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• 'Green Store' hypermarket shapes up in Thailand.

  - 2004-10-20

  By Boonsong Kositchotethana, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 20--At first glance, Bangkok's latest Tesco Lotus outlet on Rama I Road in Pathumwan looks just like any of the dozens of others that the British retailer has built -- a...

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• Thai retailers hail reversal of decision to limit operating hours.

  - 2004-10-13

  By Post Reporters, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 13--Major retailers yesterday welcomed the cabinet's decision yesterday to remove restrictions on their operating hours which, in the name of energy conservation, had caused two billion baht in lost sales...

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• Thai supermarkets face biggest burden in retail curbs.

  - 2004-08-25

  Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 25--The country's big three hypermarket chains -- Tesco Lotus, Carrefour and Big C -- will bear the brunt of a cabinet resolution yesterday to restrict the operating hours of retail outlets as part of...

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• Food Lion pulls out of Thailand.

  - 2004-08-06

  Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 6--Having lost billions of baht in seven years of trying to establish a presence in Thailand's hotly contested retail market, the Belgian supermarket group Food Lion LLC has thrown in the towel, closing all...

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• Thailand hypermarket chain beefs up 'roll-back' item list.

  - 2004-07-16

  Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 16--Tesco Lotus, Thailand's largest hypermarket chain, has added another 1,227 items in 67 categories to its controversial "roll-back" discount scheme to stimulate sales. The new items, featuring an average 6.2 percent price...

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• Thai Chains Extend Hours for Holiday Shopping.

  - 2003-12-27

  By Sukanya Jitpleecheep, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 27--Many large retailers have extended business hours earlier than usual in the current festive season to attract more shoppers. Executives of Tesco Lotus, Central and Robinson department stores and...

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• Thai Competition Body Targets Grocery Chain.

  - 2003-03-19

  By Phusadee Arunmas, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 19--The "rollback" price campaign of hypermarket Tesco Lotus could be in violation of the 1999 Trade Competition Law as some products were found to be sold below cost. ...

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• Thai Supermarket Chain Set to Open Small Discount Store Outlets.

  - 2003-03-13

  By Sukanya Jitpleecheep, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 13--Big C Supercenter Plc, the country's second largest hypermarket operator, is adding to its network smaller discount stores to overcome restrictions involved in setting up its normal large outlets. ...

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• Thai Department Store Chain Calls Rival's Claims `Misleading'.

  - 2003-03-08

  By Sukanya Jitpleecheep, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 8--The Mall Group, Thailand's second-largest department store chain, yesterday charged that hypermarket Tesco Lotus's high-profile "roll-back" price campaign was misleading the public, claiming the latter's advertised goods were not...

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• Small Thai Retailers Say Zoning Limits Too Late.

  - 2003-02-06

  By Sukanya Jitpleecheep, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 6--Local retailers say the new retail zoning law, passed by the Cabinet on Tuesday, is a case of "too little, too late", as discount chains and hypermarket operators have already set...

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