Convenience Stores

Grocery retailing recorded a sales decline in Latin America in 2020, with most countries seeing worsening performances, including particularly steep declines in Argentina and Peru. Local economies, and therefore many households’ financial…

Due to the widespread impact of COVID-19, 7-Eleven was granted approval by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to work with its franchisees to reduce the number of trading hours or in some cases close stores in response to the…

While grocery retailers were allowed to remain open during the lockdown period of March-May 2020 as they were deemed to be essential, convenience stores operators were required to reduce their opening hours. The fact that such outlets were no longer…

Whilst most retail outlets were forced to close for several weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic and government mandated lockdown in early 2020, convenience stores (c-stores) and forecourt retailers remained open and available to consumers. These…

Convenience stores in Austria received a marginal boost to value sales in 2020 as a result of some initial stockpiling following the announcement of the pandemic-induced lockdown, following several years of undynamic performances. However, the…

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, some consumers in Switzerland stockpiled essential products in order to prepare for an uncertain future and long periods of home seclusion. Consumers also demonstrated a slight preference for proximity…

The strict restrictions early in the year, due to COVID-19, negatively affected convenience stores in New Zealand, as only supermarkets were allowed to operate during the level four nationwide lockdown. The change in consumer lifestyles, as schools…

Convenience stores in Chile steadily gained ground in the review period, especially in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, where their presence quickly replaced smaller mom-and-pop shops, particularly in more affluent zones. This important geographic…

In 2020, convenience stores benefited from the fact that they are usually shops conveniently located within neighbourhoods. The COVID-19 outbreak made consumers more likely to choose smaller stores in a neighbourhood for safety reasons as well as due…

Convenience stores saw an increase in value share in 2020 and growth was higher as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although this channel generally targets on-the-go shoppers many consumers used it to stock up on food products following the…

In 2020, COVID-19 is set to reverse the strong sales growth seen in this comparatively new channel over the review period. 2019 saw high double figure growth in current value, underpinned by a rapid increase in outlet numbers and selling space. The…

Across all retailing, there was lower value growth than in 2019, though grocery retailing performed better than other retailing. Within grocery, convenience stores, along with supermarkets, were the top performers. Value sales within convenience…

While convenience stores saw current retail value sales increase in 2020, the sales channel did not benefit from COVID-19 as much as other modern grocery retailers. With people working from home and reduced footfall in city centres, there was less…

Convenience stores saw an increase in value growth in 2020 as consumers shifted purchasing behaviour from foodservice to grocery retailers due to the four-month COVID-19 lockdown and curfew. The slight upward shift in value sales was more due to…

The retail current value sales of convenience stores continued to expand during 2020, albeit at their slowest rate in four years. While foot traffic declined during the spring lockdown, it quickly bounced back once these restrictions were eased.…

Convenience stores saw growth in 2020 but did not benefit as much from COVID-19 as discounters and supermarkets. With more people working from home and reduced footfall in city centres, there was reduced demand for food to go. Foodservice sales only…

Retailing has not been as hard hit in Sweden by COVID-19 with the government taking more of a hands off approach to managing the pandemic. Nonetheless, there has still been some disruption, with convenience stores being one of the harder hit…

Convenience stores did not benefit as much as other modern grocery retailers from the increased sales in for grocery products in 2020. Furthermore, since convenience stores are typically smaller outlets, they faced increased competition from bigger…

During 2019, convenience stores had been witnessing strong growth in terms of outlet numbers and value sales. Increasing incomes and busier lifestyles, especially among consumers in Kuala Lumpur and other major urban areas, equated to greater…

COVID-19 had a mixed impact on the performance of the convenience stores in 2020, particularly during the spring lockdown. On one hand, convenience stores, which are largely located closer to consumers’ homes then other modern grocery retailers,…