LIST OF DEPARTMENT STORES
This is a 'list of department stores'. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores.
Argentina
★ Arcor
★ Falabella
★ Frávega
★ Garbarino
★ Havana
Australia
'Currently trading:'
★ Big W - Operated by Woolworths Limited.
★ Dimmeys - Department store selling quality merchandise at bargain prices. It is the second-oldest department store in Australia still operating under its original name.
★ Harris Scarfe - Department store retailer selling homewares, manchester and casual lifestyle apparel. Was listed in stock market until 2001.
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★ Allens - Opened in 1913 as a menswear shop before becoming a department store. Taken over by Harris Scarfe in 2004. Operates stores in NSW and the ACT.
★ Harvey Norman - Mainly selling electrical appliances and furniture. The top furniture retailer in Australia. Listed in stock market.
★ David Jones - Luxury retailer, stocks merchandise from homewares to fashion. One of the world's oldest department stores still trading under its original name.
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★ John Martin - Operated by the Hayward family for over 100 years. Bought by David Jones in 1985, absorbed into David Jones in the mid-1990s.
★ K-mart - Operated by Coles Group Ltd.
★ Myer - Formally operated by Coles Myer group, now owned by US-based consortium Newbridge Capital, part of the Texas Pacific Group, which also owns Neiman Marcus in the USA and Debenhams in the UK. The Myer family is a 5% partner in the venture.
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★ Grace Bros. - Bought by Coles Group in 1983, absorbed Myer stores in NSW/ACT, chain renamed Myer in 2004.
★ Target - Operated by Coles Group Ltd.
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★ Target Country - Took over now-defunct Fosseys. Target Country trades in areas with a relatively small population and is a scaled down version of standard Target.
'Defunct:'
★ Boans - Formerly Western Australia's major store chain- acquired by Myer.
★ Daimaru - Failed after just 11 years in operation.
★ Farmers - Bought by Myer in 1961, rebranded as Myer in 1976, rebranded as Grace Bros in 1983 and back to Myer in 2004.
★ FitzGerald's Department Stores - Formerly Tasmania's leading store chain- merged with Harris Scarfe in 1995.
★ Gowings - Small department store selling menswear. Operated from 1868-2006.
★ John Martin & Co. - Formerly a major Adelaide store, with suburban branches- acquired by David Jones.
★ Norman Ross - Discount department store operated by the current owners of Harvey Norman. Bought out by Waltons and later failed.
★ Super K-Mart - Store concept and culture did not work. From mid-80s to 1991.
★ Venture - Discount Department store. Opened in 1970. Went bankrupt in 1992.
★ Waltons - Opened in 1951 as a menswear shop. Converted to a department store in 1955 and grew to 96 stores across Australia. Failed in 1987 due to financial difficulties.
Austria
★ Gerngross
★ Kastner & Öhler - Group of 10 stores.
★ Woolworth - Group of 12 Stores.
Belgium
★ Cortefiel
★ Hema
★ Galeria Inno - Formerly "Innovation" - part of german Kaufhof Group.
Brazil
'Currently trading:'
★ Casa & Video
★ Casas Bahia
★ Lojas Renner - Controlled by JCPenney.
★ Lojas Riachuelo
★ Lojas Americanas
'Defunct:'
★ Mappin
★ Mesbla
★ Sears
Canada
'Currently trading:'
★ GolfTown - golf specialty retailer, largest golf retail chain
★ Army & Navy Stores
★ The Bargain! Shop - Discount stores (formerly the Canadian stores of F. W. Woolworth Company).
★ Canadian Tire Corporation - Auto repair garage, hardware, home renovations, sports, garden centre, electronics, auto parts, furniture, food, housewares, towels. Franchised stores with independent owners.
★ Costco - USA, warehouse superstore, food, electonics, furniture, clothing, car repair.
★ Dollarama / Rossy - Dollar store in eastern Canada.
★ Fields - Discount chain in British Columbia and Alberta (owned by Hudson's Bay Company).
★ Giant Tiger / Tigre Géant - Discount stores.
★ Hart Stores - Eastern Canada discount chain.
