Convenience Stores

Convenience stores in Australia are facing growing competition from smaller-sized supermarkets. Best exemplified by the Woolworths Metro and Coles Local formats, these smaller outlets are increasingly found in busy inner city locations and densely ...

Magnit is one of the leading retailers in Russia, ranking second in both sales value and number of outlets. The company’s focus is on modern grocery, with a portfolio of convenience stores, supermarkets and hypermarkets, as well as ...

Whilst convenience stores traditionally aimed to cater to time-starved consumers who were willing to pay a slight premium for their convenient location and easy store layout, the growing network of supermarkets in New Zealand, particularly ...

Located near neighbourhoods, office buildings and in central business districts (CBDs), convenience stores meet the need for fast consumption, and offer frequently-purchased products. Convenience stores is a niche channel in India, limited to ...

After few years of rapid growth in terms of both number of outlets and retail value, convenience stores are trying to expand their foodservice business as the next driver. Convenience stores are expanding the size of outlets to have more dining ...

Convenience stores registered low current value growth in 2018 in Austria, and is unlikely to experience a drastically-improved performance over the forecast period. The performance was similarly moderate during the review period when convenience ...

Convenience stores continued to benefit from new outlet openings in 2018, with busy consumers increasingly looking to shop closer to home. The top three players – Woolworths Foods, 7-Eleven, OK Minimark – continued to take advantage of this growing ...

Convenience stores is well-positioned to gain share from traditional grocery retailers, as the former prioritise their food and beverage services to drive more foot traffic in a competitive marketplace. On average, time-pressed Canadian consumers are...

As urbanisation continues, the convenience store channel is expected to benefit from increasing demand for convenient shopping in modern retail formats which offer a wide range of products under one roof and in a comfortable environment. Convenience ...

Convenience stores continued to see current value growth in 2018, and this trend is likely to be maintained in the forecast period. Changing consumer habits, such as the desire for quicker shopping, are driving the growth in convenience stores in ...

Convenience stores saw dynamic value sales growth in 2018, even though this channel remained modest compared to supermarkets and hypermarkets in France. Convenience stores appear to seduce consumers because they have responded more adequately to ...

Despite the steep decline in sales in 2016 and 2017 which is pinned down to Carrefour and Marinopoulos bankruptcies, convenience stores are set to grow in 2018-2023. 2017 was a difficult year for convenience stores amidst the turbulence in the ...

Convenience stores witnessed a slight decline in value sales in 2018, due to a small drop in stores, which left the category at the level of 2016. This trend of minor increases and decreases that balance out across several years is expected to ...

While growing moderately in value terms, small-format grocery stores posted strong growth in terms of the number of outlets in 2018, with not only major leading chained players rapidly opening new stores but also smaller ones as well. Seeing that ...

The reduction in average household size, efforts to increase female participation in the workforce and the ageing of the population are all placing pressure on consumer time and increasing demand for convenience. Consumers are increasingly looking to...

Convenience stores in Saudi Arabia offers a mix of players, with each player holding a different range of retail expertise and targeting different consumer needs. Grocery specialists such as Savola Group and Abdullah Al-Othaim Markets Co are ...

Changing demographics within the country with rising urbanisation and smaller households is having a positive effect on the performance of convenience stores. The channel saw stronger value growth than hypermarkets over the review period and in 2018 ...

Convenience stores is registering rapid growth in Morocco, with the number of outlets increasing annually. Not only are new international players interested in the Moroccan market, but Moroccan entrepreneurs are also launching their own businesses ...

According to the last census, the number of single-person households in Chile increased significantly over the last 15 years. Similarly, the average household size decreased over the same period. These socio-demographic data reflect how Chilean ...

Convenience stores was the poorest performing channel in grocery retailing in Denmark in 2018 and is also expected to be so over the forecast period. Factors such as the rise of digital technology, which has led to work extending beyond the ...