Metro closing down sales

[Lightspeed]

Notice these big japan dept. stores all pull out after many years of bleeding ...Yaohan...Seiyu... Tokyu... Sogo...

Only surviving ones are Taka and Isetan

Edited August 1, 2007 by Lightspeed

[Wreckwrx]

Oic.....

 

So basically it is not some direct takeover....

 

But this BHG must be really desperate to get piece of the retail pie in Sg man!

[Jive]

Wa lao u dunno OG ah.... Welcome to Old Girls Club...

[Wreckwrx]

Yaohan.....that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

 

As a kid, I use to love weekend grocery shopping trip over at yaohan in Plaza Sing coz they got loads of yummy food at the food court on the supermarket level......

 

But the parent company of Yaohan truly went bust right?

 

Whereas Tokyu and Sogo simply pulled out of SG, so it is a bit different.

 

You still can find Tokyu and Sogo dept stores around the region.

[Wreckwrx]

 

I mean the real name lah.....

 

Dun play play ok.....

 

Have u seen the traffic at their Albert Court outlet??

 

They are doing roaring trade man!

 

Probably contributed to Seiyu's demise.....

[Lightspeed]

Yup... miss the good old days there with the yummy food at the basement

Been to the various Sogos in HK/TW ... nothing special really

Perhaps the reason for them not doing well in SG

[Turbonetics]

The sales has been for quite some time liao. everything at 50% off

too bad the levis' corner is not there anymore.

[Jive]

They renovated recently i guess... nicer decor not like last time, really for older gals. Now with more style. I mean that area... really u see more aunties and uncles (like me ) than young ppl. Perhaps Older Group?

[Wreckwrx]

My fave was this pancake thingy shaped like a fish with red bean fillings (coz I was only a kid mah)...... kekekeke.......

 

They got Sogo in KL and Jkt as well..... but also quite boring.

 

As for Tokyu, I know there in one in Bkk but not sure anywhere else.

[Wreckwrx]

Well, at least they noe their target group and zoom straight in for them.

 

Of all the dept stall here in SG, I still rate Isetan the best followed by Taka.....

[Hutan]

BHG - Be Here for Good things. its from China. They have taken over Seiyu. China company took over Japan co.

 

not true, Seiyu SG sold the business to SG firm (cant recalled who)then from SG com to China investment com.

[Hutan]

sorry bro Toyo.. i just saw ur later post

Edited August 1, 2007 by Hutan

[Lightspeed]

Alamak... that was my fave too... the round ones these days just don't cut it

[Ccssgm]

Sinse Last Saturday....So Crowded already.... [shakehead]

[Jive]

China companies are really . Eg TCL that lousy television brand, their tv lousy but they own many big companies. LG also owned by china co right??

[Vit4wd]

I doubt this sale is genuine.

 

I went to the Metro Tampines closing down sale last month, and after all the squeeze and queue, realised a wk later that OG is selling these items at the same price.

Edited August 1, 2007 by Vit4wd

[Gabriel]

dats why we got to look beyond the brand..

me using TCL tv since xmas 2004...

still no prob...

not like my old sony tv...

less then 3 yrs...purple patch on the screen..

though sound system of sony was great...we ended up selling it real fast..

but my grandma's old sony tv from the 70s..the wooden type..

dat one is diff...managed to use bout 30yrs...

[Tarzan666]

my frd say discount now 75%

 

but prices not reali dat temptin