双语早读丨中国便利店数量增长快 进一步向下沉市场发展
中国连锁经营协会日前发布“中国城市便利店发展指数”,厦门、太原、东莞、长沙、广州的便利店发展指数名列前五位。调查发现,2023年城市便利店门店数量实现正增长的城市占所调查城市总数的64.1%。
Shoppers pick up snacks at a convenience store in Shanghai in May, 2021. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Most convenience stores in cities this year have achieved growths and more penetration into fourth- and fifth-tier cities and county-level markets, according to an industry survey.
As per the "China Convenience Store Index", released by the China Chain Store and Franchise Association, about 64.1 percent of the surveyed cities have seen positive growth in the number of convenience stores in 2023. The number of cities with reduced store numbers accounted for 35.9 percent.
The index includes the saturation of convenience stores in each city, the growth rate of the total number of stores, the proportion of 24-hour convenience stores, and the business environment.
Based on the calculation from the index, the city of Xiamen of Fujian province, Taiyuan of Shanxi province, Dongguan of Guangdong province, Changsha of Hunan province, and Guangzhou of Guangdong province ranked top five in terms of the development of convenience stores, said the survey.
The growth rate of convenience stores in Hefei, Anhui province, reached 11.76 percent, the highest among all cities, followed by Guiyang, Guizhou province, and Kunming, Yunnan province. In first- and second-tier cities or lower-tier cities, rent and labor costs remain the biggest challenges faced by convenience stores, according to the survey.
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