Here are the list:

FASHION APPAREL & ACCESSORIES
- Axara Paris
- Bata (2)
- bYSI
- E .PSE
- Giordano (3)
- Mango
- Lacoste
- Levis
- Pedro
- POSH Edition (2)
- Skechers
- U.R.S & inc
- VNC (3)

JEWELRY & WATCHES
- Longine (Boutique)
- Omega (Cambodiana Hotel)
- Rado (Cambodiana Hotel)
- Vertu (Sofitel Phoheetra Hotel)

BEAUTY & HEALTH
- @Menard (2)
- Elianto (5)
- The Face Shop (2)

FOOD AND DRINKS
- BBQ Chicken
- Black Canyon Coffee
- Coca Suki restaurant
- Diary Queen
- KFC (5)
- Master Suki restaurant (MK Restaurant)
- The Pizza Company (6)
- Tutti Frutti Frozen Yoqurt (2)
- Pho 24 (2)
- Pizza Hut (Opening Soon)
- Sarpino's Pizza (4)
- Swensen's (5)

Coffee Shops
- Gloria Jean's Coffee
- The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (Coming Soon - 2011/9 or 2011/10)
- True Coffee (Coming Soon - 2011/6)

The Luggage Gallery

Ground Floor - The Luggage Gallery
- Sisley
- Delsey
- Pierre Cardin
- Zero Halliburton
- United Colors of Benetton
- Camel Active
- Beverly Hills Polo Club
- Hedgren
- BESIDE-U

First Level - Men's Wear
- Ashworth
- Arnold Palmer
- Daniel Hechter Paris
- Lyle and Scott
- Beverly Hills Polo Club
- D'Alby
- Pierre Cardin
- Van Heusen
- Brentwood
- Gianni Valentino

http://www.iampowered.com/uploads/2006/02/KFC_Logo.jpg

The Malaysian group QSR announced today that it will open a KFC outlet in Phnom Penh by years end.

QSR Brands Bhd is expanding its restaurant business under the KFC brand to Cambodia.

The first outlet is expected to be operational in Phnom Penh by year-end, said chairman Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim during a press conference to announce the new venture Thursday.

The group plans to open four outlets initially in the capital as well as in major towns. This would be followed by two new restaurants every year.

The first KFC in Cambodia - Open tomorrow at 7am 2008/3/3

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Business News
Malaysian group gets rights to open Pizza Huts in Cambodia

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian restaurant operator QSR Brands Bhd has obtained rights to operate outlets of the fast-food chain Pizza Hut in Cambodia, a news report said Friday.

The company, which opened the first KFC fast-food chicken outlet in Cambodia on March 2, obtained approval from the international restaurant company Yum Restaurants Asia Pte Ltd to open the Pizza Huts, The Edge Daily, a Malaysian financial newspaper, reported.

KFC is currently being operated via Kampuchea Food Corp Co Ltd, a joint venture of QSR, Royal Group of Companies and Rightlink Corp Ltd, the report said.

The company said a new wholly owned subsidiary would be set up under the joint venture to undertake Pizza Hut operations in Cambodia.

HAHA i think thai pizza company went there first did they?

It was talked about since long ago, but it could never be confirmed. Today, it is a done deal though: the first Starbucks Coffee will open its doors in a few days in Phnom Penh, inside The Place complex on Sihanouk Blvd.

The famous green logo will now sits in the entrance to the new sport and restaurant complex located the heart of the city, next to the Independence Monument. Following the opening of Pizza company, Swensen’s ice cream and KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken), it is now the turn of Starbucks to leave its mark in Cambodia’s capital. According to the license owner who declines to talk publicly, the opening of this coffee shop, albeit the first one, is far from being the last one either. Cambodge Soir Hebdo was not able to glean additional information on the arrival of the coffee and retail giant which is now available in Cambodia.

Started in Seattle in the 70s, the first Starbucks shop earns its name from the US novel “Moby Dick” by Herman Melvilles.

For the past 10 years, the Starbucks phenomenon never ceases to grow. Currently, Starbucks has more than 9,000 shops spread in 30 countries in the world. Starbucks is omnipresent in all of Asia, in particular in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand.


http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2009/03/starbucks-paradox-with-large-number-of.html :cheers2:

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I am wondering when Pizza Hut will set up in Phnom Penh ..

The first Gloria Jean's Coffee (from US) in Cambodia. This is also the first international cafe outlet in the city.

It was opened five days ago.

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Luxury brand ''Axara'' from Paris will soon open its first boutique in Cambodia, at Sihanouk Boulevard

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Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) - operated under the Yum! Brands from Malaysia

Phnom Penh
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Phnom Penh - Nº. 170, Preah Monivong, Asia Hotel
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Phnom Penh - Norodom Blvd
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Phnom Penh - Sisowath
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Franchise from Thailand's Minor Food Group Public Co. Ltd

Swensen's
1) Shopping Center Sovanna, Ground Floor, Phnom Penh
2) Nº. 15, Samdech Pan (St. 214), Pencil Super Center Chaktomuk, Phnom Penh
3) Nº. 13-61, Trasak Paem (St. 63), Shopping Center Sorya Ground floor, Phnom Penh
4) Angkor Trade Center, Ground Floor, Siem Reap
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The Pizza Company
1) Sorya Shopping Center, 4th floor, Phnom Penh
2) No 39, Street 105, behind the German Embassy, Phnom Penh
3) Corner of Kampuchea Krom and Street 261, Phnom Penh
4) Nº. 17-19, Oknha Khleang Moeung (St. 70), south of Old Stadium, Phnom Penh
5) Angkor Trade Center, Ground Floor, Siem Reap
6) Nº. 880-882, Kampuchea Krom Blvd Cnr Street 261, Kampuchea Krom
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Dairy Queen
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Master Suki restaurant (MK Restaurant)
1) Nº. 10, Samdech Pan (St. 214), Phnom Penh
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Pizza Hut set for debut


Tuesday, 02 February 2010 15:00 Ellie Dyer


CAMBODIA’S first Pizza Hut is set to open this year along with five new branches of KFC, according to the chairman of QSR Brands Bhd. In an interview with the Malaysia Star newspaper, published Monday, Tan Sri Muhammed Ali Hasim announced his intention to invest RM4.8 million (US$1.32 million) in the new branches. QSR is the franchisee for both chains in the Kingdom. Ali explained that Pizza Hut restaurant would be built in Phnom Penh’s riverside area. Two of the new KFCs – which are operated by the Kampuchea Food Company – will be located in Battambang and Kampong Cham. Three more KFC restaurants will open in Phnom Penh, the report added.

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010020231555/Business/pizza-hut-set-for-debut.html

The first Gloria Jean's Coffee (from US) in Cambodia. This is also the first international cafe outlet in the city.

It was opened five days ago.

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Whats the address?

Whats the address?

Corner of Street 51 and Street 310, Sangkat Boeung Keng Kang I (BKK1) Phnom Penh

This is very interesting thread, keep them coming!

Coca Suki restaurant (from Thailand) in Cambodia.
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The food there is pretty expensive, in Cambodian standard.

Swensen's at Siem Riep
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Swensen's at Sorya Mall - Phnom Penh
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A new ''Pizza Company'' was opened two days ago at Sisowath.

is it popular in cambodia?

You mean ''Pizza Company" ?? It is very popular and I have to wait in a long queue while I was there last Saturday.

Any Golden Arches or Starbucks in Cambodia?

Any Golden Arches or Starbucks in Cambodia?

starbucks i think thats a yes, macdonald's no,
in asia macdonald's is known a shit food, KFC is most famous

The Starbucks in Cambodia is fake, didn't obtain any legal license from the Starbucks Headquarter. The cafe actually operates illegally in Cambodia.

It will take at least 5 to 10 years for ''Golden Arches'' to enter the Cambodian market, even Vietnam which is far more advance in economic wise than Cambodia still got no ''Maccas''.

Here is a pic of Starbucks in Cambodia
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3581/3378851820_3f7b5a9f07.jpg

Very exciting news! Louis Vuitton is now on the waiting list to enter the Cambodia retail market. From what I guess, there is a very high chance the boutique will open at the ground floor of Golden Tower 42.