★ Holt Renfrew - Upscale chain.
★ Home Depot - USA, hardware, renovations, garden, construction, patio.
★ Home Outfitters - Home, kitchen, bath specialty retailer, division of Hudson's Bay Company.
★ Hudson's Bay Company
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★ The Bay - Department store owned by Hudson's Bay Company.
★ La Maison Simons - Quebec city based fashion clothing chain.
★ LALIBERTÉ - On St-Joseph Street in Quebec City.
★ Les Ailes de la Mode - Quebec-based clothing retailer.
★ London Drugs - Pharmacy, automotive, electronics, clothing, food, book store, health store in Western Canada.
★ The North West Company - Retail, primarily northern and smaller towns.
★ Ogilvy (Montreal) - Also known as La Maison Ogilvy, upscale fashion retailer.
★ Piper's - St. John's, Nfld. discount variety store chain.
★ Real Canadian Superstore - Food, hardware, office supplies, clothing, furniture, electronics, division of Loblaws Inc. (joint venture: Presidents Choice Financial with CIBC Bank) also owns PC brand of cell phones, foods, various consumer goods.
★ Riff's - Newfoundland department store chain.
★ Rona - Hardware, renovations, garden, construction, patio, corporate and franchised stores.
★ S&R Department Store - Discount store.
★ SAAN - Discount stores.
★ Sears Canada - Formerly Simpsons-Sears.
★ Stedmans V&S - Discount stores.
★ Wal-Mart Canada - US-based international discount store.
★ Winners - Department store.
★ XS Cargo - Discount retailer chain dealing in clearance items.
★ Zellers - Discount department store owned by Hudson's Bay Company.
★ Dollar Giant - Canada's largest dollar store chain, founded in 2001, head office in Vancouver BC
'Defunct:'
★ Andrew's
★ The Arcade - St. John's, Nfld.-based discount variety store chain (1938-1995).
★ Ayre and Sons - Newfoundland-based department store chain. Once operated as many as 80 stores coast-to-coast (1859-1991).
★ Bargain Harold's - A 135 location Discount store chain based in Ontario with locations in Ontario, Manitoba and the Maritimes went Bankrupt in 1992.
★ Biway - Discount store based in Ontario, defunct 2001.
★ The Bon Marché - Independent discount variety store in St. John's, Nfld. (1919-1971).
★ Bowring - St. John's, Nfld. department store. Also national home decor store chain.
★ Brettons - High end department store 1985-1996.
★ Consumers Distributing - Catalogue store 1957-1996.
★ Corvette
★ Creaghan's - New Brunswick department store chain.
★ Creed's - founded 1916, defunct 1991, high-end family-owned retailer.
★ Dupuis Frères - Quebec-based chain, symbol of French-Canadian commerce and pride.
★ Eaton's - Went Bankrupt in 1999, and acquired by Sears Canada. Defunct in 2002.
★ Freimans - Longtime Ottawa retailer, acquired by The Bay in 1972.
★ Fortin - In downtown Trois-Rivières, Quebec; bought by Dupuis Frères.
★ Greenberg - Merged with SAAN.
★ Horizon - Discount department store operated by Eaton's, 1967-1978.
★ Kmart Canada - Discount department store, usually in the suburbs, created by S.S. Kresge - sold Canadian stores to Hudson's Bay Company in 1997.
★ S.S. Kresge - Smaller, downtown locations.
★ Laroque's Department Store - 169-177 Rideau Street, Ottawa, Ontario. Catering to the Francophone community of Lowertown - Closed circa 1970-1971 - Now The Mercury Court Building housing offices and shops.
★ Lasalle - Discount department store.
★ Letendre - On Saint Catherine Street East, Montreal; bought by CDS, then Eaton. The store closed after Eaton's expansion in the west. The building remains at the corner of Montcalm (NE).
★ The London, New York and Paris - St. John's, Nfld. department store chain (1916-1991).
★ Marks and Spencer - Closed Canadian stores in 1999.
★ Metropolitan Stores Ltd. - Sister chain of SAAN, stores later converted to the SAAN name.
