7-Eleven vs Pool Corporation
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World's largest convenience store chain with 85,000 stores; Seven & i Holdings subsidiary facing $47B Couche-Tard acquisition bid while investing in fresh food and digital loyalty.
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7-Eleven is the world's largest convenience store chain, operating and franchising approximately 85,000 stores in 19 countries and generating over $100 billion in system-wide sales annually. Founded in 1927 in Dallas, Texas (originally as Southland Ice Company, later renamed for its 7am-11pm hours — innovative for the time) and acquired by Japanese convenience store giant Ito-Yokado in 1991, 7-Eleven is now a subsidiary of Seven & i Holdings, a Japanese retail conglomerate listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Covington LA pool supplies wholesale distributor (NASDAQ: POOL) at $5.3B 2024 revenue (-4%); 440+ service centers, 6M+ US pool installed base maintenance, 200,000+ SKUs for pool builders competing with regional distributors.
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Pool Corporation is a Covington, Louisiana-based wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related outdoor living products — publicly traded on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: POOL) as an S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary component — operating as the world's largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool and related outdoor products through a network of 440+ service centers across the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe, serving approximately 125,000 customers including pool builders, retailers, and service companies through approximately 6,400 employees. In fiscal year 2024, Pool Corporation reported annual net sales of $5.3 billion, a 4% decrease from 2023, with diluted EPS of $11.30, operating cash flow of $659.2 million, and an operating margin of 11.6% — reflecting softer discretionary spending in new pool construction while maintenance chemicals, equipment replacement, and repair parts sustained non-discretionary demand. Founded in 1993 through the consolidation of regional pool supply distributors, Pool Corporation (operating under the SCP Pool and Horizon Distributors brand names) built its distribution moat through a hub-and-spoke service center network that delivers products next-morning to pool builders and service companies in virtually every US market. CEO Peter Arvan has led the company's strategy of expanding into outdoor living products (patio furniture, landscaping equipment, irrigation) beyond the core pool supplies business.
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