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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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• 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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• 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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• Large Grocery Retailers Plan Expansion into Thailand's Rural Areas.

  - 2003-01-28

  By Nareerat Wiriyapong, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 28--Hypermarket operators are looking to expand in the provinces to offset the saturated market in Bangkok and minimise the impact of zoning restrictions, according to research company Taylor Nelson Sofres...

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• Thai Supermarket Group to Shift Retail Drive to China.

  - 2002-11-06

  By Sukanya Jitpleecheep, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 6--Upset by local media criticism of the Charoen Pokphand Group's involvement in the hypermarket businesses in Thailand, CP Group chairman Dhanin Chearavanont has resolved to drop all of the group's...

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• Largest Hypermarket in Thailand Opens.

  - 2002-10-05

  By Sukanya Jitpleecheep, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 5--Tesco Lotus yesterday opened the largest hypermarket ever built in Thailand at a strategic location in Bangkok's Bang Kapi, where the retailing landscape will be changed dramatically as a result. ...

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• Food Retailer Endorses Quality of Thailand Chicken.

  - 2002-07-13

  Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 13--One of the European Union's largest food retailers has expressed confidence in the safety of chicken exported from Thailand, following recent reports in the British press of possible problems. Sir Terry Leahy, chairman...

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• Thailand Minister Insists Retail Law Won't Discriminate over Nationality.

  - 2002-06-19

  By Phusadee Arunmas, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 19--The government reassured the British Embassy yesterday that Thailand had a fair and non-discriminatory policy toward foreign investors running retail businesses. The Commerce Ministry was making plans to strengthen local...

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• Thai Retailers Waiting for Shoppers; Lack of Foreign Customers Noticed.

  - 2001-10-10

  Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 10--Retailers hoping for a windfall from the winds of war are still waiting as most shoppers have not stocked up on essentials. A survey of major malls and discount stores in Bangkok, including Tesco...

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