Japan's 7-Eleven kingpin looks to U.S. to inspire online revolution

TOKYO (Reuters) - The 81-year-old Japanese executive who built 7-Eleven into the world's biggest convenience store chain has a new mission: turning more than 50,000 bricks and mortar stores in Japan into portals to a new online retail empire.

from Reuters: Business News http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/businessNews/~3/fshPFR09AQU/story01.htm