Convenience stores are just that, convenient. Whether it’s buying used video games or pre-ordering big titles, today’s corner stores offer more than slushies and candy bars. One Japanese chain is considering one deader better.
https://lastchance.cc/7-eleven-enters-the-used-video-game-business-5520259%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Family Mart, which expanded to the U.S. as “Famima”, is pondering whether it should enter the funeral business, reports J-Cast (via Japan Trends). The average funeral costs around US$11,000 in Japan. Convenient stores would make it possible for families to easily (and quickly) arrange services.
Suburban retail giant Aeon (think Target or Walmart) introduced a funeral service last year with prices that start at around $3,500 and climb to over $17,000.
Japanese convenience stores aren’t simply special for their Neon Genesis Evangelion snacks and already offer consumers a wide array of services that go beyond fax machines and payphones.
https://lastchance.cc/the-neon-genesis-evangelion-convenience-store-5524306/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
With the population continuing to gray and those dying outnumbering those being born, adding the ability to arrange a funeral service not only seems convenient, but in Japan, as natural as buying a canned coffee or the latest hit PS3 game.
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イオンに続きファミマも検討 葬儀ビジネスの新規参入続々 [J-CASTニュース via Japan Trends] [Pic, Pic, Pic]
