© Reuters. TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S retailer Walmart Inc (N:) has agreed to sell most of Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu to investment firm KKR (N:) and e-commerce company Rakuten (T:) in a deal that values Seiyu at 172.5 billion yen ($1.65 billion), the companies said.
KKR will buy 65% of Seiyu and Rakuten will acquire a 20% stake while Walmart will retain 15%, the companies said in a joint statement.
The move will enable to Seiyu to accelerate its digital transformation, they said.
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