★ Miracle Mart - Discount department store operated by Steinberg's, defunct 1996. Some stores acquired by Dominion Stores.
★ Morgan's - Merged with Hudson's Bay Company.
★ Murphy-Gamble - Ottawa store, acquired by Simpson's.
★ Ogilvy's (Charles Ogilvy Limited) - Ottawa-area chain, merged with Robinson's in 1980s, defunct 1990s.
★ La Compagnie Paquet - 6 stores in Quebec City area. Closed June 1981. Some stores acquired by The Bay.
★ Peoples - (1914-1995) discount store closed in the same time as its parent company Wise Stores.
★ Plazamart - On St-Hubert Street in Montreal.
★ Pryce Jones - Calgary branch of United Kingdom mail-order company, opreated 1911 to 1916.
★ Pollack - In Quebec City area and Trois-Rivières - bankrupted in 1978.
★ The Right House - Higher-end department stores, last store closed in the 90's.
★ Robinson's - Southern Ontario chain, merged with Charles Ogilvy Limited in 1980s, acquired by Hudson's Bay Company in 1990s.
★ Royal Stores - Newfoundland department store chain (1895-1977).
★ Sayvette - Discount department store, defunct 1970s.
★ Sentry - Ontario chain of retail department stores. Chain closed in mid-1980's.
★ Shop-Rite - Catalogue store operated by Hudson's Bay Company in 1970s-1992.
★ Simpson's - Acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company.
★ Simpsons-Sears Limited - Renamed Sears Canada Inc.
★ Spencer's - Western Canada, bought by Eaton's.
★ Le Syndicat de Québec - Acquired by La Compagnie Paquet in 1974.
★ Target - Newfoundland discount variety store chain (1981-1995) - never related to American company.
★ Towers Department Stores / BoniMart - Sold out to Zellers in 1990.
★ Walker Department Store - Galt, Ontario.
★ Wise Stores - Similar to Hart Stores.
★ Wood Brothers - Halifax department store chain.
★ Woodward's - Western Canada, defunct 1993. most stores converted to Zellers and The Bay.
★ Woodwynn - Junior department store owned by Woodward's, defunct 1993.
★ Woolco - Discount department store, usually in the suburbs, acquired by Wal-Mart in 1994.
★ Woolworth - Closed Canadian stores in 1992, though some became Woolco (such as the Whitehorse outlet).
★ Young Canada - Toys and children's clothes; around since at least the early 1960s.
Czech Republic
★ Kotva
★ Marks & Spencer
Chile
'Currently trading:'
★ Almacenes Paris - Belongs to the Cencosud Group.
★ Falabella - The oldest department store in Chile.
★ Johnson's
★ Jumbo - Discount department store, belong to the Cencosud Group.
★ LÃder - Discount department store, belong to the D&S Company.
★ La Polar
★ Ripley
'Defunct:'
★ Muricy's - 1 store in Las Condes area. Closed because of poor sellings in 1991.
★ J.C. Penney - 6 stores in Santiago area. Closed because of poor sellings in 1999.
★ Sears - Closed because of an economical recession in 1988.
Colombia
★ Caravana
★ Carrousel
★ EXITO - Medellin-based department store.
★ Falabella - Chilean company. Opened first store in Colombia end 2006.
★ Flamingo
★ Ley
★ Tia
Cyprus
★ Debenhams
★ Marks & Spencer
Denmark
'Currently trading:'
★ Illum
★ Magasin du Nord
★ Salling
'Defunct:'
★ Anva
★ Daell's
★ Debenhams
Finland
'Currently trading:'
★ Aleksi13
★ Anttila
★ Halonen
★ Sokos
★ Stockmann
'Defunct:'
★ Pukeva
France
★ Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville
★ Le Bon Marché
★ Galeries Lafayette
★ Le Printemps
★ La Samaritaine
★ Mitsukoshi
★ Takashimaya
Germany
'Currently trading:'
★ Ahrens - A department store in Marburg.
★ Alsterhaus - A department store in Hamburg, belonging to the Karstadt group.
★ C&A - Not a department store, sells only clothes.
