date:May 26, 2014
ng sector in terms of sales in the year to April 2014, but still represent less than 10% of the total number of stores.
Joanne Denney-Finch, chief executive of IGD, said the group forecasts almost 12 billion in extra sales for the convenience sector between now and 2019.
She went on to explain how convenience stores are benefiting from changing social demographics, such as smaller households, and shoppers spreading more of their spending across a variety of grocery formats.
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