Convenience Store Survey FY2021 — published on Nikkei, Nikkei MJ

The number of convenience stores that deliver in-store products to consumers' homes or workplaces has more than doubled from last year to approximately 4,200 stores. Seven-Eleven Japan tripled that number of stores to about 1,200. Total store sales in Japan increased 2.1% to 11.3271 trillion yen, still down 3.9% compared to the pre-COVID FY2019 level, although recovering from the previous survey where it had a year-over-year decline for the first time.