If you can read Chinese, here is the article

法國精品路易威登（ＬＶ）的開店哲學，讓許多同業參不透玄機。ＬＶ全球第四百四十家專賣店，上周末在蒙古人民共和國首都烏蘭巴托開幕，品牌時尚版圖邁入第六十二個國家。

ＬＶ下一個重大展店計畫是三年內進軍黎巴嫩，不畏中東地區烽火連天，要印證「富貴險中求」的說法。

ＬＶ全球主席兼行政總裁賈世傑（Yves Carcelle）在蒙古店開幕時說：「ＬＶ的開店哲學從來就不是等待商圈成立才進場，而是ＬＶ所到之處，就要創造商圈。」


ＬＶ在時尚旱地掀起法國精品風，連柬埔寨也在預定名單裡。
Cambodia is on the list !!

Black Canyon Coffee from Thailand - at Paragon Mall (not the Paragon in Bangkok .. :D)
http://www.yellowpages-cambodia.com/profileimg/l/black-canyon-coffee-3825.jpg

Wow, thanks, I didn't know Cambodia have all of this westens food, clothes, and resturant .

Luxury watchmaker Omega and Rado both set up their first boutiques at the 5 star Hotel Cambodiana.

Omega
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Rado
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Diana Saw read this thread? :D

Louis Vuitton to open in Cambodia?

April 22, 2010 by Diana Saw

According to this Oct 2009 China Times article, Cambodia is on the list of new LV shops that will be launched across Asia - unsurprising, really, as reports of LV wanting to set up shop in Cambodia can be traced back to 2002.

The China Times article comes after the opening of LV's 440th shop in Ulaan Bataar, capital of Mongolia. Chairman and CEO Yves Carcelle said at the Ulaan Bataar shop opening: "LV's philosophy of opening shops is not to wait until there is a business district/market area (商圈) before we enter, but rather, whereever LV opens our shops, it is to create a market area."

Gossip is that the LV shop, if it does open, will be housed in the US$300 million Gold Tower 42 on Sihanouk Boulevard, supposedly Phnom Penh's poshest building. Gold Tower 42 is slated to be completed in October 2011.
Very exciting news! Louis Vuitton is now on the waiting list to enter the Cambodia retail market. From what I guess, there is a very high chance the boutique will open at the ground floor of Golden Tower 42.

But it could also open in Siem Reap. An Oct 2002 Australian Financial Review report:

"Visitors to the Cambodian temples may soon be able to buy a Louis Vuitton handbag nearby. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton is the world's biggest producer of luxury clothing and accessories. The company's head of operations in Thailand and Vietnam, Guillaume Thery, says new stores are earmarked for Angkor Wat, near Cambodia's temple complex, and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam..."

While LVMH cannot make up its mind about Cambodia, it did open in Ho Chi Minh city in Q3 of 2007.

No doubt Cambodia's glitterati and wannabes will be thrilled to welcome LV. Sad, really. I much prefer this "LV" on a Khmer street kid. LOL.

Anyway, below is an excerpt of the Chinese text for those who can read Chinese and for New York Mag's coverage of the Mongolian store opening (nothing about Cambodia though) click here.

更新日期:2009/10/28 02:44
謝學豐／台北報導
中國時報【謝學豐／台北報導】

法國精品路易威登（ＬＶ）的開店哲學，讓許多同業參不透玄機。ＬＶ全球第四百四十家專賣店，上周末在蒙古人民共和國首都烏蘭巴托開幕，品牌時尚版圖邁入第六十二個國家。ＬＶ下一個重大展店計畫是三年內進軍黎巴嫩，不畏中東地區烽火連天，要印證「富貴險中求」的說法。

ＬＶ全球主席兼行政總裁賈世傑（Yves Carcelle）在蒙古店開幕時說：「ＬＶ的開店哲學從來就不是等待商圈成立才進場，而是ＬＶ所到之處，就要創造商圈。」

ＬＶ在時尚旱地掀起法國精品風，連柬埔寨也在預定名單裡。

''E .PSE'' - one of the best-known names in Malaysian fashion

''E .PSE'' boutique at Sihanouk Boulevard (St 274), Phnom Penh
Founded in 2009

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VNC - a well-loved Malaysian brand available in several other countries

1) Sihanouk Boulevard (St 274), Phnom Penh
by souden_ly
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2) Boutique at Siam Reap
by souden_ly
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POSH Edition - from Singapore

Sihanouk Boulevard (St 274), Phnom Penh
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Nokia Shop at Sihanouk Boulevard
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the Swatch shop on the left, opened in 2007

I am very impressed :banana:

French brand Axara Paris opens finally

Photos : AXARA - Facebook
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Pho 24 from Vietnam

I think the food there is a bit expensive
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most vnese told me they dont like this restaurant!

most vnese told me they dont like this restaurant!

But I think the price should be ok for Vietnamese tourism.

Local Vietnamese, I think they can choose a difference because they are know well where the cheaper and good test in phnom penh.:)

And most of the food price in VN a bit more expensive than Cambodia, so maybe the price in Pho24 just only copy from VN.

most vnese told me they dont like this restaurant!

I may know why. It is over priced. The Pho itself is bad too. It is like putting water on rice noodle with a few pieces of meat. There are more cheaper and better Pho around Phnom Penh. But, the places may not be so nice.

Are there a lot Thai retailers in Cambodia???

I may know why. It is over priced. The Pho itself is bad too. It is like putting water on rice noodle with a few pieces of meat. There are more cheaper and better Pho around Phnom Penh. But, the places may not be so nice.

Asian, how come you know well about Pho..!? You always eat this ??
I have eat pho most everyday!

Are there a lot Thai retailers in Cambodia???

Have but i don't know more or less!!

Recently, 1 Thai restaurant open near my house, it's good because I like to eat Thai food like ( Lat Na, Gham Hu Sen, Kao Phat Ka Pao..) but nowaday no more! it's already closed while our both country got some problame at the border..! Better peace than we make business together!!:)

Asian, how come you know well about Pho..!? You always eat this ??
I have eat pho most everyday!

I don't always eat it everyday, but I have tried Pho in many places, and this restaurant is absolutely not the one I would eat in if I want Vietnamese food, specially Pho. You have to try a few places to know the difference. Just aside, nothing can beat our Phnom Penh noodle.

Are there a lot Thai retailers in Cambodia???

The first page tells you all !! :)
Pizza Company is probably the most popular one among all

Thai Nakorn Pattana Co will open its second Sofitel Hotel in Cambodia - Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra in October, their first resort Sofitel Phokeethra Royal Angkor Golf & Spa Resort in Siem Reap was opened few years ago

Japanese Cosmetic Brand ''MENARD''

Norodom Boulevard
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Black Canyon Coffee from Thailand

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz311/ssccambo/DSC00286.jpg

yeaa...that's the question i was about to ask....any Starbucks? because i search in Starbucks website but there's no cambodia in the list but i google it and i found one...

yeaa...that's the question i was about to ask....any Starbucks? because i search in Starbucks website but there's no cambodia in the list but i google it and i found one...

In fact, SeeMacau answered to your question here.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1109595&page=2

yeaa...that's the question i was about to ask....any Starbucks? because i search in Starbucks website but there's no cambodia in the list but i google it and i found one...

No Starbucks in Cambodia, their coffee is a bit too expensive for the average Cambodian to afford. But there is one Gloria Jean at Boeung Keng Kang, customers are mainly foreigners.

most vnese told me they dont like this restaurant!

To be more specific, Northern people don't like branded Pho restaurant like Pho 24 or Pho Vuong for the following reasons:
- They are cooked in Southern style which is totally different from the Northern style and is considered unauthentic. Their flavors are also changed to adapt to foreigners.
- Vietnamese people don't eat Pho in restaurant with cold A/C. We like to eat Pho in an open space, best on streets.

But these Pho restaurants are very good for tourists who are familiar with the taste of Pho outside Vietnam, specifically the Vietnamese American Pho style :lol:
If you like Vietnamese American Pho, go to Pho 24 and you will not get disappointed.:)

There are two Pho 24 (Phnom Penh Center and another one at Daun Penh) here in Cambodia, I only been to the one at Phnom Penh Center.

