Canadian convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. still has room to increase its $47 billion bid for Seven & i Holdings Co., but any further boost is likely to be small, analysts say.Couche-Tard made a second offer to Seven & i last month at $18.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) has made a revised bid for Seven & i Holdings, the Japanese company said on Wednesday, which two people familiar with the matter said hiked the offer by 22% to about $47 billion.

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