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Shopping in Shanghai
By THUNDER | 3/30/2004 4:55:15 PM

In Shanghai there are two methods of going about purchasing items (mai dongxi). Both are necessary to forgo because each offers items one cannot find in both places. The first route is to go shopping at a department store which offers price tagged items at a non-negotiable cost to the consumer. There are numerous "shopping malls" around Shanghai and Pudong. Often state-owned, they are filled with many domestic and imported items tastefully displayed amid uniformed store clerks and spotless waxed floors. Almost all electronics and jewelry are housed in a glass display case and even some sale-priced items are indicated by a "red" tag. Grocery stores are also laid out in similar format but unlike department stores, which are much like American counterparts, the grocery store/supermarket's inventory is completely different. I shall discuss my trip to the supermarket in another submission. The overabundance of store clerks and their lackadaisical attitude toward customers is most likely telling of two signs. One is that it is probably a state-owned enterprise and a sure-fire method for obtaining a position albeit mundane and low-paying outlook for the job prospect; the second is the low pay and lack of upward mobility that the job offers. End result?; the service is poor and the prices are comparable to those in the west, but the products are top-notch and the store honors a warranty on most products.

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