TOKYO -- Seven-Eleven Japan maintained a comfortable lead over rivals in the country's convenience store market, increasing its share of sales by 1 percentage point to 40.4% in fiscal 2016, a Nikkei survey found.
FamilyMart, which merged with the operator of Circle K Sunkus to create FamilyMart Uny Holdings, beat Lawson to clinch the second-largest share. Together, the three leaders represent about 90% of the market. A total of 20 convenience store operators responded to the fiscal 2016 survey.
