Từ khóa: #convenience stores

The economic downturn and low pay have directly affected purchasing power. In the context of the current slowdown, many businesses and trade centers have sought measures to stimulate consumption.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has drafted a circular regulating the classification and management of commercial establishments.

Sai Gon Giai Phong reporters record that trading activities have begun to resume in many places across the city.

HCMC has slightly lifted restrictions on food and beverage services, providers of post and telecommunications, suppliers of office computer accessories and school teaching and learning tools.

In order to ensure sufficient supply of essential goods for locals amid the implementation of more stringent social distancing, the Department of Trade and Industry of HCMC has proposed the municipal People’s Committee to allow supermarkets, convenience stores and grocery shops to extend their business hours and expand operation.

GS25 Vietnam Company, on the afternoon of August 2, said that the Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City had allowed the company to participate in supplying essential goods, so from August 2, the company would convert its 87 convenience stores in most districts from selling convenience goods to selling fresh food.

A huge amount of lychees in the Northern provinces of Bac Giang and Hai Duong have been delivered to supermarkets, agricultural wholesale markets, convenience stores in Ho Chi Minh City and e-commerce trading platforms for consumption in the past few days.

The Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City has reviewed and summarized reports of large-scale distributors in the city to update the list of city-based retailers selling essential goods, including food, foodstuffs, face masks, hand sanitizers, and antibacterial soap.

After food and beverage and other sectors, it is the turn of convenience stores franchisers to eye the huge Vietnamese market.

Urban modern pace of life has generated fast shopping trend in Vietnam. According to the Department of Industry and Trade in Ho Chi Minh City, around 2,379 convenience stores have been mushrooming in the city by May, 2019.

With certain advantages, convenience stores have been an increasingly popular shopping destination for customers, and they have also become a choice for domestic retailers to compete with foreign rivals.

Located in good places, convenience stores with variety of commodities are suitable for young people’s consuming trend which has driven many of the business decisions convenience store operators.