# Spontaneous Incovenient Item Shops The Inconvenience Store Looks to Sell Some Very Odd Items By Michael Baxter | Published 2014-03-26 | Business Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/inconvenience-store References: [psfk](http://www.psfk.com/2014/03/pop-up-shop-inconvenience-store.html) & [facebook](https://www.facebook.com/GapFillersInconvenienceStore) The Inconvenience Store may share partial similarities with regular [convenience stores](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/familymart-announced), but that is where the similarities end. The inconvenient store doesn’t only sell items that are far out of the ordinary, it also has a very different structure for its management. Convenience stores are great because they give people a [one stop shop](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/storrd) for everything that they may need. The Inconvenience Store is very different in that it sells almost completely useless items. The store is an [art project](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/apoc-london) that aims to take aim at the belief that everything has to be convenient in today’s society. The store has a week-long residency meaning that the managers of the store switch over every week in favor of new and different ideas and inconvenient innovations. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.7/10 - Popularity: 68% | Activity: 94% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Business](https://www.trendhunter.com/business) > [Retail](https://www.trendhunter.com/retail) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Useless Item Market:** The trend of selling almost completely useless items in stores to challenge the belief in convenience. - **Artistic Inconvenience:** The trend of using inconvenience as a form of artistic expression and social commentary. - **Rotating Store Management:** The trend of changing store managers regularly to encourage new ideas and inconvenient innovations. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Retail:** The retail industry can explore the opportunity of catering to a niche market by selling useless items as a form of artistic expression. - **Art:** The art industry can embrace the trend of using inconvenience as a tool for creativity and social commentary in their works and exhibitions. - **Innovation Management:** The innovation management industry can adopt the concept of rotating store management to encourage fresh ideas and disruptive innovations. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Ethical Neighborhood Convenience Stores](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/betterforyou-store.md) - [Playful Retail Pop-Up Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-joke-shop.md) - [Empathic Emporium Pop-Ups](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fml-store.md) - [Playful Tokyo Pop-Ups](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tokyo-popups.md) - [Last-Minute Meal Pop-Ups](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/no-need-to-go-to-the-store-store.md) - [Virtual Convenience Store Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aldi-4.md) - [Pop-Up Concept Grocery Stores](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/another-pantry.md) - [Surrealist Shopping Experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dreams-is.md) - [Faux Food Pop-Ups](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moma-mart.md)