Editing 7-Eleven (section)

== Etymologies ==
The company's first outlets were in Dallas, named "Tote'm Stores" because customers "toted" away their purchases. Some stores featured "native" [[totem pole]]s in front of the store. In 1946, the chain's name was changed from "Tote'm" to "7-11" to reflect the company's new, extended hours, 7:00&nbsp;a.m. to 11:00&nbsp;p.m., seven days per week.<ref name="History - 7-Eleven Corporate"/> In July 1999, the corporate name of the US company was changed from "The Southland Corporation" to "7-Eleven Inc."<ref name="7-Eleven Corporate">{{cite web|title= 7-Eleven Corporate |url= http://corp.7-eleven.com/corp/7-eleven-profile|website= corp.7-eleven.com|publisher=7-Eleven Corporate|access-date=February 10, 2015|archive-date=February 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210155353/http://corp.7-eleven.com/corp/7-eleven-profile|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Andrew F. |editor-last=Smith |title=The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink |year=2007 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-19-530796-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont0000unse_e9i9 |access-date=2024-10-10 |page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont0000unse_e9i9/page/146/mode/2up?q=7-Eleven 146] |via=[[Internet Archive#Text collection|Internet Archive text collection]] |url-access=limited}}</ref>

Since 1968, 7-Eleven's logos have included a lowercase ''n''. The first wife of [[John Philp Thompson Sr.|John P. Thompson Sr.]], the company's president during the 1960s,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saxon |first=Wolfgang |date=2003-01-30 |title=John Thompson, 77, Leader Of Big Expansion of 7-Eleven |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/30/business/john-thompson-77-leader-of-big-expansion-of-7-eleven.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-07-14 |archive-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714204450/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/30/business/john-thompson-77-leader-of-big-expansion-of-7-eleven.html |url-status=live}}</ref> thought the all-capitals version seemed a little aggressive. She suggested the change "to make the logo look more graceful".<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.7-eleven.com/faqs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816174013/https://www.7-eleven.com/faqs|archive-date = 16 August 2021|title=About Us - Frequently Asked Questions|website=7-Eleven.com}}</ref>