State University which states, ""Walmart is found to have substantially lowered the relative unemployment rates of blacks in those counties where it is present, but to have had only a limited impact on relative incomes after the influences of other socio-economic variables were taken into account."" Walmart is the largest private employer in the United States, employing almost five times as many people as [[IBM]], the second-largest employer. Walmart employs more [[African Americans]] than any other private"
"are produced by AMS Sourcing B.V.. They are also sold in Premier Stores, Londis and Budgens. Best-In Essentials, known previously as Best-In Economy is the value brand of Bestway. Nisa's wholesale division, Today's, offers twenty non-food items in their value brand, Today's Essentials. This leaves them as the only company with two separate value brands. Value brands in the United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, it is common practice for retailers to have their own value brand in an effort to compete on price. These brands have become more popular in the UK with shoppers since the Great Recession caused"
"its total economic output. Banking, insurance, real estate, retailing, transportation, and telecommunications are all major industries, with companies such as Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho, NTT, TEPCO, Nomura, Mitsubishi Estate, ÆON, Mitsui Sumitomo, Softbank, JR East, Seven & I, KDDI and Japan Airlines listed as some of the largest in the world. Four of the five most circulated newspapers in the world are Japanese newspapers. Japan Post Holdings, one of the country's largest providers of savings and insurance services, was slated for privatization by 2015. The six major keiretsus are the Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, Fuyo, Mitsui, Dai-Ichi Kangyo and Sanwa Groups. Japan attracted"
"British economy. The UK grocery market is dominated by four companies: Asda (owned by Wal-Mart Stores), Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco. London is a major retail centre and in 2010 had the highest non-food retail sales of any city in the world, with a total spend of around £64.2 billion. The UK-based Tesco is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues (after Wal-Mart Stores and Carrefour) and as of 2011 was the leader in the UK market with around a 30% share. London is the world capital for foreign exchange trading, with a global market share of nearly 41%"
"world include ANZ Bank from Australia, Sinopec from China, Hugo Boss from Germany, Airtel from India, Prada from Italy, Seiko from Japan, Samsung from Korea, Gulf Insurance Group from Kuwait, Maybank from Malaysia, KLM from the Netherlands, Babcock University from Nigeria, HBL Bank from Pakistan, Tanduay Rum from the Philippines, Chunghwa Telecom from Taiwan, MTN Group from South Africa, Santander Group from Spain, Singha Beer from Thailand, Dubai Duty Free from the UAE, and Royal Mail from the United Kingdom. RAK Ceramics won a regional award for being one of the largest brands in its category in the Middle East."
"meat adulteration scandal of horsemeat being found in fresh meat. Asda Asda Stores Ltd. () trading as Asda, is a British supermarket retailer, headquartered in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The company was founded in 1949 when the supermarket owning Asquith family merged with the Associated Dairies company of Yorkshire. It expanded into the south of England during the 1970s and 1980s, and acquired Allied Carpets, 61 large Gateway Supermarkets and other businesses, such as MFI, then sold off its acquisitions during the 1990s to concentrate on the supermarkets. It became a subsidiary of the American retail giant Walmart after a £6.7"
"Andy Clarke (businessman) Andrew James Clarke (born January 1964) is a British businessman. His most notable position to date is serving as the CEO of the Asda chain of supermarkets from 2010 to 2016, until he was replaced by Sean Clarke (unrelated), the head of parent company Walmart's operations in China. He began his career as a Fine Fare, the supermarket chain, then in 1984 at the age 21, Clarke joined Morrisons as a grocery manager. About 1992, he took over Asda's flagship supermarket in Edinburgh and had increasing responsibility from there. In 2000, he joined discount clothing chain Matalan"
"Allied Healthcare Nestor Primecare Services Limited also known as Allied Healthcare is the UK’s largest domiciliary care business and a leading provider of outsourced healthcare services to the English primary care sector. Allied Healthcare started in 1972, with a nursing home in Staffordshire. It now has 140 branches across the UK and Ireland. Allied Healthcare was acquired by Saga group in 2011. In December 2015, Saga agreed to sell Allied Healthcare to Aurelius Group, which describes themselves as a pan-European asset manager with offices in Munich, London, Stockholm, and Madrid. Nestor Primecare Services Ltd., registered in Stafford, is the legal"
"name on its own. The George brand and range was developed by Davies's company Red Creative, set up to provide full clothing retail solutions through a team of designers and marketeers. In 2000, Asda was bought by the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart of the United States. With the resultant resignation of the UK board, Davies also resigned his direct association. At the time of the takeover, the George brand was turning over £600M. By 2002, Wal-Mart had rolled out George Clothing across the USA, and presently has annual global sales of £2bn. In October 2009, the BBC reported that George"
"AstraZeneca supply chain. The company is one of the largest private sector employers in Manchester. Well Pharmacy Well, formerly The Co-operative Pharmacy, is the largest independent pharmacy business and the third largest overall pharmacy chain after Boots UK and Lloyds Pharmacy (except in Wales, where Well is the biggest chain overall) in the United Kingdom. Following months of speculation, The Co-operative Group revealed in July 2014, that they had come to an agreement to divest the pharmacy business to the Bestway Group for £620 million. The sale was completed in October 2014 and Bestway were given a licence to continue"
"March 2009. As an independent entity, Somerfield was the sixth largest food retailer in the UK, according to TNS Worldpanel, following the sale of the Kwik Save unit and the closure or sale of unprofitable stores, with 977 stores (as of January 2007). Also the fifth largest private company in the UK, Somerfield had a 3.8% share of the UK grocery market in 2007, down from 4.5% in 2006. The five larger retailers ""(in descending order of size)"" were Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and The Co-operative Group. The top four have specialities in larger superstores, while the Co-op has become"
"as America's 136th largest private company, based on annual revenues of $3 billion. In 2016, OSI was #58 on the Forbes list of largest private companies, at $6.1 billion. OSI was awarded the Globe of Honour by the British Safety Council in 2016. In 2018, the BSC recognized OSI at the International Safety Awards with an award of merit. OSI operates its U.S. plants under the name OSI Industries, LLC. The U.S. plants are located in Chicago (Racine and Ashland facilities), Geneva and West Chicago in Illinois, as well as Oakland, Iowa, West Jordan, Utah, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, and Riverside,"
"Superdrug Superdrug Stores PLC (trading as Superdrug) is a health and beauty retailer in the United Kingdom, and the second largest behind Boots UK. The company has been a subsidiary of A.S. Watson Group since October 2002, itself part of the Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings. It trades from nearly 900 stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland, with the recent intention another 100 over the next three years. Superdrug employs over 14,000 people, ranging from minimum wage jobs to some of the highest paid within the industry. Superdrug is currently the United Kingdom's fastest growing health and beauty"