This report provides insight on some of the latest supplier-themed 7-Eleven stores in Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

We look at the strategic priorities for Co-op, the UK’s largest consumer co-operative. Its heritage as a responsible retailer increasingly resonates with more socially conscious shoppers. Building on these core values, it is focusing on implementing strategies that will set it up for long term success and fulfil its vision to be ‘the number one convenience retailer in the UK’.

Japan’s convenience sector is undergoing major changes. We review the impact of COVID-19, share the latest trends, sales forecasts and strategic priorities of 7-Eleven, FamilyMart and Lawson.

We look at the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on our five global convenience trends we identified for 2020, with convenience channel forecasts and case studies from North America, Europe and Asia for inspiration.  

Drawing on the IGD Convenience Retailing Survey 2020 (supplemented with data from the Retail Data Partnership) we put the numbers on sector performance in the first half of the year and share our projections for the full-year out-turn plus the outlook to 2022.

We review Seven & i Holdings’ current performance, plus progress against key strategic objectives.