Department Stores in Thailand

In Thailand there are exciting shopping malls, departmental stores and street shops. People from different parts of the globe come to take this unique experience of shopping in Thailand. Different places are famous for different products. Recently departmental stores have become very happening in Thailand. Various departmental stores are locally developed chains and some of them have foreign sounding names. Once upon a time Japanese retailers used to dominate the market but now almost no one of them are present. The Central departmental store occupies the higher end of the market. The Chidlom branch on Ploenchit Road has access from the Chidlom Skytrain station.

In Thailand, the Mall is a shopping center that mainly operates its own department stores. Within large shopping malls you can find some small companies which the malls own and also operate. The Mall’s malls are scattered in the suburbs of the city named Bangkok. These shops mainly cater to the customers of lower middle class. Isetan is the last among the Japanese retailers. This is located at one end of the World Trade Center. Robinson shops are located in the suburban areas.

Big C is another chain of shops. This is mainly a discount chain which was originated by France’s Casino stores. Carrefour is known as the big French hypermarket that competes with Tesco and Big C. The competition mainly depends on the discount offered by both the shopping chains. Lotus Tesco is another ‘superstore’ and this is owned by the UK supermarket chain.

All these and many more have made Thailand up-to-date in fashion. You will always get the ‘IN’ things in Bangkok and Pattaya. The girls look so glamorous that anyone can be attracted towards them. The skin and hair quality of Thais are very good and that’s because of their food habit. In Thailand you will always get fresh vegetables and fruits in different departmental stores. So, while in Thailand don’t forget to visit all the departmental stores and shopping malls.