The pho was ok only

Oops. Don't you know that most of Vietnamese signature foods were invented in Northern VN then brought to other regions of the country? Pho, for example, was invented in Nam Dinh province, then became famous in Hanoi in 1920s. It only became popular in Southern Vietnam until 1950s. Don't you say that the modified version is "authentic"?
Btw, Northen Vietnamese food is distinguished from Chinese food. Perhaps the foods looks similar because we live in the same region with the Southern China and use same ingredients available in that region. If the foods were the same, Hanoi would not be voted as one of best 10 cites for food in the world (http://www.shermanstravel.com/top_tens/Cities_for_Foodies#3). Tokyo was the only other Asian city on the list. :)

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Btw, how abt foreign super market chain in Cambodia? Are Big C or Metro popular there? ^^

No Big C and Metro Cash & Carry here.

I believe Big C will soon enter the Cambodia market (It has branches all over Thailand and a few in Vietnam) when all the projects completed in the suburb like Camko City or Grand International Phnom Penh City, with all the high purchasing power households and consumers.

Now it is not a good time for them to enter the Cambodia market. The supermarkets are not doing so well here, locals still prefer to shop at the grocery or market. Only the rich one, and foreigners go to the supermarkets

The biggest local supermarket chain "Lucky'' only has 4 branches in Phnom Penh and 1 branch in Siem Reap.

No Big C and Metro Cash & Carry here.

I believe Big C will soon enter the Cambodia market (It has branches all over Thailand and a few in Vietnam) when all the projects completed in the suburb like Camko City or Grand International Phnom Penh City, with all the high purchasing power households and consumers.

Now it is not a good time for them to enter the Cambodia market. The supermarkets are not doing so well here, locals still prefer to shop at the grocery or market. Only the rich one, and foreigners go to the supermarkets

The biggest local supermarket chain "Lucky'' only has 4 branches in Phnom Penh and 1 branch in Siem Reap.

In thailand BigC even cheaper than grocery market,

In thailand BigC even cheaper than grocery market,

In Hanoi, Big C is also sometimes cheaper. I duno why :lol:

But I usually go to market for grocery for convenience because there is a very good market which is just one minute walking from my house.:banana: I just don't wanna spend fifteen minutes motorbike ride to Big C :ohno:

@Asian: I bet you have never had a chance to go to Hanoi. The food in Hanoi is just amazing to say. I just don't want to continue debating w/ you in this thread because it belongs to Cambodia forum. Just go to Hanoi and try, then come back and write different story abt your experience in Hanoi! ^^

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Btw, should we go back to the main topic here? Pls continue posting pictures and news of foreign retailers. How about apparel, electronics,...? Is there any Parkson (which is very popular in ASEA, isn't it?), any Sony Style there? Is there any Vietnamese clothing stores (like Viet Tien, May 10,..) there?

The variety of goods sold at Big C may not be affordable for majority of the Cambodians. Having a Big C in your neighborhood can bring a huge impact to the small grocery shops.

Phnom Penh doesn't need such a big supermarket center at the moment.

Pls continue posting pictures and news of foreign retailers. How about apparel, electronics,...? Is there any Parkson (which is very popular in ASEA, isn't it?), any Sony Style there? Is there any Vietnamese clothing stores (like Viet Tien, May 10,..) there?

There is one Viet Tien here at Monivong Road, and a fashion brand called ''Ninomaxx'' at Sihanouk Rd few years ago (already closed down)

Other than Malaysia, Parkson is only famous in Vietnam and China. In the near future, there will be 2 Parkson Department Stores here in Phnom Penh.

One of them will occupy the first few floors of the Embassy Center
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1110665

Remember, anything that is not related to the foreign retailers in Cambodia should be deleted. Who is really care about the same stores in Hanoi or Bangkok? We are here to discuss what happens in Cambodia, not in other country. If you guys want to discuss the stores in general, please change the name of the thread to "High End Retailers in the Region", but don't play double standard if you are really fair for Cambodia.

@SeeMacau, can you tell me the reason you deleted posts? I just replied to other posts (#50 and #53). If you don't like it and if you show that you are a fair moderator, delete the posts that I replied to as well because I see nothing in those posts that are related to the topic of the thread. Or are you afraid of Hanoi-ists?

^^ Read before you comment !!

I move all your posts to this thread
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1155149

^^ Read before you comment !!

I move all your posts to this thread
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1155149

If you have indicated in your last post you have created a new thread and moved all my posts to there, there would not have been any question asked. Sure that I always read before I comment. Thanks for the update.

Bata shoes from Switzerland

Sikanouk Boulevard, Phnom Penh
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Samsung Showroom
Pic : Roger

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New Pizza Company at Sothearos

2010/7/29
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There'are a lot of pizza in PP.
is there Kebbab in PP ?

^^ Yes, One Lebanese restaurant near the riverside check it out

Lebanese is good and delicious :).
Kebab is turc/grec sandwich. I considered Kebab like Mac Donald :) but I like it

There'are a lot of pizza in PP.
is there Kebbab in PP ?

Many Pizza restaurants in Phnom Penh, but most of them are owned by ''Pizza Company''

Pizza Hut is coming soon !! :)

^^ Yes, One Lebanese restaurant near the riverside check it out

Le Cedre Restaurant?

'Mango' - Spanish clothing boutique based in Barcelona, will be open right next to the Axara Paris at Sihanouk (St. 274)

:cheers::cheers::cheers:

Mango
http://news.mango.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/shop_4.jpg

http://news.mango.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/shop_1.jpg

Pizza hut. The most famous !

I hope to see "PAUL" a very delicious bakery in France. All their products are delicious and fine.

The first U.R.S & inc store in Cambodia (opening soon)

Singaporean brand renowned for its ladies shoes, handbags and accessories

Phnom Penh - Sihanouk St
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http://www.etravelite.com/images/urs_shop.jpg

Pizza hut. The most famous !

I hope to see "PAUL" a very delicious bakery in France. All their products are delicious and fine.

:)

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I want to see Paul bakery café in Phnom Penh too, very famous not just in France but also many countries around the world !! :)

First Giordano Shop is opening soon

Dekcho Damdin St, Phnom Penh

http://sharjahmegamall.com/fileadmin/Images/fashion/women_fashion/Giordano_large.JPG

:)

I want to see Paul bakery café in Phnom Penh too, very famous not just in France but also many countries around the world !! :)

Really ! I'm surprised Paul is aslo international :) :banana:
When I go out with friends and am tired, I rest in Paul to eat and drink something. Always delicious.:cheers:

Global retailer to launch

A billboard advertises the new branch of Mango set to open in Phnom Penh this November. Sihanouk Boulevard could become a major shopping destination, retailers said.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/images/stories/news/national/2010/100803/100803_7b.jpg

Tuesday, 03 August 2010 15:00
Jimmy Ellingham

SOVEREIGN Retail Group is to bring a fourth international fashion brand to Phnom Penh’s Sihanouk Boulevard – an area that a representative said yesterday was set to become Cambodia’s equivalent of Singapore shopping destination Orchid Road.

Marketing manager Ly Souden said yesterday that the Cambodian-owned company planned to open a branch of Mango, a world-famous women’s clothing franchise, on Sihanouk Boulevard in November.

It plans to open next to an Axara Paris, an upmarket women’s clothing store that originated in France, which the Sovereign Retail Group also owns.

Along the boulevard are two more Sovereign-owned shops, shoe retailer VNC and womens' clothing shop E.pse.

Both those labels originated in Malaysia, and Sovereign has also opened a branch of VNC in Siem Reap.

Despite Cambodia’s status as a hub of the global garment industry, its first branch of Mango – a Spanish brand with franchises operating across the world – would not sell any domestically manufactured clothes.

Ly Souden said he thought the brand used to have a clothing factory in the Kingdom, but that it no longer operated.

However, he said that Sihanouk Boulevard could soon become a draw for shoppers seeking retail paradise.

It would not be long before more well-known brands set up on the street, he said.

“I’m sure [other brands] will be doing that. Currently we’re the largest fashion retail company in Cambodia. We own most of the famous brands,” he said.

The company, established in 2003, also plans to bring more stores to the Kingdom, but he would not yet reveal which ones.

Ninety percent of customers at Sovereign’s Phnom Penh shops were Cambodian, he said.

Another to compare Sihanouk Boulevard with well-known shopping destinations was Gloria Jean’s coffee shop Managing Director Michael Albert.

He said yesterday that the area of the boulevard around streets 51 and 57, was becoming a retail high street, a trend that had “accelerated” during the past year.

“It’s looking like more high-end brands are starting to set up in that area,” he said.

