Home delivery services boost Japanese convenience stores’ cachet
date:Oct 11, 2013



A relatively recent service being offered by Japanese convenience stores is local home delivery.

The delivery services of major chains including Seven-Eleven and FamilyMart are increasingly catering to the needs of working mothers and the elderly.

Following is a look at the home delivery boom:

How did home delivery services begin?

The first convenience store chain to offer home deliveries was am/pm Japan, in 1996. Patrons could phone in or fax orders for items from the chains catalog.

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