After Tesco entered the Thai market in
1998 with its brand of colorful, well-stocked superstores, angry local
competitors tried to impede the powerhouse UK-based retailer’s progress with a
wall of lawsuits--including one that would have forced Tesco Lotus, the
company’s regional subsidiary, to shut off air-conditioning because chilly
stores posed a public health hazard to the equatorial Thai people. Frivolous
legal actions were a minor nuisance compared with what came next. Over a
five-month period last year, two Tesco Lotus outlets were bombed, another
peppered with automatic weapons fire and yet another hit by a rocket-propelled
grenade. Despite threats by governments to ban them, chains including France’s Carrefour and U.S.-based Wal-Mart are ramping up plans to hundreds of new outlets throughout the region over the next seve A. some foreign chains are considering relocating to more hospitable lands B. Carrefour is quite welcome by the local consumers with its abundance of products C. Costco has carried out many promotional campaigns to attract the local customers D. some foreign hyperstores are trying to cooperate with local partners to adjust themselves 我来回答: 提交
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