Phnom Penh’s Gloria Jean’s, a franchise of the Australian-based company, opened on Street 51 three months ago.

Mango’s public relations team, based in Spain, did not respond to questions yesterday regarding the company’s regional presence.

:omg: thats great news....

Second Bata Shop in Phnom Penh

Dekcho Damdin St, Phnom Penh

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz311/ssccambo/DSC00901.jpg

First Giordano in Phnom Penh

Dekcho Damdin St, Phnom Penh

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz311/ssccambo/DSC00902.jpg

First BBQ Chicken (South Korean chicken restaurant) in Cambodia

Soriya Shopping Center, Phnom Penh

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz311/ssccambo/DSC00895.jpg

^^ Is it like South Korea or Japan where people made barbecue themselves on the table ?
I love that !

^^ Is it like South Korea or Japan where people made barbecue themselves on the table ?
I love that !

No, this one is a fast food restaurant - Korea's No.1 Chicken Restaurant !! :)

It has branches in China, Spain, Japan, USA, Vietnam, Australia, Mongolia, Malaysia and Singapore.

Swatch
Swiss watches

Sihanouk St, Phnom Penh

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz311/ssccambo/DSC00906.jpg

No, this one is a fast food restaurant - Korea's No.1 Chicken Restaurant !! :)

It has branches in China, Spain, Japan, USA, Vietnam, Australia, Mongolia, Malaysia and Singapore.

WOW, :omg: thats a lots of branches.

1st Mango brand's store will be opening soon on Sihanouk boulevard next to Axara store.
http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g338/sohaimy/85814fad.jpg

^^ I dont see any progress unfortunately :(

According to Klakhmer, the biggest shoppinng center in Cambodia will be located at Vattanac Capital Tower.

I am expecting more international brands opening soon :)

According to Klakhmer, the biggest shoppinng center in Cambodia will be located at Vattanac Capital Tower.

I am expecting more international brands opening soon :)

I hope what I have read is a good source :lol:

I am 50% agree with you .. because I know there will be a shopping arcade within this tower (not sure about the size)

We may see three shopping centers in this area after a few years
- Parkson Department Store at Embassy Center
- Shopping Arcade at Vattanac Capital Tower
- Shopping Arcade at ANZ Royal Tower

The ANZ Royal project area currently using as a car store, look nothing invold with construction at all.

I am 50% agree with you .. because I know there will be a shopping arcade within this tower (not sure about the size)

We may see three shopping centers in this area after a few years
- Parkson Department Store at Embassy Center
- Shopping Arcade at Vattanac Capital Tower
- Shopping Arcade at ANZ Royal Tower

With so much shops, khmer life & style life will change fast. And I hope wears and cloths are cheaper than in Europe. So, I could buy a lot :lol:

I am 50% agree with you .. because I know there will be a shopping arcade within this tower (not sure about the size)

We may see three shopping centers in this area after a few years
- Parkson Department Store at Embassy Center
- Shopping Arcade at Vattanac Capital Tower
- Shopping Arcade at ANZ Royal Tower


What about Plaza Cambodia?

The ANZ Royal project area currently using as a car store, look nothing invold with construction at all.

Ysovann may know what is going on with this project, you can PM him :)

With so much shops, khmer life & style life will change fast. And I hope wears and cloths are cheaper than in Europe. So, I could buy a lot :lol:

Yes, after 2012 when Vattanac Capital Tower and Parkson completed :)

Brands from Champ Elysees can also be found in Phnom Penh :D

What about Plaza Cambodia?

The location of Plaza Cambodia is not close to these shopping centers.

Yes, after 2012 when Vattanac Capital Tower and Parkson completed :)

Brands from Champ Elysees can also be found in Phnom Penh :D

After 2012, men should hide credit card ! Because of The Miss loves shopping :lol:

^^ Truth :)

She does not need plastic, but cash only. So, no difference if you hide the cards.

Tightening the belt

Models show off denim and undershirts at a fashion event at the recently opened Lucky Department Store yesterday.
Photo by: Heng Chivoan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/images/stories/news/national/2010/101010/levis.jpg

Sunday, 10 October 2010 14:12
Jeremy Mullins

American jeans company Levi’s has launched its first Cambodian outlet, but company officials have said its primary competition will initially come from the domestic black market.

Located in Phnom Penh’s Lucky Department store, the outlet is run by licensee DKSH (Thailand) Ltd.

DKSH general manager Kevin Cornning said:“It’s really a venture into the unknown.”

He emphasised DKSH began with similar circumstances in Thailand with one or two stores some 20 years ago, and had since increased its outlets to 145.

DKSH was licensed to produce and sell Levi’s products in Thailand, and its Phnom Penh branch represented its first foray outside the country, he said.

While DKSH does not plan to manufacture any Levi’s products in the Kingdom, the US-based company Levi Strauss & Co does produce clothing in Cambodia.

These Cambodian-produced wares are now exported to foreign markets.

Cornning acknowledged that the Levi’s brand’s local production may lead to genuine products “falling off the back of a truck” and ending up for sale on local markets, which could then compete with sales from the genuine store.

However, he said domestic demand for legitimate brand-name clothing was maturing, pointing to fashion names such as Mango opening outlets in Phnom Penh.
“If we were the only brand name [launching right now], we’d be a little concerned,” he said.


He said counterfeit Levi’s products were also available in local markets, but that experience from Thailand showed customers were interested in spending extra money for genuine goods.

“There’s always a consumer who wants a real, authentic product,” he said.


Levi’s Cambodia Manager Chariya Preap said the firm’s focus would be on an upper-middle class demographic, as its pricing was higher than most other retailers presently operating in Phnom Penh.


“Everyone knows of Levi’s,” she said. “The emphasis [of the new store] is on authenticity, that Levi’s is selling authentic products.”


The firm is keeping its eye on sales at its first store, and testing products to see which product lines resonate with Cambodia’s consumers. DKSH is considering expanding with up to three more Cambodian stores during 2011, she said.


Meanwhile, Levi Strauss & Company has announced plans to add another 50 stores in China, Singapore, and South Korea under its dENiZEN brand.

The dENiZEN clothing line targets 18-to 28-year-olds, and includes jeans, tops and accessories, the company said in a statement from August.


“There’s this consumer in rapidly emerging markets in developing countries around the world, China being the most notable,” said Aaron Boey, a president in charge of the Asian operations.

ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY BLOOMBERG

Levi´s store opens at Lucky Department Store

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dltcOWW2Zws/TLWCuIlR1KI/AAAAAAAACfw/7R31R-JStNU/s1600/levcam.jpg

Cool, the center livi's , lolz!!!!

^^LOLZZZZZ.....

It will take at least 5 to 10 years for ''Golden Arches'' to enter the Cambodian market, even Vietnam which is far more advance in economic wise than Cambodia still got no ''Maccas''.


I heard a different story from my father, McDonald (and possibly Pizza Hut) has difficulty come in because of pressure from other burger joint like Lucky Joint.

KFC got in, opens lots of store, but doesn't seems to be as busy as other fast food like Pizza Company or BB World.

^^ It is a lot easier to get the KFC licence than McDonald's.

To obtain a licence from McDonald, the franchisor has to go through different stages of requirements. After that, McDonald's head office has to conduct a proper market research and see whether majority of people living in that country can afford to eat at McDonald's.

The story is different for KFC - KFC licence in Cambodia is own by a Malaysia firm, and it is not that difficult to obtain the licence as long as the franchisor can paid enough money for the franchising right, plus experiences of owning different fast food restaurants.

KFC will come to Battambang and Kompongcham soon.

^^ Very good news, people from different parts of Cambodia can have a taste on western fastfood !! :)

However, Pizza Company is ''one step'' faster to open their restaurant at Kompong Cham .. I think :)

^^ Very good news, people from different parts of Cambodia can have a taste on western fastfood !! :)

However, Pizza Company is ''one step'' faster to open their restaurant at Kompong Cham .. I think :)

oh great news...more jobs for the kingdom...:)....

^^ It is a lot easier to get the KFC licence than McDonald's.

To obtain a licence from McDonald, the franchisor has to go through different stages of requirements. After that, McDonald's head office has to conduct a proper market research and see whether majority of people living in that country can afford to eat at McDonald's.


I see, so did anyone attempted, or Maccas think Cambodia can't afford a Big Mac.

We have to wait until Cambodia becomes a middle-income country first ..