★ Carsch Haus - A department store in Dusseldorf belonging to the Kaufhof group.
★ Galeries Lafayette Berlin - Berlin branch of the French department store.
★ Hema - Dutch group operating 6 department stores in Germany.
★ Hertie - Relaunched in Germany in 2007, 74 former (smaller) Karstadt stores are now Hertie again.
★ KaDeWe - Located in Berlin part of Karstadt.
★ Karstadt - The leading German department store group.
★ Kaufhof / Galeria Kaufhof - Daughter of the Metro group.
★ Mitsukoshi
★ Müller - Not really a department store, more a large chemists that sells several additional goods such as housewares, multi-media, toys.
★ Wertheim - Karstadt runs two department stores in Berlin under this traditional name.
★ Woolworth - German branch of the Woolworth group, independent from the international Woolworth group, now German owned.
'Defunct:'
★ Hertie - Merged with Karstadt. One top range store left in Munich, all other stores were re-named "Karstadt", or have been closed.
★ Horten - Merged with Kaufhof. ll stores were re-named "Kaufhof" or "Galeria Kaufhof" or have been closed.[1]
★ Kaufhaus Schocken - Merged with Horten and later Kaufhof.
★ Kaufring
★ Marks & Spencer
Hong Kong
'Currently trading:'
★ APiTA
★ Citistore
★ c!ty'super
★ CRC Department Store
★ Dragon Seed
★ Harvey Nichols
★ JUSCO - Part of AEON Group.
★ Lane Crawford
★ Marks & Spencer
★ Mitsukoshi
★ New World
★ Seibu Department Stores
★ Seiyu
★ Sincere
★ Sogo
★ Wing On
'Defunct:'
★ Daimaru
★ Matsuzakaya
★ Yaohan
Hungary
★ Debenhams
★ Marks & Spencer
★ Skala
India
★ Akbarally's
★ Big Bazaar
★ Central
★ Fabmall
★ Family Mart
★ Foodworld
★ Home Stop
★ Hyper Mart
★ Lifestyle International
★ Marks & Spencer
★ Pantaloon
★ Shopper's Stop
★ Spencers
★ Subhiksha
★ Vishal Mega Mart
★ Westside
Indonesia
★ Centro Lifestyle Department Stores
★ Debenhams - Operated by PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk together with Sogo.
★ Galeri Keris
★ Galeria (Matahari Group)
★ Matahari
★ Metro
★ Pasaraya
★ Ramayana
★ Sogo
Ireland
'Currently trading:'
★ Arnotts
★ Brown Thomas
★ Clerys
★ Debenhams
★ Dunnes Stores
★ Harvey Nichols
★ House of Fraser
★ Marks and Spencer
'Defunct:'
★ Roches Stores - Acquired by Debenhams.
Israel
★ Hamashbir Latsarchan
Italy
★ Coin
★ Mitsukoshi
★ la Rinascente
Japan
'Currently trading:'
★ Apita - Part of UNY.
★ Daiei
★ Daikuma
★ Daimaru
★ Daiwa
★ Fukuya
★ Hankyu Department Store
★ Hanshin Department Store
★ Isetan
★ Ito Yokado
★ Iwataya
★ Izutsuya
★ JUSCO - Part of ÆON.
★ Keihan Department Store
★ Keikyu Department Store
★ Keio Department Store
★ Kintetsu Department Store
★ Maruei
★ Marui
★ Marui Imai
★ Matsuya
★ Matsuzakaya
★ Meitetsu Department Store
★ Mitsukoshi
★ Odakyu Department Store
★ Parco
★ Printemps Ginza
★ Saty - Part of Mycal.
★ Seibu Department Store
★ Seiyu
★ Sogo
★ Takashimaya
★ Tobu Department Store
★ Tokyu Department Store
★ UNY
★ Wako Department Store
'Defunct:'
★ Shirokiya
Luxembourg
★ Monopol
Malaysia
'Currently trading:'
★ Debenhams
★ Isetan
★ Jusco
★ Marks & Spencer - Branches in 1 Utama and Suria KLCC.
★ Metrojaya
★ Parkson
★ Robinsons - Opening new outlet in The Garden Mid Valley.
