Smaller store like speedmart and online store for those malas going to supermarket on weekends

BMF working?

But it is a limited choice and product for such small minimarket.

Beside that, price is not as cheap as hypermarket.

Is that mean, Malaysian are getting rich? We need high class market?

TIL also. no wonder guardian always there in giant

once i was looking for something in guardian, kenot find , so asked the awek there ( there were 4of them there tengah sembang). awek pun blur sotong, straightaway said taktau, without checking the stocks or asking her kolig. then walked out and wented to AA, there the amoi searched hai and low, climbed up and down and finally found what i was looking for!

this,

the shops are moving down back to grocers/convinience store instead of hypermarts, so you see more village grocers, jaya and bens appearing

as far as I'm aware those have been the biggest movers in the scene

is it just me, or guardian is actually supporting the lgbt community alot, many guardians stores i went always have pondan staffs

Village grocers, jaya and bens are still chained retail stores. before hypermarkets, the norm was actually more standalone supermarkets or department stores. we are not going back to that era of smaller businesses anymore.

This post has been edited by happyking4ever: Feb 3 2020, 12:20 PM

Somehow true.

Seeing some changing into such market.

product quality is better. But the price also quite high.

everwin service numbawan. giant those can close dy... everwin unaco everise enough la

ppl busy hustling with their free time la, they no longer free n goyang in hypermarket to do their groceries

minimarket assortment is more than enough for average consumers, especially b40

little savings to hunt from hypermarkets tediously aint suitable in current tensed economy

dont underestimate kuasa Mamu

when shops closed Mamak always last man standing

the standalone supermarkets were kinda very long time ago, way longer than the emergence of hypermarts. cause for the life of me all the standalone supermarkets i remember are all chained retail similar to jaya.

its not smaller business tho, its only smaller stores

its been moving that direction for a while, a lot of things are moving into the premium segment

like you see more imported beers now, bubble tea is also a premium imported brand, cafes are also appearing everywhere

This post has been edited by +3kk!: Feb 3 2020, 12:28 PM

I thought that’s just my own suspicion, didn’t know others have same experience with them, LOL.

GAFU is another new player in the game.

They started from Mukah (?) and now come to Sibu liao.

some even gt quite complete set punya transgender...

yes very long time ago. more like back in 70s and 80s. hypermarkets emerging in 90s killed all of them as they simply cannot compete in price. malaysia did have a few chained department stores such as Parkson then, they also lost their market shares to hypermarkets.

hence, the current phenomenon of hypermarkets end up unable to compete with other locally managed chained stores make me wonder, the management of these hypermarkets have issues since larger sizes are supposed to have better advantages?

I guess they have really high overheads which require really high patronages to be profitable.

The rise of e-commerce had really eat into part of their previous market.

Tesco doesn't even exist in Sarawak so how to call it the biggest? At least Giant I can believe but here in Miri its being beaten by local hypermarket that you probably never heard if you are from the West side. Last Jan already Everwin open its 4th branch, not far from the last Giant in Miri.

ahh yea, you are right the 70s were more individual small stores.

i think its cause the market is changing, what i notice now is people prefer quality and uniqueness. Hypermarkets suck at both cause they are big and mass market, so the smaller shops that offer more customised services and products to the area would win.

i notice this purchasing habit with my parents and me too, they like big shops like starbucks instead of hipster cafes. They tend to prefer to buy in bulk and store than myself who buys and finishes within the week.

i guess the gen x will bring the small shops back for a while, then maybe 1-2 gens down the road they will bring hypermarts back up again