Definition: Convenience store
Distributive trade
A convenience store is a shop with a small or medium-sized floor space relying largely on customers from the immediate neighbourhood who generally come on foot. Such stores provide a range of products for fast or impromptu purchases of everyday consumer goods, mainly food products, and are usually open long hours in countries with favourable legislation.
Source:
Eurostat, "Retailing in the European Single Market", Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 1993
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