Ambani to bring 7-Eleven stores to India’s billion-plus market

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail Ltd secured the pact just days after troubled supermarket operator Future Retail Ltd terminated its own agreement with one of the world’s biggest convenience chains.

MUMBAI: Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, will bring 7-Eleven Inc’s convenience stores to India, adding to his burgeoning retail empire in the world’s only billion-people-plus consumer market that’s open to foreign firms.

Ambani’s Reliance Retail Ltd secured the pact just days after troubled supermarket operator Future Retail Ltd terminated its own agreement with one of the world’s biggest convenience chains.