7-Eleven in Taiwan

With the highest 7-Eleven outlet density in the world, it is not an unusual scene in Taiwan for two 7-Eleven shops to stand face to face across an intersection.

In Taiwan, 7-Eleven is owned by President Chain Store Corporation under Uni-President Enterprises Corporation. The first 7-Eleven convenience store in Taiwan was opened in 1980, however, it was not until 1986 the company began to profit. 7-Eleven is the most popular convenience store on the island; Taiwan is third in the world for number of locations with 4,790 stores on January, 2011. Although the number of 7-Eleven store in Taiwan is fewer than those of the United States and Japan, Taiwan 7-Eleven has one of the highest density of 8.5 km² a store in the world after Macau, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Popularity of 7-Eleven in Taiwan

7-Eleven stores are everywhere in Taiwan. Nearly every corner of a street one can find a 7-Eleven store, and it is very common to see two stores standing across from each other in a highly populated neighborhood.

Services

A 7-Eleven offers various services catering to different suburbs' requirements. Either by population percentage or life style habits, 7-Eleven in Taiwan provides a wide and ever-changing scope of services depending on the environment and market trends. In addition to selling snacks, food, drinks, tobacco, magazines and other items typically available in a convenience store, a 7-Eleven in Taiwan also provide services such as fax, photo copying, and express mail. Additionally, one can pay parking fees, traffic fines, and most utility and service bills at 7-11.

Here is a list of services in a 7-Eleven in Taiwan

Convenient services

• Photo development
• Digital image printing
• Water bills, electricity bill, gas bill, cablevision bill, parking tickets, motor-bike liability insurance, and mobile phone bill
• Takkyubin
• Facsimile transmission
• Direct marketing shopping service
• Duskin rental service

Retail Service
• International calling cards and telephone cards
• Booklet for College Examination Center
• Booklet for entrance exam to technological college
• MRT and bus fare cards
• Stamps, envelops, and post cards

Others

• Pre-ordered purchases
• Photocopying
• DHL
• Free calls for ringing up radio taxi etc.
• Cell phone and wireless internet services named "7-mobile" and "7-WiFi" respectively.

Other facts

In fact, 7-Eleven is so convenient that it has become an integral part of Taiwanese culture. Eighty percent of urban household shoppers in Taiwan visit a convenience store each week. The idea of being able to purchase food items, drinks, and magazines or to send a Takkyubin or a DHL 24 hours a day and at any corner of a street makes life easier for this extremely busy and rushed population.

• The highest 7-Eleven on the island is 1743 meters above sea level.