BTW, Malaysian restaurant operator QSR Brands Bhd has obtained rights to operate outlets of the fast-food chain Pizza Hut in Cambodia, the first outlet will be open in Phnom Penh at the end of this year :)

The first ''Face Shop'' (from South Korea) in Cambodia at City Mall, Phnom Penh

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz311/ssccambo/DSC01783.jpg

''Elianto'' Beauty from Malaysia at City Mall, Phnom Penh

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First ''Lacoste'' in Cambodia, at Lucky Department Store

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First ''Lacoste'' in Cambodia, at Lucky Department Store

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz311/ssccambo/DSC01786.jpg

First ''Lacoste'' in Cambodia, at Lucky Department Store

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz311/ssccambo/DSC01786.jpg


Finally, I can see what you look like, SeeMacau.

^^ hehe sure, now we can see how he looks like. he's young and handsome. :)

Me too! If I meet him in p-penh sure i know him.

My face doesnt show clearly in the photos :lol:

My face doesnt show clearly in the photos :lol:

It is a good start.

Is there anyone here expert in extracting reflection and enhance it, etc.

We have to wait until Cambodia becomes a middle-income country first ..


Then McDonald will not have a chance, as the Lucky Chain and other burger franchise dominate.

If McDonald wants market share, it has to be here before the market is ready, and expect to loose some money for at least a couple of years. Anyway, the Burger market, BB World, Lucky, etc, prove the market is ready. You simply customise your products to suit local budget (make the meals smaller, like KFC).

McDonald is actually loosing market share all around the world.

It is a good start.

Is there anyone here expert in extracting reflection and enhance it, etc.

Hahaha.... Y?.... SM is not going to show us his picture....:).... He will delete it as soon as he see it....:D

McDonald is actually loosing market share all around the world.

Yes, seems like they are not expanding to the new markets anymore, and I am quite surprise there is no McDonald's in Vietnam ..

Then McDonald will not have a chance, as the Lucky Chain and other burger franchise dominate.

I am expecting Pizza Hut to open soon in Cambodia, but not McDonald's.

Good News !! :)

Sarpinos Pizza from Canada will soon open at Norodom Boulevard (located at the ex Gold Tower 42 showroom)

I am expecting Pizza Hut to open soon in Cambodia, but not McDonald's.

I really hope so, I missed the BBQ MeatLover, available in Australia, not sure if is avaliable in other part of the world.

I know there are ''La Porchetta'' restaurants in Indonesia :)

Good News !! :)

Pizza Hut opens early next year

Burger King (Hungry Jack's in Australia) set to open in Cambodia

Fast food sector takes off

Sunday, 19 December 2010 18:39
Matthew Backhouse and Sen David

Competition is heating up in Cambodia’s growing fast-food sector, with international chains Pizza Hut and Burger King set to go head-to-head in the Kingdom.

But the industry’s rapid expansion is a cause for concern among street vendors and local restaurateurs, some of whom are feeling the pinch from increasing competition and changing customer expectations.

The market for fast food in Phnom Penh is estimated to be worth US$40 million a year, which accounts for 5.3 percent of the capital’s $744 million annual food expenditure, according to Tep Virak, general manager of Express Food Group – which runs Pizza Company and Swensen’s franchises in the Kingdom.

But while fast food still has a relatively small market share, competition within the sector has increased significantly in the past five years.

Tep Virak said business was becoming “tougher and tougher every day”.

That trend looks set to continue as Cambodia’s fast-food heavyweights expand their existing franchises and introduce new international brands.

Express Food Group is currently negotiating for the rights to run a franchise of American fast-food chain Burger King, while KFC’s investors are planning to open the Kingdom’s first Pizza Hut early next year.

“Competition is going to be tougher when more international brands come, but I believe that we can still be competitive,” Tep Virak said.
“We are well-prepared. We’ve built a good foundation to step on.”

Express Food Group, a subsidiary of Thai company RMA Group, plans to build two new outlets of Swensen’s and Pizza Company next year, bringing the total number of each store to six and eight respectively. It also plans to expand its newest brand, Korean franchise BBQ Chicken, by three shops.

Tep Virak said the Burger King deal was moving forward, but the launch was still some time away.

“We are still discussing, negotiating. We are progressing but I cannot give any timeline,” he said.

He said the company was performing well and would seek to be listed on Cambodia’s planned stock exchange, but he declined to give revenue details.

Meanwhile, business at KFC is picking up following the economic crisis.

Benjamin Jerome, general manager of KFC franchisee Kampuchea Food Corporation, said revenue growth was expected to reach 5 percent per annum.

The company, a joint venture between Kith Meng’s Royal Group, Malaysian company QSR and Hong Kong firm Rightlink, has pumped $10 million into its KFC franchises since the first outlet opened in 2008. It plans to build three new stores next year, bringing the total to 13.

The company is also putting $3 million towards its Pizza Hut franchise, with the first outlet due to open on Phnom Penh’s Monivong Boulevard early next year. Ten more Pizza Hut stores are planned over the next five years.

Jerome said the sector had recovered well from the recession and was “still vibrant as before”.

“The recovery of the world economic situation, which impacted the domestic consumer spending, did help the recovery of the industry,” he said.

He said the fast-food sector was “a challenging environment”, but he welcomed further competition.

“More competition will improve the industry’s standards, which benefits consumer choice and satisfaction.”

But not everyone stands to benefit from greater consumer choice.

Street vendor Chan Thouen said the growing popularity of fast food had contributed to a decline in sales at the barbecue chicken stall that she and her mother have operated on Phnom Penh’s Sihanouk Boulevard for 10 years.

“Prior to five years ago, I sold 80 to 90 chickens per day. I sold very well,” she said. “Business has gone down. Right now I sell just 40 chickens per day.”

Tep Virak also concedes the fast- food industry has had an impact on local businesses, noting a decline in the number of local restaurants across Phnom Penh’s Japanese bridge in recent years.

But he said that was due to changing consumer expectations, rather than customers rejecting traditional Khmer food.

Fast-food restaurants offered better hygiene, faster service and a more modern dining experience than traditional restaurants, he said.

Customers were mostly Cambodians, and included middle-class professionals, young families with children, and educated youths who readily engaged with Western culture.

Norton University student Song Srey Kouch, 23, is among the young Cambodians who have embraced fast food.

“When I have free time after school, I like to eat chicken at KFC with friends. It is comfortable to eat [in], it has good service,” she said.

But her friend Toun Lomong, 23, a student at the Royal University of Law and Economics, said she preferred to eat traditional Cambodian chicken.

“I like to eat Khmer chicken because it is delicious and it is cheaper than the chicken at KFC,” she said.

That sentiment is good news for Khmer food vendors like Chan Thouen, who said she expected her barbecue chicken business to survive despite declining sales.

While Tep Virak agreed that the fast-food sector was unlikely to threaten the survival of traditional Khmer cuisine.

“I don’t think we are going to replace any Cambodian food any time soon. They eat the traditional food every day, so when they go out they want to try something new – that’s it,” he said.

Sarpino's Pizza
http://edublogs.spdigitalmedia.net/webp/assignment1/DDMFT1B02_0921978_limyanlin/sarpinoss.jpg

Opening soon
Sihanouk Boulevard (St. 274)

bYSI
from Singapore

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nmva1wDwVKc/S8bLfwnLOjI/AAAAAAAAAw4/FX2bazaqrZ4/s320/bysi-image.jpg
http://www.bysi.com/img/corporate_pic.jpg

First Post updated (2010/12/29)

Happy New Year to all Forumers!
Hope we have a Peaceful and Progressive 2011.
:banana:

^^ Happy New Year !! :)

2011/1/15

Mango at Sihanouk Boulevard

I think it will open within the next few week

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz311/ssccambo/DSC01838.jpg

2011/1/15

bYSI

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz311/ssccambo/DSC01843.jpg

i love this thread please update more retail stores in PP.SeeMacau. you're the best man in this forum :)

^^ tell me why u like to see Retail shop in pp.

Fast food sector takes off

Sunday, 19 December 2010 18:39
Matthew Backhouse and Sen David

Competition is heating up in Cambodia’s growing fast-food sector, with international chains Pizza Hut and Burger King set to go head-to-head in the Kingdom.

But the industry’s rapid expansion is a cause for concern among street vendors and local restaurateurs, some of whom are feeling the pinch from increasing competition and changing customer expectations.

