7-Eleven "SEVEN CAFE" surpassed 100M cups

Convenience store 7-Eleven Japan on July 18 announced that it sold over 100 million cups of "SEVEN CAFE" drip coffee since the launch of the service in this January.
Currently, approximately 12,500 stores are serving coffee made inside each store. Each store sells 83 cups everyday in average.
It aims at 450 million cups in the first year.


「セブンカフェ」が1億杯突破、1日1店舗あたりの販売数は約83杯。　―Narinari.com
http://www.narinari.com/Nd/20130722333.html


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SoftBank Wi-Fi is now available at LAWSON convenience stores

SoftBank Wi-Fi Spot at LAWSON

SOFTBANK MOBILE in August 24th announced that its wireless LAN service "SoftBank Wi-Fi Spot" will be available at every LAWSON convenience store.
The access points are already installed at 8,343 LAWSON stores(August22nd) among approximately 10,000.

Available SSID
1) 0001softbank - for SoftBank 3G network users with no encryption
2) 0002softbank - for SoftBank 3G network users with WPA2 encryption
3) SWS1day - for non SoftBank users, SoftBank Wi-Fi Spot (EX) 490 yen/day


-FACTS-
SoftBank Mobile is one of the three largest mobile phone carriers in Japan(1:NTT DOCOMO/2:au by KDDI/3:SoftBank). It holds the first place for a long time in the number of new contracts, though it is the third place in the total number of contracts.


全国のローソンで「ソフトバンクＷｉ－Ｆｉスポット」が利用可能に　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFK23034_T20C12A8000000/

Starbucks inside a city library

Starbucks coffee shop inside library *image

Starbucks Coffee Japan will open a cafe inside Takeo City Library, Saga reopened after renewal in April 2013.
The city entrusts the operation of the library to Culture Convenience Club known for DVD and CD rental chain "TSUTAYA". The library with cafe will be giving "T-points" to users for each rental and open all year around. The expenses for commission will be 110 million yen($1.39M) per an year for next five years.


-FACTS-
TSUTAYA and GEO are the two largest DVD/BD and CD rental shop chains in Japan. GEO has comic book rental service also.


武雄市図書館へ「スターバックス」出店　―eBook USER
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