It doesn’t mean the same thing. Convenience stores are different from supermarkets and boutiques. In a corner or street corner of a community, a palm-sized convenience store is the place closest to life.

Supermarkets brought about the first wave of consumer concept revolution, and the ubiquitous convenience stores brought about the second wave of consumer concept revolution. "Get what you forget" (get what you forgot to buy in the supermarket) became an American convenience

Store marketing core.

The time and development background of convenience stores in countries such as the United States and Japan are not exactly the same.

But overall, convenience stores are a retail format that differentiates from supermarkets after supermarkets have developed to a relatively mature stage.

On the one hand, the development of supermarkets has its own insurmountable obstacles, namely "shopping inconvenience"; on the other hand, the development of supermarkets has provided convenience stores with advanced sales methods and management technologies.

Specifically, convenience stores have four "convenience" format characteristics that distinguish them from supermarkets.

Traditional Grocery Store is also known as a canteen or canteen.

It is an independent, traditional retail format with no obvious brand image, mainly dealing in cigarettes, wine, beverages and snack foods.