Posts Tagged ‘ The Store ’

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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Personal effects on sale in public interest 

April 29, 2011
Personal effects on sale in public interest 

  The shop displays a collection of art and accessories donated by singers and actors. The owners of the unique store, including Truc Linh (in black), donate all proceeds to charity. It is difficult to have multiple parties in a transaction and close it with a win-win situation for all four of them, but the [...]

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Saigon Co.op expands food store chain to outskirts

November 24, 2009
Saigon Co.op expands food store chain to outskirts

LookAtVietnam – Saigon Co.op, Vietnam’s leading retail store chain operator, has opened a new convenience food store in HCMC’s outlying district of Hoc Mon. Saigon Co.op’s Co.op Food store in HCMC’s Hoc Mon District attracts many shoppers on the opening day last week.Saigon Co.op., which is also operator of the fast-expanding Co.opMart supermarket chain, said [...]

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Young fashionistas revel in gypsy chic

August 1, 2009
Young fashionistas revel in gypsy chic

LookAtVietnam – Chic and Hanoi are not two words usually seen together, but young hipsters in the capital are looking to change that. Ha Noi isn’t exactly Paris when it comes to fashion, but a new generation of fashionistas hungry for something different are bringing a new style to the city – gypsy chic.Gypsy chic [...]

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Transport firm found siphoning off jet fuel

June 25, 2009

Aviation fuel supplier Vietnam Air Petrol Company (Vinapco) has found tankers of a contracted transportation company stealing fuel, it announced Wednesday. The company discovered the theft during a three-day inspection of a store in Ho Chi Minh City.Vinapco inspectors Wednesday caught red-handed a driver of Toan Dat Enterprise, Hoang Van Loc, extracting 10 liters of [...]

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New iPhone on sale in U.S.

June 21, 2009
New iPhone on sale in U.S.

Early in the morning on Friday, fans, techies and ordinary consumers were lining up for the new iPhone 3GS outside Apple Inc’s flagship store on the Fifth Avenue of Manhatthan, New York. However, the crowd was much smaller than it was last year. An Apple customer service representative (R) assists a customer with 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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Flying lanterns pose a national menace

February 18, 2009
Flying lanterns pose a national menace

Detail of the fuel storage facility in Thu Dau Mot Town of Binh Duong Province. The manager of a fuel storage facility in Binh Duong Province has expressed grave fire safety concerns following a close call on Valentine’s Day involving flying lanterns. Chanh My Fuel Store under Thanh Le Commercial Import Export Company in Thu [...]

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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...