1. Retailing Around the Globe
Egypt, Thailand, Taiwan, and China

2. A geography lesson…

3. Retailing in Egypt

4. Past Until recently there were no large retail centers
Variety of small retail shops
McDonald's
KFC
Relied on
small family owned shops
farmers markets
temporary roadside stands

5. Present Population: 80,335,000 GDP per capita: $4,200
CityStars opened in 2005
First “western style” shopping center
Coincided with opening the market to international retailers
Carrefour & Shoprite are main retailers

6. Issues Desertification Water shortage Wind storms
Nile River only perennial water supply
Wind storms

7. First International Clothing Store
Mango
Competes with H&M
Penelope Cruz line in response to Madonna's H&M line

8. Starbucks…finally! Starbucks Highly Anticipated
Government drug their feet on permits
Finally opened in 2007
Had to partner with local Alshaya Egypt

9. Interesting….
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.

10. How to get to work!

11. Cont….

12. Thailand

13. Thailand at a glance 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%

14. The Thai Retail Market 2008 Retails sales $78 billion
Traditional Trade Modern Trade

15. The Thai Retail Market Modern Trade - all items metropolitan area
gain high popularity
various types of stores
Traditional Trade
all basic items
small community
shop house
no electronic data processing

16. Thai Retail Business Structure

17. Discount Stores/Hypermarkets
Accounts for the majority of retail sales
4 discount store operators
Tesco Lotus
Big C
Carrefour
Siam Makro

18. The Big Four

19. Conclusion The Thai retail market Highly competitive Very dynamic
Potential for growth
Legal conditions & Political stability

20. Population: 23 million Industries: GDP/Capita: $29,500
Electronics & Semiconductor
Agriculture
Service
GDP/Capita: $29,500

21. The Modern Taiwan Foreign influence Taiwanese Pre-Gen-Y
Asian influence
American influence
Taiwanese Pre-Gen-Y
Taiwanese Gen-Y
Education
Occupation
Popular STUFF

22. The Everyday Taiwan Likes of Carrefour Night markets
Products & Services
Night markets
Traditional markets
How business is done

23. What to do? Shopping Art of Shopping Softwares Electronics Jewelry
Food
Art of Shopping
Do your research
Know a friend
Know the difference

24. China Population: 1,321,851,888 (July 2007 est.)
GDP (per capita) :$5,300 (2007 est.)
Language: Mandarin and lots of dialects

25. Shanghai highlight 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

26. Shopping Areas Downtown Nanjing Road Huaihai Road Zhenda Mall
-Expensive &fashion
- Catering, shopping and amusement

27. Shopping Areas Living areas: Supermarket (free shuttle bus)
Theme stores: furniture / electrics
-Convenient
-Cheap
-No recycled merchandise retailers (especially clothes)
Farmers market
-only cooked food / fresh vegetables / fruit / live fish
-can bargain

28. Entertainment areas 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

29. Yuyuan Garden 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