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TOKYO -- Seven-Eleven
Japan is
reassessing its
mainstay 24-hour business
model as franchise owners
grapple with severe personnel shortages, trying out shorter
store hours
at select locations
to gauge the impact on earnings.
Starting in mid-March, 10 directly
run stores will adopt the
company's
namesake operating
hours of 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. in trials running at
least a few months to
assess changes in sales and customer traffic.
The convenience store operator
under Seven & i Holdings will
review
the results to decide
whether franchise locations,
which account for 98%
of all stores, should switch to shorter hours.
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