Saturday, May 2, 2009

Shanghai Retail

Shanghai is a city of many things, and shopping is definitely up there. I thought I'd show a few of the more "local" retail outlets and business outlets that I come across everyday.














Let's start off with this one. You'll see a lot of these- they are "wedding photo" shops. Specializing in taking photos of you and your fiance around town in their outfits, they pop up in these make-shift stores around town. People usually do this before their wedding day.









Speaking of make-shift stores, Shanghai (and maybe China) has a habit of setting up huge promotional stands in high traffic areas. Such as this: a Coca-Cola Light giveaway near a large mall.









Lots of entrepreneurial spirit here, and we're not talking about Facebook aps. There are a lot "cubbie stores" where they just rent out space that you fill up and they sell your stuff for you. You can arrange it however you want and the proceeds from what's sold from your cubby goes to you!









My nearby DVD store.










Not a great picture, but there are a lot of electronics markets which are floors and floors of electronics goods. I got my iphone fixed here.









So in this pic, you'll see someone selling oranges, street food, and clothes. I'd stick to the oranges.










Just a shot to show a little taste of what distribution system is like here. that's the next blog entry :)

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