Who doesn't like a Slurpee? The frozen slushy drink that causes a serious eye freeze if you drink it too fast is going to get some competition for its real estate in your local 7-Eleven store. The company announced on Friday that it is going to introduce lockers for customers so they can pick up e-commerce packages from FedEx, UPS and Walmart.
This is an interesting development that solves brick and mortar needs of companies such as Amazon, while providing a potential a new revenue source for 7-Eleven's real estate. However, the space that the lockers take up replaces valuable shelving space for beef jerky, Ring Dings, and potato chips.
As we have reported in the past, retail real estate continues to experience dramatic shifts in utilization as e-commerce continues to change the consumer landscape, and this news from 7-Eleven is a small but important indicator of the new paradigm.
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