Chitchat Chinks Desperate To Buy Anything Yankee! No National Pride At All During Moment Of Truth! Chinks Love Costco!

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SHANGHAI (AFP) - US retailer Costco was forced to cut short the opening day of its inaugural mainland China outlet over safety worries on Tuesday (Aug 27) after huge crowds of bargain hunters swamped the store in suburban Shanghai.

The massive warehouse outlet issued a notice to users of its official app in the early afternoon saying that it would no longer allow more customers through the doors, citing an "overcrowding" situation inside the store and traffic chaos in surrounding areas.

Earlier in the day, an AFP journalist observing the store's opening witnessed frantic scenes as thousands of shoppers jostled to get their hands on everything from fresh meat to big-screen TVs and giant teddy bears.

"Due to overcrowding in the market, and in order to provide you with a better shopping experience, Costco will temporarily close on the afternoon of August 27. Please avoid coming," the notification said.

In a text message to AFP, a spokesman for Costco said the doors were shut to new incoming customers but that those inside would be allowed to finish shopping.

Analysts have warned Costco's model may struggle in a market that has been tough on foreign food retailers but shoppers descended on the outlet in droves as soon as the doors opened, prompting staff to move them into the store in phased groups to maintain order.

But they continued to flow in, leading to shopping cart gridlock throughout the store, especially in more popular areas such as the food section, where people scrambled to get their hands on meat and other produce.

Elsewhere, shoppers pushed and shoved for access to the freshly cooked rotisserie chickens as staff pleaded with buyers to form a line.

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Outside, motorists complained on social media about three-hour waits to get into the store's parking lot, while others stood for lengthy periods in 36 deg C heat outside the store hoping to get in.

But there were no immediate reports of any injuries or scuffles.

The spokesman said the store, which sprawls out over 1.4ha in Shanghai's south-western suburbs, planned to open as normal on Wednesday.

Foreign "hyper-markets" have struggled in China, with some criticised for failing to cater to the country's consumer habits.

In June, French chain Carrefour agreed to sell 80 per cent of its China business to domestic retailer Suning after suffering recurring losses.

German wholesaler Metro is in the process of selling its operations to a local bidder and Britain's Tesco pulled out of the Chinese market in 2014.

Costco also faces stiff competition from online shopping options provided by the likes of e-commerce giant Alibaba, which have proven hugely popular.

But Costco already has had an online presence in China for five years.

Mr Richard Zhang, Costco's senior vice-president for Asia, told AFP last week that data gleaned from those online sales convinced the retailer that Chinese consumers were now ready for a bricks-and-mortar version.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/costco-cuts-short-china-debut-after-shoppers-swamp-store
 
the costco in sunnyvale is swarmed with tiongs and nehs. they are always looking out for bargains, discounts, and buying things in bulk. only tiongs and nehs would buy sacks of lice in bulk and store them at their garages (as though a famine is about to hit them hard). :rolleyes:
 
Looks like the Chicoms are getting quite desperate. The barking dogs of China's Foreign Ministry doing press conferences are a very good indicator.

 
Maybe supermarkets were still banned and just recently lifted by the communist? Like they never see one before.
Or is this a inherent attitude or some cultural trait?
 
alibaba will simply request the prc gov to stifle costco (and walmart in the past) and tilt regulations in its favor.
 
Maybe supermarkets were still banned and just recently lifted by the communist? Like they never see one before.
Or is this a inherent attitude or some cultural trait?

5,000 years of history..go figure that out....that is the Chinese genes...you have voice recognition, face... soon the mobile phones or devices that can spot a Chinese by their DNA...

It is in their DNA...not attitude or cultural...
 
Maybe supermarkets were still banned and just recently lifted by the communist? Like they never see one before.
Or is this a inherent attitude or some cultural trait?
all of the above but largely borne of scarcity in most of Chinese lives. the culture evolved according to this always prevalent scarcity.
 
alibaba will simply request the prc gov to stifle costco (and walmart in the past) and tilt regulations in its favor.

If there were real competition in Sinkieland, CUNT Fuckprice would not have survived. At the very least, we would have Tesco. And Carrefour might still be around.
 
the costco in sunnyvale is swarmed with tiongs and nehs. they are always looking out for bargains, discounts, and buying things in bulk. only tiongs and nehs would buy sacks of lice in bulk and store them at their garages (as though a famine is about to hit them hard). :rolleyes:
U cannot say that lah,,,,because preppers do the same thing,,,,
 
If there were real competition in Sinkieland, CUNT Fuckprice would not have survived. At the very least, we would have Tesco. And Carrefour might still be around.

Tesco does brisk business in Malaysia and Thailand.

Carrefour operated in Stinkypore for many years and still operate across the world.

Where is the issue then?
 
The products in Costco China are made in China.
not the meat packs unless they are pork. beef is mostly from the u.s., lamb from nz and arsetralia, salmon from norway, prosciutto from italy, (organic) chicken from u.s., etc. tiongs should be vegans like nehs and give animals a break. they can also switch to basmati lice grown in india and packaged and supplied by costco's own kirkland brand. it's costco's best selling lice in the u.s. more than jasmine.
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