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Podcast: News Bites
Episode: Convenience Stores, Italy Kiosks
Description: Hi there, and welcome to another episode of News Bites.
I'm Nancy Sun.
And I'm Jacob Ingram.
Today's stories…
Making money from convenience, saving newspaper kiosks, and the power of popcorn.
Let's check it out.
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台灣超商營業額破4千億大關
Taiwan's Convenience Store Craze
Convenience stores are a part of daily life in Taiwan.
We go there to pay bills, buy tickets, pick up packages…
Not to mention the usual necessities (必需品) and 24-hour services.
台灣有很多便利商店門市，民生用品種類多、而且24小時全年無休又服務多元化，讓它成為民眾生活中重要一部分。
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (經濟部) says as of December 2023, there were 13,706 convenience stores in Taiwan.
That's an average of one store for every 1,703 people.
Taiwan’s density (密度) of convenience stores exceeded (超越) Japan in 2016.
That made us the country with the second-highest density of convenience stores in the world.
South Korea is highest on the list...