Lawson, Inc.

Lawson, Inc. (株式会社ローソン) is a major Japanese convenience store operator, best known for the Lawson chain and the Natural Lawson and Lawson Store 100 formats. The company runs a nationwide network of small-format retail stores offering food, beverages, daily necessities, and in-store services, and also operates franchises. It is majority-owned by Mitsubishi Corporation and maintains select operations and partnerships in other parts of Asia.

For the chemicals and materials value chain, Lawson is a significant purchaser of packaging and consumer-goods materials, influencing demand for plastics, paper, and related inputs across private-label and national-brand products. The company pursues supply-chain initiatives focused on packaging reduction, recyclability, and the introduction of recycled and bio-based materials, and collaborates with suppliers on waste reduction and circular-economy programs in logistics and store operations.