U.S. Convenience Stores Market Outlook to 2013

The US convenience stores (c-stores) industry is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing sectors that present lucrative investment opportunities for new players. C-stores have been greatly benefited from the growth of overall retail industry and continuous surge in oil prices. Expanding size of working population has also supported sales and boosted the overall industry developments. Besides, increasing consumer appetite for convenient shopping and soaring sales of low priced non-traditional products have had positive impact on the US c-stores industry.

According to our new research report “U.S. Convenience Stores Market Outlook to 2013”, the overall sales of convenience store (c-stores) industry declined around 18% in 2009. However, despite the economic slowdown, convenience store in-store sales grew during the same period and constituted around 35.7% share of the convenience store sales in the US during the period. In 2009, the industry suffered marginally due to the effects of financial turmoil and sales saw downturn amidst sharp fall in gasoline prices and weak consumer spending. However, the industry has shown encouraging signs of improvement since the beginning of 2010 and a strong recovery is inevitable in the coming years.

The total c-store sales include motor fuel sales and in-store sales. Motor fuel sales made up for 64.3% of the total convenience store sales during 2009. The industry is dominated by single store business or franchise with numbers counting for around 62% of the total convenience stores in 2009. At the state level, Texas, California, Florida, and New York accounted for around 29% of the total convenience store count during the same period.

While the c-store has made strong headways in terms of sales and expansion, the individual store profitability primarily depends on its location and product mix. Large companies have advantages of buying gasoline at bulk prices, but small companies can compete effectively by having superior locations.

“U.S. Convenience Stores Market Outlook to 2013” provides conceptual analysis and extensive research on the US convenience store industry. It facilitates quantitative as well as qualitative trend analysis of the past and current industry scenarios and provides a clear future direction in which, the industry is likely to proceed. Report also covers information about leading industry players to provide a complete analysis of competitive landscape.
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1. Analyst View
2. Industry Overview
2.1 Definition of Convenience Store
2.2 Retail Sales
2.3 Retail Sales Outlook (2011-2013)
3. Market Drivers
3.1 Busy Lifestyle
3.2 Single Person Households
3.3 Economic Environment
3.4 Socio-demographic Shifts
4. Industry Outlook to 2013
4.1 By Number
4.1.1 Top Ten States
4.2 Regional Analysis
4.2.1 Southern Region
4.2.2 Northeast Region
4.2.3 Midwest Region
4.2.4 Western Region
4.3 By Sales
4.3.1 Motor Fuel Sales
4.3.2 In-store Sales
4.4 Single and Chain Stores in Operation
4.5 Closed Stores
4.6 Growth and Sales Analysis - By Company
4.7 Convenience Store Employment
5. Industry Trends
5.1 Prepared Food Sales Rising
5.2 Convenience Store Industry - Set for Consolidation
5.3 Private Label Products
5.4 RFID
5.5 Security Devices
5.6 Online Retailing
5.7 Energy Drinks Market
5.8 Credit Card Charges
5.9 Gasoline Theft
6. Key Players
6.1 7-Eleven Inc.
6.2 Wawa
6.3 The Kroger
6.4 Sunoco, Inc.
6.5 Ahold USA, Inc.
6.6 Exxon Mobil Corporation
6.7 Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.
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Figure 2-1: Retail Sales (Trillion US$), 2004-2010
Figure 2-2: Forecast for Retail Sales (Trillion US$), 2011-2013
Figure 3-1: Share of Convenience Stores in Retail Sales (2009)
Figure 3-2: Working Population (Million), 2004-2010
Figure 3-3: Forecast for Working Population (Million), 2011-2013
Figure 3-4: GDP per Head (‘000 US$), 2004-2010
Figure 3-5: Forecast for GDP per Head (‘000 US$), 2011-2013
Figure 4-1: Share of Convenience Stores in Comparison to Other Similar Channels (2009)
Figure 4-2: Number of Convenience Stores (2005-2009)
Figure 4-3: Share of Top Ten States by Convenience Store Count (2009)
Figure 4-4: Convenience Store Saturation Figure (Average No. of Persons per Store), 2006-2009
Figure 4-5: Convenience Store Sales (Billion US$), 2005-2010
Figure 4-6: Share of Motor Fuel and In-store Sales in Convenience Store Sales (2009)
Figure 4-7: Forecast for Convenience Store Sales (Billion US$), 2011-2013
Figure 4-8: Motor Fuel Sales in Convenience Stores (Billion US$), 2004-2010
Figure 4-9: Gasoline Sales by Product in Convenience Stores (%), 2008
Figure 4-10: Top Five States with Highest % of Convenience Stores Selling Motor Fuel (2009)
Figure 4-11: Top Five States with Lowest % of Convenience Stores Selling Motor Fuel (2009)
Figure 4-12: In-store Sales (Billion US$), 2005-2010
Figure 4-13: In-store Sales by Top Categories (%), 2009
Figure 4-14: Forecast for In-store Sales (Billion US$), 2011-2013
Figure 4-15: Number of Employees in Convenience Stores (Million), 2007-2009
Figure 5-1: RFID Market for Retail Supply Chain (Million US$), 2002–2008
Figure 5-2: CCTV Market (Billion US$), 2006, 2009 & 2012
Figure 5-3: North America - Biometrics Market (Million US$), 2009 & 2016
Figure 5-4: Forecast for Number of Internet Users (Million), 2011-2013
Figure 5-5: Online Retail Sales (Billion US$), 2009-2013
Figure 5-6: Credit Card Cost to Convenience Store Industry (Billion US$), 2004-2009
Figure 5-7: Gasoline Theft at Convenience Stores (Million US$), 2005-2007
Table 2-1: Structure of Convenience Storefront by Size and Operation
Table 3-1: Population Aged 15-64 Years (%), 2004-2010
Table 3-2: Forecast for Population Aged 15-64 Years (%), 2011-2013
Table 4-1: Number of Convenience Stores in Southern Region (2007 & 2008)
Table 4-2: Convenience Store Saturation Figure for Southern Region (Average No. of Persons per Store), 2006 & 2007
Table 4-3: Number of Convenience Stores in Northeast Region (2007 & 2008)
Table 4-4: Convenience Store Saturation Figure for Northeast Region (Average No. of Persons per Store), 2006 & 2007
Table 4-5: Number of Convenience Stores in Midwest Region (2007 & 2008)
Table 4-6: Convenience Store Saturation Figure for Midwest Region (Average No. of Persons per Store), 2006 & 2007
Table 4-7: Number of Convenience Stores in Western Region (2007 & 2008)
Table 4-8: Convenience Store Saturation Figure for Western Region (Average No. of Persons per Store), 2006 & 2007
Table 4-9: Number of Single and Chain Convenience Stores (2004-2009)
Table 4-10: Top Ten Companies by Number of Convenience Stores
Table 5-1: Adoption of RFID for Retail Supply Chain (2003-2008)
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