Online shopping, extended trading hours and supermarkets – despite all the odds, our family-run corner stores are showing good service will always be in demand.
There are at least 13 traditional convenience stores still battling it out across the westside of Brisbane against the likes of 7-11, Foodworks, Coles, Aldi and Woolies.
The University of Queensland entrepreneurship expert Dr Sarel Gronum said while size counted in retail, as it did in most business models, there would always be room for little convenience stores.
Read more via The Courier Mail, where Dr Sarel Gronum and Professor Peter Popkowski-Leszczyc explain why some little corner stores are thriving.
