Open AccessCovid-19 Pandemic and Independent Convenience Stores in the United Kingdom
Author(s) -
Maria Rybaczewska,
Łukasz Sułkowski,
Yuriy Bilan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
inžinerinė ekonomika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.303
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2029-5839
pISSN - 1392-2785
DOI - 10.5755/j01.ee.32.3.28360
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , recession , business , marketing , advertising , product (mathematics) , economics , virology , medicine , geometry , mathematics , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , keynesian economics , biology
Covid-19 brought the new reality into every-day life, global economy, and various sectors, including independent convenience stores. After the first and during the second wave of Coronavirus in the United Kingdom (mid-November 2020), the overall situation was very dynamic and turbulent. This paper is thus aimed at answering the question how the independent convenience stores sector in the United Kingdom functions in the Covid-19 reality. We analyse such issues as the recession phase in the global economy, and challenges the independent convenience stores sector in the UK faces, including the changing aspects of the consumer shopping behaviour. We identify the changes in the footfall, basket spend, sale, product categories, etc. Finally, we conclude that the convenience store sector in the UK is relatively resistant to Covid-19 pandemic and emphasise the most challenging consumer behaviour aspects in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.