★ Sogo
★ The Store - Lower and middle-class department store, found mostly in small towns and suburbs.
★ Tangs - Store in Starhill Center, KL, closed down in 2004. Re-entry into Malaysia is expected in December 2007.
'Defunct:'
★ Yaohan - Branches taken over by Parkson.
Mexico
★ Bodega
★ El Palacio de Hierro
★ Grupo Sanborns - Technically a pharmacy. Formerly a division of Walgreens.
★ Liverpool
★ MEGA
★ Sears Roebuck de México - A division of Grupo Sanborns.
★ Soriana
★ Waldo's Mart
★ Walmart
★ Woolworth Mexicana
Netherlands
★ Bijenkorf - Part of Maxeda.
★ Hema - Part of Maxeda.
★ Metz & Co
★ Vroom & Dreesmann - Part of Maxeda.
New Zealand
'Currently trading:'
★ Arthur Barnett
★ Ballantynes
★ Farmers
★ Kirkcaldies and Stains
★ Kmart
★ Smith and Caugheys
★ H & J Smith
★ The Warehouse
'Defunct:'
★ George Courts
★ John Courts
★ D.I.C.
★ Deka
Panama
★ Alli's
★ Collin's
★ Conway
★ Dante
★ Do it Center
★ Dorian's
★ El Machetazo
★ El Titan
★ Felix B. Maduro
★ La Onda
★ Poll Mart
★ Sacks
★ Saray
★ Steven's
★ Via Vai
Pakistan
★ 7th Avenue (Islamabad)
★ Aghaas (Karachi)
★ HKB (Lahore)
★ Imtiaz1 (Karachi)
★ Imtiaz2 (Karachi)
★ Naheed (Karachi)
★ The Phase (Lahore)
★ Pot Purri (Lahore)
★ Shahid Iqbal (Karachi)
Peru
'Currently trading:'
★ Ripley
★ Saga Falabella
'Defunct:'
★ Hogar - Broken up in 1996.
★ Oechsle - Broken up in the early 90s. It was the oldest department store in Peru.
★ Saga - Sold to Falabella (Chile) and rebranded as Saga Falabella in 1995.
★ Sears - Sold to and rebranded as Saga in the late 80s.
Philippines
★ CSI (Dagupan City, La Union, Baguio City, Lingayen and Candon City)
★ Crossings (Mandaluyong City and Quezon City)
★ Ever Gotesco (Metro Manila)
★ Fair Mart (Cubao, Cebu City and Manila)
★ Gaisano
★ Isetann (Cubao and Manila)
★ Landmark (Makati City and Quezon City)
★ Makro
★ Manels
★ Mart One
★ PhilRegalo (Manila, Quezon City, Cebu City and Rizal)
★ Plaza Fair (Cubao, Baguio City, Cebu City, Manila, Angono and Cagayan de Oro City)
★ Robinsons
★ Rustans (Makati City, Alabang, Cubao, Mandaluyong City, Cebu City and Manila)
★ SM
★ Shopwise (Libis, Makati City, Alabang, Sucat, Cubao and Antipolo)
★ Tiongsan (Baguio City and La Trinidad)
★ Uniwide
Poland
★ Bracia JabÅ‚kowscy
★ Galeria Centrum
★ Marks & Spencer
Portugal
'Currently trading:'
★ Cortefiel
★ El Corte Inglés (Lisbon)
★ Marques Soares (Oporto)
'Defunct:'
★ Grandella (Lisbon)
★ Grandes Armazens do Chiado (Lisbon and branches)
Puerto Rico
'Currently trading:'
★ 123
★ Capri
★ Kmart
★ Macy's
★ JC Penney
★ Pitusa
★ La Reina
★ Sears, Roebuck and Company
★ Topeka
★ Wal-Mart
'Defunct:'
★ Almacenes Velasco
★ Bargain Town
★ Gonzalez Padin
Romania
★ Debenhams
★ Marks & Spencer
Russia
★ Gostiny Dvor - Established 1785
★ Marks & Spencer
★ The Passage - Established 1848
★ Petrovka Passage - Established 1906
★ State Universal Store - Established 1893
★ Stockmann
Saudi Arabia
★ Bin Dawood
★ Debenhams
★ Harvey Nichols (Riyadh)
★ Saks Fifth Avenue
Singapore
'Currently trading:'
★ BHG - Formally known as Seiyu.
