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Lawson, Inc. (株式会社ローソン ''Kabushiki Kaisha Rōson'', ) is a convenience store franchise chain in Japan. The store originated in Cuyahoga Falls, near Cleveland and Akron, in the U.S. state of Ohio, but today exists as a Japanese company and is the second largest convenience store chain in the country behind 7-Eleven.〔(Lawson Japan Inc - Second Largest Japanese Konbini Convenience Store Chain ). Profile on Component Database. Retrieved 19 December 2007.〕 The Japanese company has its headquarters in East Tower of Gate City Ohsaki in Ōsaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo.〔"(Corporate Profile )". Lawson. Retrieved on July 4, 2011. "East Tower, Gate City Ohsaki 11-2, Osaki 1-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-8643 Japan"〕 ==Origins in Ohio== In 1939,〔(Dairy Mart Uncovers Piece of History ). Originally published in Convenience Store News, 16 April 2002. Retrieved from AllBusiness.com, 19 December 2007.〕 a dairy owner named J.J. Lawson started a store at his Broad Boulevard dairy plant in Cuyahoga Falls, near Akron, Ohio, to sell his milk. The Lawson's Milk Company grew to a chain of stores, primarily in Ohio.〔 Lawson was bought out by Consolidated Foods in 1959. Lawson's neighborhood convenience stores were common in Ohio from the 1960s through the mid-1980s. They were probably best known for their orange juice, milk, deli counter 'chipped' style ham and sour cream potato chip dips. Consolidated was renamed Sara Lee in 1985.〔(The Sara Lee Heritage ). Sara Lee website, accessed 19 January 2008.〕 At about the same time, Lawson's stores in the United States were sold to Dairy Mart,〔 a smaller chain of convenience stores located in Enfield, Connecticut. Dairy Mart moved its headquarters to Cuyahoga Falls, renamed the Lawson's stores, and operated the chain as Dairy Mart for the next 17 years. Under Dairy Mart, the chain was not without controversy.〔(Dairy Mart Convenience Stores, Inc. ) Page at Answers.com. Retrieved 19 December 2007.〕 Dairy Mart was sued by the American Family Association, after a Dairy Mart manager in Ohio complained that the company's policy of selling pornography subjected her to sexual and religious harassment.〔Olson, Walter. (For Heaven's Sake ) Religious accommodation and other openings for big-government conservatism. ''Reason'' magazine, December 1997. Retrieved 19 December 2007.〕 The court case, ''Stanley v. Lawson Co.'', gained fame as a test of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.〔Chmara, Theresa and Mach, Daniel. (Civil Liability for an Alleged Hostile Work Environment Related to Patron or Employee Internet Use ). Memorandum Jenner & Block, 2 February 2004. Published on the website of the Freedom to Read Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2007. See also 993 F. Supp. 1084 in the Federal Supplement.〕 In 2002, Alimentation Couche-Tard of Laval, Quebec bought the assets and name of Dairy Mart. Most of the former Dairy Mart stores—many of which were either originally Lawson's stores, or were located in communities in which Lawson's once had a presence—were converted to the Circle K brand. Due to popular response from consumers in Ohio and elsewhere, it was announced that Lawson's Chip Dip would continue to be sold "no matter what the name of the store", as was reported in the ''Akron Beacon Journal''.〔(Dairy Marts Renamed ). ''CSP Daily News'', July 2004. Retrieved 19 December 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lawson (store)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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