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RNCOS’ “Asian Convenience Store - Industry Analysis (2005-2009)” report provides extensive research and objective analysis on the growing convenience stores market, its product sales, and technological trends in Asia. This report helps clients to analyze the leading-edge opportunities critical to the success of the convenience stores market in Asia. It reviews the stores and industry practices across the globe and provides an insight of how convenience-retailing business is shaping up seeking to address the gamut of issues raised by this new standard-bearer of world retail. 

In recent years, convenience stores operators have initiated strategic moves to improve operation; enhance performance and differentiate from the competitors to position themselves in the market. 

Key Issues and Facts Analyzed  

The research report also addresses the issues and facts that are critical to the success of your business: 

  -  What is the market size of the Asian convenience store industry, with regional segregation? 
  -  What are the economic factors influencing the Asian retail industry? 
  -  How is the retail store format in each country of Asia? 
  -  How does the consumer behavior affect the sales at the convenience stores? 
  -  What and where are the growth prospects and issues related to the industry? 
  -  What are the factors driving growth in the convenience store market? 
  -  What are the technologies that can help convenience store market to improve its operations? 
  -  How these technologies are increasing the operational efficiency of this industry? 
  -  Who are the major players of Convenience Stores Industry in Asia and their number of stores?  

Key Findings

        -  Asia remains the fastest growing Convenience store market in world. Major retail markets continue to register explosive growth in opening up of new Convenience store except Japan.

        -  In future Indonesia, Vietnam and India are expected to be the potential markets for Convenience store players.
   -  Most Asian countries experienced a 10% increase in new stores in the year 2005, with the exception being Japan. 
   -  All the countries in Asian region, except Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Korea, are showing low saturation (1 store per people). 

Key Players  

This section covers the key facts about major players currently operating in the C-store industry such as, 7-Eleven, Tesco Plc, FamilyMart Co. Ltd. Lawson Inc., MInistop and SPAR (UK) Limited. 

Research Methodology used  

Information Sources

Information has been sourced from namely, books, newspapers, trade journals, and white papers, industry portals, government agencies, trade associations, monitoring industry news and developments, and through access to access to more than 3000 paid databases. 

Analysis Methods

The analysis methods include the following: Ratio Analysis, Historical Trend Analysis, Linear Regression Analysis using software tools, Judgmental Forecasting and Cause and Effect Analysis.