Japan’s convenience store sector is undergoing a major shift, as store expansion slows amid limited room for rapid growth at home and inbound tourism increasingly drives consumption. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/17/companies/convenience-stores-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #conveniencestores #lawson #seveneleven #familymart #ai
Japan's ubiquitous convenience stores, one-stop shops with brightly colored walls of ever-changing eye-catching goods, are becoming a tourist destination in their own right. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/02/japan/society/japan-konbini-tourism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #conveniencestores #lawson #7eleven #tourism
In disaster-prone Japan, Lawson is planning to prepare 100 stores nationwide that could serve as relief centers in the event of a calamity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/companies/lawson-disaster-relief-convenience-store/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #lawson #earthquakes #nankaitrough #disasterpreparedness
In the March-May first quarter of the current business year, three major Japanese convenience store operators posted growth in their group operating revenues and profits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/14/japan-convenience-store-earnings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #conveniencestores #seveniholdings #familymart #lawson
Lawson is planning to allow visitors to use some of its larger parking lots as vehicle campsites for a fee amid a rising number of inbound tourists in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/lawson-parking-lot-stay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #lawson #conveniencestores #hotels #tourism
Lawson and KDDI are beta testing a futuristic convenience store at Takanawa Gateway City. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/23/companies/tech-lawson-store/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #lawson #conveniencestores #mitsubishi #kddi #telecoms