★ Daiso
★ Isetan
★ Metro
★ Mustafa
★ OG
★ Robinson & Co.
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★ John Little
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★ Marks & Spencer - Franchise.
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★ Robinsons
★ Takashimaya
★ Tangs
'Defunct:'
★ Daimaru - Branches now closed in Singapore.
★ Lane Crawford - Branches now closed in Singapore.
★ Sogo - Branches now closed in Singapore.
★ Tokyu - Branches now closed in Singapore.
★ Yaohan - Branches now closed in Singapore.
★ Yosoko - Bankrupt.
Slovakia
★ Marks & Spencer
South Korea
★ Aekyung
★ Daegu
★ Donga
★ Galleria
★ GS Square
★ Himang
★ Hyundai Department Store Group
★ Lotte
★ Samsung Plaza
★ Shinsegae
Spain
'Currently trading:'
★ Cortefiel
★ El Corte Inglés
★ GalerÃas Primero
★ GalerÃas Aitana (Calpe)
'Defunct:'
★ GalerÃas Preciados - Closed 1995.
★ Marks & Spencer - Closed 1996
★ Sears - Taken over by GalerÃas Preciados in 1983
★ Almacenes Arias - Closed 1997
★ Sepu - Closed its remainig two branches in 2002
★ Almacenes Simeón - Closed in 1987
Sweden
'Currently trading:'
★ Ã…hléns (Stockholm)
★ Nordiska Kompaniet (Stockholm and Gothenburg)
★ PUB (Stockholm)
'Defunct:'
★ Debenhams - Closed 2007.
Switzerland
★ Globus (Zürich)
★ Jelmoli (Zürich)
★ Loeb (Bern and branches)
★ Marks & Spencer
★ Manor (Basel and branches)
Thailand
'Currently trading:'
★ @ease
★ Banglamphu
★ BigC (Samrong and Lat Phrao)
★ Central Retail Corporation - Group includes
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★ Central
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★ Marks & Spencer - Franchise stores.
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★ Robinson
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★ Zen (Central World Plaza and Ratchaprasong)
★ Diana (Hat Yai)
★ The Erawan Group - Group includes
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★ Amarin Plaza (Ratchaprasong)
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★ Erawan Bangkok (Ratchaprasong)
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★ Ploenchit Center (Sukhumvit)
★ Fairy Plaza (Khon Kaen)
★ Fairyland (Nakhon Sawan)
★ Fashion Outlet
★ Gaysorn Plaza (Ratchaprasong)
★ Isetan (Central World Plaza and Ratchaprasong)
★ Jusco
★ Klang Plaza (Nakhon Ratchasima)
★ The Mall Group - Group includes
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★ Emporium (Sukhumvit)
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★ The Mall
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★ The Paragon (Pathum Wan)
★ Ocean (Phuket)
★ Pantip Plaza (Pratu Nam)
★ Pata (Bangkok)
★ Peninsula Plaza (Ratchaprasong)
★ Seree (Lampang)
★ Siam Piwat - Group includes
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★ Siam Center (Pathum Wan)
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★ Siam Discovery (Pathum Wan)
★ Suksapanpanit (Bangkok)
★ Tang Hua Seng (Thonburi)
★ Tokyu (MBK Center, Pathum Wan)
'Defunct:'
★ Daimaru - Branches now closed in Thailand.
★ Imperial
★ Merry King - Branches now closed in Thailand.
★ New World
★ Printemps - Branches now closed in Thailand.
★ Sogo - Branches now closed in Thailand.
★ Yaohan - Branches now closed in Thailand.
Turkey
★ Beymen
★ Boyner
★ Cetinkaya
★ Marks & Spencer
★ Vakko
★ Vakkorama
★ YKM (Yeni Karamursel)
United Kingdom
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