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Convenience store giant closing hundreds of locations

The convenience store chain is shutting down locations while opening 200 new food-focused stores as it faces competition from Wawa, Sheetz and Buc-ee's.

Convenience stores focus on Southeast Asian customers

Convenience store operators work to have their stores act as disaster hubs

By leveraging their nationwide store networks, convenience store operators are working to provide free access to communications services and electricity in times of emergency.

Inkonbini: Slice-of-life, cozy gaming from Japan’s convenience stores

Inkonbini developer Dima Shen says convenience stores are like "safe rooms" from video games: familiar, friendly and always there when you need them.

Lawson convenience store at popular tourist site is one of the most unusual in Japan

Japanese konbini blends into a setting that inspired Studio Ghibli. Japanese convenience stores are known for their bright lights and stand-out signage, but in a country filled wit...

Japanese convenience store Lawson launches new “mini supermarket” chain, L Minimart

Lawson opens its first “mini supermarket” in Tokyo. Lawson is one of Japan’s big-three convenience stores (the others being 7-Eleven and Family Mart), but Lawson itself has multipl...

Suupaa Restaurant and Convenience Store / IF Architecture

Enigmatic and eclectic, Suupaa is a first-of-its-kind, hospitality concept for a hybrid fast-casual Japanese restaurant and konbini convenience store. Acknowledging the cultural si...

Mini Konbini

In Chelsea Market, Mini Konbini sells things like onigiri and fried chicken sandwiches.

Hyattsville’s Big New 7-Eleven Goes Beyond Typical Offerings

The gas station and convenience store is part of a a newer design and approach from the Texas-based chain, which has been rapidly expanding. The post Hyattsville’s Big New 7-Eleven...

Mr. Sato shares his own secret Ministop hack to help save the ailing convenience store

Hopefully, this is just a mini stop on Ministop’s road to success. The convenience store ecosystem in Japan is dominated by three apex predators: Family Mart, 7-Eleven, and Lawson....

7-Eleven Is Closing Hundreds of Stores: List of Doomed Retail Locations Grows in 2026 as Chain Seeks to Reduce Costs

Japan-based Seven & i Holdings, which owns the convenience store brand, recently delayed an IPO of its North American unit. Here’s the latest.

Japanese convenience store gives away free ice cream with creative ad at Shinjuku Station

An even more convenient way to get ice cream.  Whenever someone from overseas raves about Japanese convenience stores, they’re usually talking about the big three – 7-Eleven, Famil...

Convenience store slapped with another one-star hygiene rating

A central convenience store used by students and locals in Oxford has been slapped with another one-star food hygiene rating.

KDDI・ローソン、“商品棚”単位で設置できるオフィス無人コンビニ

KDDIとローソンは、オフィス空間に合わせた出店モデル「オフィスローソン」の新しい形態の実証実験を4月7日から開始する。対象店舗は同日にオープンする「ローソンS KDDI多摩センタービル店」。

Toshifumi Suzuki, pioneer of Japanese convenience stores, dies at age 93

Suzuki, who is most well known for bringing 7-Eleven stores to Japan, had most recently served as an honorary adviser to the company.

Major Convenience Store Shakeup Could Affect NJ

A major restructuring could reshape convenience shopping in the state as hundreds of stores face possible closure.

Toshifumi Suzuki, 'father' of Japan's convenience stores, dies at 93

Toshifumi Suzuki, the founder of Seven-Eleven Japan and ‌widely regarded as the father of Japan's convenience store industry, died of heart failure on May ‌18, Seven & i H...

Two food hacks take Japan’s convenience store fried chicken to amazing new sandwich heights

Convenience is obviously a big part of why we find ourselves inside of Japan’s convenience stores as often as we do. But while they’re stocked with plenty of…

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Major Convenience Store Plans Mass Closures: Here’s What It Could Mean For GA Locations

The move follows several years in which the chain has closed more stores than it has opened.

C-Store Chain Yesway Goes Public for $280M

Plans to use proceeds from stock sale to expand its footprint.

Japan's FamilyMart convenience stores eye delivery cuts as oil shock hits home

Major Convenience Store Plans Mass Closures: Here’s What It Could Mean For FL Locations

The move follows several years in which the chain has closed more stores than it has opened.

Toshifumi Suzuki, the Japanese behind the ‘conbini’ empire, has died. He was 93.

TOKYO — Toshifumi Suzuki, the Japanese businessman credited with creating the 7-Eleven convenience-chain global retail empire, has died. He was 93.