... 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 ... Indonesia, the changing spending patterns within the Jakarta area are contributing to an increase in the use of department stores and supermarkets. The problem of slow sales in Vietnamese supermarkets...