The market for fast food in Phnom Penh is estimated to be worth US$40 million a year, which accounts for 5.3 percent of the capital’s $744 million annual food expenditure, according to Tep Virak, general manager of Express Food Group – which runs Pizza Company and Swensen’s franchises in the Kingdom.

But while fast food still has a relatively small market share, competition within the sector has increased significantly in the past five years.

Tep Virak said business was becoming “tougher and tougher every day”.

That trend looks set to continue as Cambodia’s fast-food heavyweights expand their existing franchises and introduce new international brands.

Express Food Group is currently negotiating for the rights to run a franchise of American fast-food chain Burger King, while KFC’s investors are planning to open the Kingdom’s first Pizza Hut early next year.

“Competition is going to be tougher when more international brands come, but I believe that we can still be competitive,” Tep Virak said.
“We are well-prepared. We’ve built a good foundation to step on.”

Express Food Group, a subsidiary of Thai company RMA Group, plans to build two new outlets of Swensen’s and Pizza Company next year, bringing the total number of each store to six and eight respectively. It also plans to expand its newest brand, Korean franchise BBQ Chicken, by three shops.

Tep Virak said the Burger King deal was moving forward, but the launch was still some time away.

“We are still discussing, negotiating. We are progressing but I cannot give any timeline,” he said.

He said the company was performing well and would seek to be listed on Cambodia’s planned stock exchange, but he declined to give revenue details.

Meanwhile, business at KFC is picking up following the economic crisis.

Benjamin Jerome, general manager of KFC franchisee Kampuchea Food Corporation, said revenue growth was expected to reach 5 percent per annum.

The company, a joint venture between Kith Meng’s Royal Group, Malaysian company QSR and Hong Kong firm Rightlink, has pumped $10 million into its KFC franchises since the first outlet opened in 2008. It plans to build three new stores next year, bringing the total to 13.

The company is also putting $3 million towards its Pizza Hut franchise, with the first outlet due to open on Phnom Penh’s Monivong Boulevard early next year. Ten more Pizza Hut stores are planned over the next five years.

Jerome said the sector had recovered well from the recession and was “still vibrant as before”.

“The recovery of the world economic situation, which impacted the domestic consumer spending, did help the recovery of the industry,” he said.

He said the fast-food sector was “a challenging environment”, but he welcomed further competition.

“More competition will improve the industry’s standards, which benefits consumer choice and satisfaction.”

But not everyone stands to benefit from greater consumer choice.

Street vendor Chan Thouen said the growing popularity of fast food had contributed to a decline in sales at the barbecue chicken stall that she and her mother have operated on Phnom Penh’s Sihanouk Boulevard for 10 years.

“Prior to five years ago, I sold 80 to 90 chickens per day. I sold very well,” she said. “Business has gone down. Right now I sell just 40 chickens per day.”

Tep Virak also concedes the fast- food industry has had an impact on local businesses, noting a decline in the number of local restaurants across Phnom Penh’s Japanese bridge in recent years.

But he said that was due to changing consumer expectations, rather than customers rejecting traditional Khmer food.

Fast-food restaurants offered better hygiene, faster service and a more modern dining experience than traditional restaurants, he said.

Customers were mostly Cambodians, and included middle-class professionals, young families with children, and educated youths who readily engaged with Western culture.

Norton University student Song Srey Kouch, 23, is among the young Cambodians who have embraced fast food.

“When I have free time after school, I like to eat chicken at KFC with friends. It is comfortable to eat [in], it has good service,” she said.

But her friend Toun Lomong, 23, a student at the Royal University of Law and Economics, said she preferred to eat traditional Cambodian chicken.

“I like to eat Khmer chicken because it is delicious and it is cheaper than the chicken at KFC,” she said.

That sentiment is good news for Khmer food vendors like Chan Thouen, who said she expected her barbecue chicken business to survive despite declining sales.

While Tep Virak agreed that the fast-food sector was unlikely to threaten the survival of traditional Khmer cuisine.

“I don’t think we are going to replace any Cambodian food any time soon. They eat the traditional food every day, so when they go out they want to try something new – that’s it,” he said.

^^ I ain't gonna lie! Kith Meng is the fucken Man:) :lol::lol:

Electronics giant Panasonic launches Cambodian office


The Cambodian market has high potential. It is located in a very important geographical location.

JAPANESE electronic giant Panasonic launched its first representative office in Cambodia on Saturday, identifying it as a market with “high potential”.

Ikuo Miyamoto, managing executive officer of Panasonic Corporation, highlighted the Kingdom’s “young and dynamic” workforce and praised the government’s encouragement of foreign investment during a meeting at Phnom Penh’s Intercontinental Hotel.

“I strongly feel the great potential of significant growth that Cambodia will perform in the near future,” he said, according to a transcript of the speech.

“The Cambodian market has high potential. It is located in a very important geographical location between Thailand and Vietnam ... That is why Panasonic has decided to open a representative office here ahead of its competitors,” he said.


“Today is the new first step for Panasonic in Cambodia. We will strive to maximize our efforts to carry out locally-oriented management, ” he added.

The company claims to have garnered a 68-percent market share of air conditioner unit sales in the Kingdom last year.

Panasonic also aims to introduce new products and provide an “after care servcies” for its Cambodian customers in the near future.

Keo San, director of San International Co Ltd, which has imported and distributed Panasonic air conditioning units since the early 1990s said that sales had grown since its launch.

“At the beginning, sometimes we could not sell even one a month, but now, our sales are better,” he said, refusing the give specific or assumed figures because of competition concerns.

Hidehiko Kondo, who is a representative from Panasonic’s new Cambodia office, emphasised to The Post the company’s position for growth.

He said that even though there had been some success in selling to Cambodia, the market was still small due to limited numbers of households with access to electricity.

Panasonic aims to mainly target customers in Phnom Penh, he said.

The new office is located on Street 120, in Daun Penh district, Phnom Penh.

^^ tell me why u like to see Retail shop in pp.

business apportunity may be...don't u know ur country nickname?? :lol:

^^ what is it?

Sarpino's Pizza
http://edublogs.spdigitalmedia.net/webp/assignment1/DDMFT1B02_0921978_limyanlin/sarpinoss.jpg

I think I saw some ads in the paper about the Norodom branch, can someone post their menu in English?

^^ tell me why u like to see Retail shop in pp.

I love to see photos of retail shops (both interior and exterior) and brands

Here is a thread I made for Vietnam
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=779592

I think I saw some ads in the paper about the Norodom branch, can someone post their menu in English?

This restaurant is now open .. poor exterior layout btw :ohno:

Opening soon
Sihanouk Boulevard (St. 274)
Opposite Axara Paris and Mango

Pedro Footwear and Accessories
from Singapore

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs244.ash1/17163_219573972132_689237132_3626366_3163181_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs293.ash1/22063_240102707132_689237132_3737467_6355302_n.jpg

Belami is relocating. My guess is there will be another new foreign fashion brand taking up all the spaces occupied by Belami.

Renovation of ''The Place'' will be complete and reopen soon. This department store house a number of foreign brands and many of them are first time entering the Cambodia market :)

^^ It looks like a Chinese tea house to me .. :D

Sarpino's Pizza

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz311/ssccambo/DSC01868.jpg

Pedro

2010/2/8

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz311/ssccambo/DSC01910.jpg

2010/2/8

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz311/ssccambo/DSC01908.jpg

Mango

Ready to open ! :cheers:

2010/2/8

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bYSI

2010/2/10

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2010/2/10

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Pedro

A significant differernce compare to a week ago :)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=72292917&postcount=149

I saw many workers even at night time

2010/2/16

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2010/2/16

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Mango

Finishing up the interior

2010/2/16

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The former ''Belami'' store in Sihanouk Boulevard now turn into this

2010/2/16

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Demolishing the building and make way for a newboutique??

