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Discount sales woo inflation-weary shoppers 

January 8, 2012
Discount sales woo inflation-weary shoppers 

A clothes shop offers discount of 50 percent in Hanoi. Vietnamese consumers like to purchase products on sale, a survey has found. All major retailers have been offering attractive discounts to encourage recession-wary shoppers to loosen their purse strings for the festive season, and the initial response has been positive. The discount sales began prior [...]

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Hanoi’s weekend market 

December 6, 2011
Hanoi’s weekend market 

    The Tay Ho Weekend Market near Hanoi’s West Lake is a big hit with both expats and locals for its clean foods, books, and a range of other stuff Located in a small lane near breezy West Lake in Hanoi, the Tay Ho Weekend Market has for two years been a popular place [...]

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Black Friday draws crowds, but spending in doubt 

November 26, 2011
Black Friday draws crowds, but spending in doubt 

  A woman pulls shopping carts through the aisle of a Target store on the shopping day dubbed “Black Friday” in Torrington, Connecticut November 25, 2011. Retailers were hoping for more shoppers like Shawn Elzia as the annual Black Friday bargain stampede marked the unofficial start of what is widely expected to be a middling [...]

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Crowds hit stores for ‘Black Friday’ deals 

November 25, 2011
Crowds hit stores for ‘Black Friday’ deals 

  A man loads a flat screen television into his car on the shopping day dubbed “Black Friday” in Torrington, Connecticut November 25, 2011. Bargain hunters flocked to stores late Thursday and overnight Friday, searching for deals on big screen televisions, video games and toys while fretting about their own shaky economic well-being. Some stores, [...]

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Manufacturers shun supermarkets in favor of shops, markets

October 1, 2009
Manufacturers shun supermarkets in favor of shops, markets

Vietnam, which has a population of around 86 million, has an estimated 250 supermarkets and shopping centers. Some manufacturers are finding it cheaper and less hassle to sell their goods through markets and street-front shops rather than supermarkets and shopping-center stores. One such company is Da Gia, which makes the clothing brand Youth Fashion. Its [...]

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Copycat works

September 28, 2009
Copycat works

Fake Gucci-branded handbags are displayed at a store on Le Loi Boulevard in Ho Chi Minh City The popularity of imitation-brand products in Vietnam’s shops and markets is a formidable obstacle in the government’s campaign to stigmatize counterfeiting. Brand theft is more common at the retail level in Hanoi than in Ho Chi Minh City, [...]

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Sales promotion month pays off

September 10, 2009
Sales promotion month pays off

LookAtVietnam – It is a nice surprise for many producers and traders joining the Sales Promotion Month in the city as sale revenues increased sharply in the first week Initial surveys at main distributors and businesses in HCMC show that their sale revenues have increased by 50-60% and approached 70% on the National Day over [...]

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Poor planning leaves new markets abandoned

May 29, 2009
Poor planning leaves new markets abandoned

LookAtVietnam – Despite capital city authorities spending billions of dong building new markets to replace old or temporary structures, several of them have been left deserted, some for years. The Hai Boi Market in Ha Noi, which cost nearly VND13 billion to build, is among the markets to be abandoned.The most glaring example is the new [...]

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For shoppers, one price says it all

May 1, 2009
For shoppers, one price says it all

Customers are more conscious of one-price shops in Viet Nam, with stylish clothing boutiques becoming the latest retail rage. VietNamNet Bridge – One-price shops are the latest retail trend to emerge in Viet Nam, selling clothes and housewares – with everything in the store sold at one fixed price.Huong, who owns a one-price shop on [...]

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Shoppers buying Valentine’s gifts increases

February 14, 2009
Shoppers buying Valentine’s gifts increases

The number of customers flocking to stores nationwide to buy fresh flowers, cuddly toys, jewelry and chocolates as gifts for their Valentines increased sharply yesterday. At the flower store Fresh Flower World on Tran Quang Dieu Street, District 3, the number of customers buying or ordering flowers via the store’s website is reported to have [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...