... details about Japan retailing industry)• Sophisticated - Hong Kong and Singapore• Transitional - Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia• Traditional - Indonesia, the Philippines, and China ... end of the market and tries to present an international image (Kawahara and Speece,1994).Singapore is the easiest place in Asia for international retailers to enter the market. A number of very ... in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mainland China, South Korea, the Philippines; Macro is in Thailand and Taiwan, Carrefour from France is in Taiwan; andWellcome is in Taiwan, Hong...