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Convenience

7-Eleven Australia launches retail media network
The network is being positioned as Australia’s first dedicated convenience retail media network.

7-Eleven Australia launches retail media network

7-Eleven Australia has launched a retail media network, giving brands new opportunities to reach shoppers across its stores, loyalty program and digital channels. Dubbed Anytime Media @ 7-Eleven, the networ...
FamilyMart taps AI to develop new sweets
US convenience stores warn new food rule puts food stamp use at risk
Viva Energy’s convenience business gains momentum in record H1
Ampol convenience earnings surge in H1 despite market headwinds

Convenience Archives

inside a convenience store

Viva Energy posts modest convenience sales growth, but tobacco remains a drag 

Growth was supported by increased customer visits and expansion of third-party delivery offers.
Lawsons Japan

Konbini dreams: Why Australia’s convenience future looks Japanese

From onigiri to “foodvenience”, Japan’s retail icon is influencing Australia.
7-Eleven

7-Eleven taken to task over franchisee store takeovers

The actions of 7-Eleven have provoked a swathe of negative social media responses, including calls to boycott the conven...

Convenience market set to top $1tn turnover, but grocery share will decline

The channel is expected to continue growing, but at a slower rate than the wider grocery sector.
7-Eleven Australia

7-Eleven bets Australia can prove global convenience model

7-Eleven plans to opens hundreds of new stores in Australia by 2030.
Viva Energy C&M

Viva Energy taps former Myer exec Teresa Sando as retail CEO

Rendo has worked at the likes of Big W and Woolworths, most recently serving as MD of Myer’s Apparel Brands.
Image of Viva Energy petrol station.

Viva Energy’s convenience sales continue to decline

The company said that the reduction in convenience sales was largely caused by a 33.6 per cent fall in tobacco sales.
Image of Metcash logo outside building.

Metcash names Bruce Sabatta as CEO of foodservice and convenience

Sabatta was described as a "high-calibre executive with a strong track record of success".
Ampol Foodary Eastern Creek

Ampol opens Foodary Eastern Creek on Sydney’s M4

The Eastern Creek opening marks Soul Origin’s first entry into an Ampol service centre.
Blue dinosaur

OMG Group expands Blue Dinosaur distribution with Metro Petroleum

CEO Alex Aleksic says the deal supports the group’s strategy to broaden its distribution network.
Image of Viva Energy petrol station.

Viva Energy reports convenience sales decline in third quarter

Convenience sales dropped 12.5 per cent to $392 million from $448 million a year earlier.
Image of Jevan Bouzo.

Viva Energy’s retail chief to depart

Group COO Jennifer Gray will take on the role of interim C&M CEO during the company's search process.
7-Eleven store

7-Eleven ramps up new restaurant store format in the US

The brand's “New Standard” stores feature larger footprints, modernised interiors, and a greater emphasis on fresh food....
People walk in front of 7-Eleven store in New York

Behind the collapse of Japan’s biggest foreign buyout attempt

After more than a year of behind-the-scenes negotiations, formal meetings and mounting frustration, Couche-Tard walked a...
delivery vans

Jimmy Brings drivers claim underpayments, mull Endeavour class action

Drivers said they were paid only a single fee for picking up multiple orders of alcohol.