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Meet Big C: The Thai hypermarket chain thriving in small cities

Inside Retail

You might not get the glam of a trendy big-city mall; there are no fast fashion retailers here, no H&M, no Zara. In fact, there are hardly any fashion stores at all, and that’s partly the point. This is a social concept through and through, built around food, entertainment and services.

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Japanese exceptionalism: What can we learn from it?

Inside Retail

But a crucial part of the redevelopment is quintessentially Japanese: The third level has an all- Japanese food street, the fifth level a gorgeous Nitori home furnishings store and the sixth a sprawling Kinokuniya book store. Department stores were down 2 per cent in February (mirroring Takashimaya), supermarkets edged up 1.6