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Retailing Around the Globe
Egypt, Thailand, Taiwan, and China
A geography lesson…
Retailing in Egypt
Past
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Until recently there were no large
retail centers
Variety of small retail shops
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McDonald's
KFC
Relied on
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small family owned shops
farmers markets
temporary roadside stands
Present
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Population: 80,335,000
GDP per capita: $4,200
CityStars opened in 2005
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First “western style”
shopping center
Coincided with opening the
market to international
retailers
Carrefour & Shoprite are
main retailers
Issues
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Desertification
Water shortage
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Nile River only perennial water supply
Wind storms
First International Clothing
Store
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Mango
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Competes with H&M
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Penelope Cruz line in
response to Madonna's
H&M line
Starbucks…finally!
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Starbucks
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Highly Anticipated
Government drug their feet
on permits
Finally opened in 2007
Had to partner with local
Alshaya Egypt
Interesting….
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Try not to use the left hand to shake hands,
pass things or eat.
Although Egyptians like to use a lot of hand
movements, pointing is seen as rude.
Similarly, avoid showing the soles of your
shoes or sitting with your legs wide apart.
How to get to work!
Cont….
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Meaning: “Land of Free”
Population: 65,068,149
GDP/Capita: $9,200
Major Industries: Crops, Rubber
Products, Textile Products, and
Tourism
Trade: Export – U.S. 15.4%
Import – U.S. 7.4%
2008 Retails sales $78 billion
Traditional Trade
Modern Trade
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The Thai Retail Market
Modern Trade
- all items
- metropolitan area
- gain high popularity
- various types of
stores
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Traditional Trade
all basic items
small community
shop house
no electronic data
processing
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Accounts for the majority of retail sales
4 discount store operators
Tesco Lotus
Big C
Carrefour
Siam Makro
• The Thai retail market
- Highly competitive
- Very dynamic
- Potential for growth
- Legal conditions & Political
stability
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Population: 23 million
Industries:
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Electronics & Semiconductor
Agriculture
Service
GDP/Capita: $29,500
The Modern Taiwan
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Foreign influence
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Taiwanese Pre-Gen-Y
Taiwanese Gen-Y
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Asian influence
American influence
Education
Occupation
Popular STUFF
The Everyday Taiwan
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Likes of Carrefour
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Products & Services
Night markets
Traditional markets
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How business is done
What to do?
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Shopping
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Softwares
Electronics
Jewelry
Food
Art of Shopping
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Do your research
Know a friend
Know the difference
China
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Population: 1,321,851,888 (July 2007 est.)
GDP (per capita) :$5,300 (2007 est.)
Language: Mandarin and lots of dialects
Shanghai highlight
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Introduction: like New York
Population: 16.7 million (permanent
residence registration by 2002)
Districts:16 districts, 3 towns
Languages: Mandarin/ Shanghai Dialect( Shanghaihua) / English
Tip: shop with local friends or interpreter
Shopping Areas
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Downtown
Nanjing Road
Huaihai Road
Zhenda Mall
-Expensive &fashion
- Catering, shopping and amusement
Shopping Areas
Living areas:
 Supermarket (free shuttle bus)
 Theme stores: furniture / electrics
-Convenient
-Cheap
-No recycled merchandise retailers
(especially clothes)
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Farmers market
-only cooked food / fresh vegetables /
fruit / live fish
-can bargain
Entertainment areas
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Xin Tian Di
 Shanghai architecture styles
and European Bar
Hen Shan Road
 European style (coffee shop)
 Disco
Huanghe Road
 Chinese Cuisine Restaurants(
Sichuan, Shanghai, Northern China,
Xinjiang etc)
 Wujiang Road
 Traditional Chinese food
 Foreign food
Yuyuan Garden
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Has a history of more than 400 years
Shopping area combined with Chinese garden (chambers,
pavilions, artificial rockeries, zigzagged bridge, pond and old
teahouse)
Chinese calligraphy, ceramics, antique shop, traditional Chinese
painting, artifacts, silk