Editing Convenience store (section)

===Taiwan===

Boasting more than 10,000 convenience stores in an area of 35,980&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and a population of 23 million, [[Taiwan]] has [[Asia Pacific]]'s and the world's second highest density of convenience stores per person after South Korea: one store per 2,065 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 April 2021 |title=台灣便利商店密集度 全球第二 |url=https://money.udn.com/money/story/8888/5364233 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404074025/https://money.udn.com/money/story/8888/5364233 |archive-date=4 April 2021 |website=經濟日報}}</ref> With 4,665 7-Eleven stores, Taiwan also has the world's highest density of 7-Elevens per person: one store per 4,930 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 May 2008 |title=International Licensing |url=http://www.7-eleven.com/AboutUs/InternationalLicensing/tabid/115/Default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731072739/http://www.7-eleven.com/AboutUs/InternationalLicensing/tabid/115/Default.aspx |archive-date=31 July 2008}}</ref> In [[Taipei]], it is not unusual to see two 7-Elevens across the street or several of them within a few hundred meters of each other.

Taiwan's second largest convenience store chain is [[FamilyMart]] with more than 3,000 locations. Also competing for customers are [[Hi-Life (convenience store)|Hi-Life]], a Taiwanese chain, and [[OK Mart]], a local version of [[Circle K]].

Because they are found everywhere, convenience stores in Taiwan provide services on behalf of financial institutions and government agencies, such as collection of city parking fees, utility bills, traffic violation fines, and credit card payments. Eighty percent of urban household shoppers in Taiwan visit a convenience store each week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2005 ACNielsen ShopperTrends |url=https://www.acnielsen.com.tw/news.asp?newsID=82 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051020184027/http://www.acnielsen.com.tw/news.asp?newsID=82 |archive-date=20 October 2005}}</ref>
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File:7 ELEVEn Outles in Sindian.jpg|With the highest [[7-Eleven]] outlet density in the world, it is not unusual for two 7-Eleven shops to stand face-to-face near the same intersection in [[Taiwan]]. The distance between them might be less than {{Convert|50|m|sp=us}}.
File:A 7 Eleven sits right next to a FamilyMart store in Taipei.jpg|It is also not rare in Taiwan to see two convenience stores right next to each other.
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