2010/2/16

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2010/2/16

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The Luggage Gallery

Ground Floor - The Luggage Gallery
- Sisley
- Delsey
- Pierre Cardin
- Zero Halliburton
- United Colors of Benetton
- Camel Active
- Beverly Hills Polo Club
- Hedgren
- BESIDE-U

First Level - Men's Wear
- Ashworth
- Arnold Palmer
- Daniel Hechter Paris
- Lyle and Scott
- Beverly Hills Polo Club
- D'Alby
- Pierre Cardin
- Van Heusen
- Brentwood
- Gianni Valentino

2010/2/19

Sihanouk Boulevard

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2010/2/19

Pedro
Sihanouk Boulevard

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2010/2/19

Pedro
Sihanouk Boulevard

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2010/2/19

Pedro
Sihanouk Boulevard

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2010/2/19

crocs ??
Sihanouk Boulevard

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Pedro
Opened on 23rd Feb

Mango
Opened on 28th Feb

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Spinelli Coffee Company from San Francisco

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Sarpinos Pizza will open its second restaurant opposite Phnom Penh International University New Campus

Sarpinos Pizza will open its second restaurant opposite Phnom Penh International University New Campus

I think there is already a 2nd one on North Bridge Road (or street).

I think there is already a 2nd one on North Bridge Road (or street).

That's right, 4 restaurants all together !! :)

Location #1 - #91-93 Northbridge, Phnom Penh

Location #2 - #89 Norodom Blvd, Phnom Penh

Location #3 - #124 Street 169 Phnom Penh
OPENING March 2011

Location #4 - #216-218 Mao Jse Tung Blvd Phnom Penh
OPENING June 2011

Giordano
Opening Soon
Sihanouk Boulevard

http://www.giordano.com.hk/web/hk/investors/news/GiordanoVivoCity.jpg

Giordano

1) 84BD, Street 154,Sangkat Phsar Thmey Khan Daun Penh
2) No. 4 Street 19,Sangkat Chack Tomok Khan Duan Penh
3) Sihanouk Boulevard

Giordano

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bYSI

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bYSI

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Pedro

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Mango

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Good to see that Mango has opened :)
I hope that Zara is next.

^^ How are you? :)

I want to see Zara opening in Phnom Penh too, but Zara does not have any stores/stand-alone stores inside the department stores yet in Vietnam, so we have to wait :)

Soverign Retail Group can bring more boutiques in Sihanouk Boulevard, keep on replacing the small shops and restaurants to middle/high or high-end boutiques :)

URS-inc
http://www.mapofphnompenh.com/shopping/u-r-s-inc/

U.R.S & inc. is high fashion shoes and bags shop for women, they import their products due to the season from Singapore.

http://www.mapofphnompenh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/URS-inc.jpg

Posh Edition
http://www.mapofphnompenh.com/shopping/fashion/posh/

Posh is high fashion shoes and bags shop for women, they import their products from Singapore.

http://www.mapofphnompenh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/POSH.jpg

VNC
http://www.mapofphnompenh.com/shopping/fashion/vnc/

VNC is high fashion shoes, bags, watches shop for women, they import their products due to the season from Malaysia.

http://www.mapofphnompenh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/vnc.jpg

Axara Paris
http://www.mapofphnompenh.com/shopping/fashion/axara/

AXARA is a fashion company founded in the city of fashion, Paris, 1975 and 2010 AXARA made its way from Paris to Phnom Penh. Axara is located in a beautiful villa at Sihanouk Blvd not far from Independent Monument. AXARA is one of the few intenational fashion brands that has made its way to Cambodia and here in Cambodia Axara absolutely belongs to the upper end fashion shops.

http://www.mapofphnompenh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Axara.jpg

Mango
http://www.mapofphnompenh.com/shopping/fashion/mango/

MANGO Fashion for young and urban women

Mango is worldwide famous clothing company specializing in women’s apparel and accessories . Mango clothing brand MNG was founded in 1984 and is one of the leading fashion companies in Europe with its base in Barcelona.

The Mango store in Phnom Penh will offer the same clothes and accessories as the other Mango stores in the world offers. Mango is definitely a high end fashion shop in Phnom Penh and might seem a little bit pricey but if you want the latest fashion from Europe in European sizes this is the place to go to.

http://www.mapofphnompenh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/MANGO.jpg

Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt opens in Phnom Penh

First outlet at Norodom Boulevard
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Second outlet at Sisowath Quay Boulevard
http://www.tuttifruttimalaysia.com.my/where_we_are/cambodia/cambodia1/images/1.jpg

http://www.tuttifruttimalaysia.com.my/where_we_are/cambodia/cambodia1/images/1.jpg

^^ How are you? :)

I want to see Zara opening in Phnom Penh too, but Zara does not have any stores/stand-alone stores inside the department stores yet in Vietnam, so we have to wait :)

I'm good...just staying at home, working on my thesis every day. How about you?

I am fine .. getting busier everyday, there is a lot of change going on here, hope to see u soon :)

Thai coffee chain - ''True Coffee'' will open their first branch in Cambodia at one of the busiest location in Phnom Penh (Opposite Lucky Burger - intersection of Monivong Boulevard and Monireth Boulevard) :cheers:

True Coffee in Thailand (Siam Paragon Branch)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sholaisen/

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Nepolean Pizza recently open (maybe few weeks ago) in Kampuchea Khom, I think is American.

I am fine .. getting busier everyday, there is a lot of change going on here, hope to see u soon :)

I won't be in PP for a while...just writing for the next 8 months or so, not going anywhere. But let me know if you come to Sydney.

Sure, good luck wityh ur thesis :)

True Coffee from Thailand

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More shops are being demolished at Sihanouk Boulevard. I guess there will be more fashion boutiques coming up along the road

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^^ Charles and Keith from Singapore? Their sister brand Pedro is opposite :)

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

Coffee Bean in Cambodia .

Friday, 20 May 2011 15:00 Tom Brennan ..


THE first Cambodian franchise of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf will be opened by South Korean investors later this year, according to company officials.

The inaugural location of the United States-based chain in the Kingdom would occupy 110 square metres on the ground floor of Phnom Penh Tower on Monivong Boulevard, Coffee Bean Cambodia Operations Manager Brice Smith said.

“This is the flagship store, so we want to make a big impression,” he said yesterday, adding the Phnom Penh Tower was chosen as a location for that reason.

“It’s going to be on par with what you see in the States,” he said.

Plans call for the first outlet to open September 1, though construction delays could mean it launches in October. The firm plans some 10 outlets within five years, in Phnom Penh as well as branching out to Sihanoukville and Siem Reap.

In addition to its US presence, Coffee Bean also operates stores in the Middle East and elsewhere in Asia, including a number of ASEAN countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, according to the company’s website. It claims over 750 outlets worldwide.

Smith said one successful strategy used to gain a foothold in Vietnam was to create an iced coffee tailored to local tastes.

He said Coffee Bean plans to pursue a similar initiative in Cambodia, in addition to adding food items that domestic consumers will prefer.

“We’re doing a lot of market research,” he said, adding that appealing to locals is important because the business can’t depend on tourists alone.

The company is now searching for store managers, Smith said. Those who are chosen will be sent to Malaysia for training.

Coffee Bean was due to launch in Cambodia last year, though with a different franchisee.

That investor later backed out, leaving an opening for the current ownership, he said.

Coffee Bean Cambodia Chairman and CEO Damon Lee could not be reached for comment yesterday.


http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011052049248/Business/coffee-bean-in-cambodia.html

http://coffeebean.com/

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
Coming soon this September / October :)

http://www.plazaindonesia.com/uploads/201002241159290.The-Coffee-bean.jpg

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Calvin Klein Watches

Export
Street 274 Sihanouk Boulevard, Phnom Penh

http://www.juwelen-luyten.be/pages/files/ck_watch_logo.jpg

Do u think CK is original?

Everything I post in this thread is ''real'' :)

Many foreign brands want to have their presence and products sell in Phnom Penh, the problem is to find a suitable space to house their products.

Phnom Penh does not have a decent shopping centre housing any international brands right now unfortunately

Do u think CK is original?

CK is original.

Rado, Omega and Longine boutiques in Phnom Penh are also original :)

Many foreign brands want to have their presence and products sell in Phnom Penh, the problem is to find a suitable space to house their products.

Phnom Penh does not have a decent shopping centre housing any international brands right now unfortunately

I think there are plenty of potential, but shopping centre investor don't have the patience and flood it with small stalls that sells cheaps and/or fake stuff.

Prehaps a high class shopping center in places like Naga Hotel & Casino. Prehaps the Dream Park shuld have been developed into a high class shopping center instead.

The high class don't mix with the poor.

