DisOrientated - A Weblog by Philip Sen

February 10, 2004

Inconvenience Stores

Seemed like an easy job when I accpted it. Guy in Japan e-mails, says can I run out and photograph a few examples of Lawson's convenience stores in Shanghai for a corporate brochure? No problem, I say, thinking 'easy money'.

Just spent nearly four hours tramping around Jingan and Ju Lu Lu areas and found only two. One of these had a sign that was peeling off and the other was tainted by an old git scavenging from a dustbin right by the swooshy doors. Managed to conceal most of him behind a bush, but not the kind of thing you want in a corporate brochure.

There are meant to be over 100 Lawson's in Shanghai, but I'm stuffed if I know where they are. Everwhere there's a Kedi, and an Alldays, and whatever the one with the green and yellow logo is called. Soon 7-11 itself will be gaining a foothold.

Compared to other cities in China, Shanghai is awash with these little Kwik-E-Marts, which I think is a great thing. Keeps people employed, and keeps the midnight munchers happy too. It's a sign of some subtle shift in the demography. More money, different lifestyles... more corner shops. Apparently, Lawson's (a tripartite joint venture, the major stakeholder being a Japanese chain) was the original franchise to hit the city just a few years ago, but has quickly been superceded.

But it's been most inconvenient for me. If anyone knows where to find one, drop us a line, OK? Cheers.

Posted by Sendover at February 10, 2004 07:25 PM | TrackBack

Comments

A few that I frequent:
Corner of Maoming and Fuxing Lu
Corner of Hengshan and Gao'an (maybe one block up Hengshan)
Corner of Huashan and Yan'an Lu, across from Hilton

A clean one:
Inside the World Trade Center (or whatever the building at Yan'an and Zunyi Lu in Hongqiao is called)
There are probably more like this -- inside office buildings -- and they're usually not as run-down as those on the street.

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