Asian Department Stores

In this pioneering study of the development of the Asian department store, economists, anthropologists and historians examine various aspects of retailing, business organization, networking and consumerism in the expanding economies of Asia.

List of contents

Introduction; I: Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs, Department Store Culture, and the State; 1: Sun Yatsen and the Department Store; 2: Wing on and the Kwok Brothers; 3: Personal Styles, Cultural Values and Management; 4: Chinese Stores in Rural Australia *; 5: New China's Flagship Emporium; II: Visions of Modernism and Japanese Department Stores; 6: The Birth of the Japanese Department Store *; 7: Seibu Department Store and Image Marketing; 8: Something More; III: A Japanese Entrepreneur in Hong Kong and China; 9: The Yaohan Group; 10: From Japanese Supermarket to Hong Kong Department Store *

About the author

Kerrie L. MacPherson

Summary

In this pioneering study of the development of the Asian department store, economists, anthropologists and historians examine various aspects of retailing, business organization, networking and consumerism in the expanding economies of Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Kerrie L. MacPherson
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.01.1998
• EAN: 9780700703326
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-0332-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Weight: 750 g
• Series: ConsumAsian Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Asia, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Distribution, Retail sector, Microeconomics, Retail and wholesale industries