GT42 is on hold, the only place left is Vattanac Capital Tower or ANZ Royal Tower

Naga Hotel & Casino is a good location, the problem is their shops are located on the 2nd floor, high-end shops are facing the street and located on the ground floor in most instance.

The high class don't mix with the poor.

GT42 is on hold, the only place left is Vattanac Capital Tower or ANZ Royal Tower

Lets just finger cross and hope these building can live to their promises. who knows, maybe GT can start again soon and will finish before the two.


Naga Hotel & Casino is a good location, the problem is their shops are located on the 2nd floor, high-end shops are facing the street and located on the ground floor in most instance.

Facing the street will be ideal, but I think whereever it is, it has all got to do with marketing.

Does it really works out in Norodom Bld, does riches shopper really wants to walk in 40C heat or perfer to be inside a cool shopping malls walking from one brand name store to another?

Yes, marketing.

It doesnt work out in Norodom Boulevard, it is not a shopping street.

Rich people prefer to shop in the shopping center or shopping arcade inside the hotel

Here is an example in Macau, this is a shopping enter but the shops are facing the street. Shoppers can enter through the shop from the street or inside the shopping center.

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Canon

Sihanouk Boulevard, Phnom Penh

2011/6/15

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New shop coming soon at Sihanouk Boulevard??

2011/6/15

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Between ANZ and the department store at Sihanouk Boulevard

2011/6/15

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Canon

Sihanouk Boulevard, Phnom Penh

2011/6/15

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its cano now :lol::lol::lol:

^^ Good observation :)

Opening soon
Gloria Jeans Riverside (opposite the night market) :)

There will be a new stonegrill restaurant next to Gloria Jeans, facing the river :)

Coffee Beans and Tea Leaf is under construction at Phnom Penh Tower, facing Monivong :)

Levi's

Lucky Department Store

2011/9/13
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I don't know if this will be operate as a foreign retailer, but is selling Australian Made.

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/8921/imag1350.jpg
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/218/imag1351.jpg

The shop (I guess) is going to sell Australian made souvenirs or fish oil products :)

I am not sure if iMusic is Local or Foreign.

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/3193/imag0846e.jpg

I am not sure, but I think it is a local company, it is located right next to the General Department of Taxation.

Sovrin Magazine


http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/308442_276224752400443_168814969808089_958366_2145013063_n.jpg

Read more: http://www.khmer-books.com/index.php?gcm=1215&gcti=5674

Second issue

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I am not sure if iMusic is Local or Foreign.

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/3193/imag0846e.jpg

This is own by my friend's brother, it is music intrument store (most of its product is YAMAHA).

This is own by my friend's brother, it is music intrument store (most of its product is YAMAHA).

maybe he can reinstall the webcam back, I recalled the webcam that used to looks at these intersection is install in this building.

The former Giordano space at Sorya Mall is now occupied with Bossini, I am sure they will set up their own store one day :)

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US luggage brand ''Samsonite''

Now exclusively available at the Place, Sinaouk Boulevard, Phnom Penh

http://trendland.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/samsonite-black-label-viktor-rolf-front.jpg

Hi Skyscraper City - hope this post finds everybody happy and healthy!

My name is Paul, and I am a US food franchise executive that is traveling to Cambodia in 2 weeks. I'm meeting with franchise owners to discuss their interest in franchising more US brands into the country. My restaurant chains are healthy, high-quality foods, inexpensive, and has been very big in other parts of the world.

I'd like to know if anybody could make any introductions to these folks for me. I'd greatly appreciate it!

Manufacturer of the world's finest dive watches Luminox is now available at the Export Department Store

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/watches/luminox.logo.jpg

http://www.endclothing.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/lum1.jpg

First Luminox boutique will be open at Monivong Boulevard in 2012 :)

http://www.endclothing.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/lum2.jpg

Rossano Furniture from Singapore, relocated to Monivong Boulevard

2011/12/26

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Wuttisak Aesthetic Clinic from Thailand

Sihanouk Boulevard, Phnom Penh

2011/1/14

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2011/1/14

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bYSI / Wuttisak

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High-end retailers find new market Don Weinland
Wednesday, 15 February 2012

The latest clothing styles from Paris and Barcelona were rare finds in Phnom Penh stores five years ago.

But Cambodia’s growing middle class has brought with it shoppers more willing to fork out cash for expensive threads, name-brand clothing retailers say.
Per-capita gross domestic product in current US dollars increased about 70 per cent between 2006 and 2011, according to Ministry of Economy and Finance estimates.

The trend is translating into more shoppers at the increasing number of name-brand clothing shops on Sihanouk Boulevard, near the capital’s Independence Monument.

“[Cambodians] really have purchasing power now. They come in nice cars, but you also see people pulling up on motorcycles and shopping in our stores,” said Ly Souden, marketing manager at Sovereign Retail Group, one of Cambodia's two major name-brand clothing importers and brand representatives.

Domestically owned Sovereign Retail opened a VNC clothing franchise on the north side of Sihanouk Boulevard in 2005.

Today, the company owns Paris's Axara and Spain's Mango franchises, as well as Malaysian brands

On the south side of the boulevard, Ming Wouy Group, also domestically owned, represents brands such as Polo Club, Pierre Cardin and Samsonite.

Ming Wouy and Sovereign Retail will expand this year on the positive economic outlook for the country in 2012.

The government has projected 6.5 per cent year-on-year growth.

Thaipheang Oudam, area sales manager at Ming Wouy's New Collection sales venue on Sihanouk Boulevard, said sales for name-brand products were driven by customers who had spent time overseas, but customers who had never been abroad were also peeking into the stores.

“The middle class is growing. People are going to school, taking care of their families and spending more money,” he said.

Sovereign Retail's sales grew by an annualised 11 per cent in 2011, Ly Souden said, up from four per cent in 2009 and 2010, but below the pre-economic crisis growth of 15 per cent.

Ming Wouy's clothing retail saw a similar trend, but Thaipheang Oudam did not disclose exact growth figures.

Sales were still threatened by the counterfeit products that flooded Cambodia's markets, the retailers said.

“We have faced that problem. A lot of people were asking why they need to buy shoes here for $40 when they can get them for half price somewhere else,” Ly Souden said.

“Some people don't trust us. ‘Is this the real thing?' they ask.”

Five years ago, the concept of a name brand was novel to most Cambodians, Ly Souden said.

The recent increase in clothing products from Europe has introduced new quality standards to the Kingdom.

Thaipheang Oudam said counterfeit products had actually helped shape an appreciation for name brands.

As the Khmer concept of quality evolved, an increasing number of Cambodians were seeking out authentic counterparts of the fake brands they had worn for years, he said.

The clothing market was intensely competitive and “chaotic”, City Mall general manager Hung Chuang Ming said this week.

The sheer number of shops marketing clothing – real or fake, on the street or in a mall – reduced the potential market share any one retailer could capture, he said.

Clothing isn't the only thing name-brand clothing retailers are trying to market.

Sovereign Retail and Ming Wouy say they are also trying to sell a customer-service experience.

Opening the Mango franchise required a level of service training not available five years ago, Ly Souden said.

Only when staff had met Mango's service requirements, as well as design standards for the venue, was Sovereign Retail granted the franchise, he said.

“The key to any luxury brand's success will be how it targets consumers and the point-of-sales experience when they go into the stores,” Marcus Osborne, CEO of the Malaysia-based brand consultancy FusionBrand, said.

Developing brand awareness would be an important factor in emerging markets, Osborne said.

Promotion, presentation and advertising would shape the customer's experience with the brand, he said, although the process would take time.

Retailers predict fast growth in the niche market this year.

Japanese shopping-mall developer Aeon will begin building a mall this year, with completion expected in 2014.

Hiroyuki Okazaki, Aeon’s deputy general manager in Cambodia said the company saw much potential for high-end clothing retail in Phnom Penh.

He declined to mention specific brands but said the mall would have Western luxury products as well as products from Japan and Korea.

Based on the rate of market growth, Ly Souden said it was impossible to say what brands Cambodian shoppers would be trying on in the next few years.

“We can't have these brands here now, but in five years I think we’ll have Louis Vuitton and Gucci,” he said.

You don't have to wait 5 years for Louis Vuitton, it will be here next year (most likely)

More luxurious brands are coming to Cambodia now!

Where are those brands sold? No place for them besides in a small tubehouse along the boulevard

^^Beside norodom blvd, they can sell in shopping center of any high rise, vattanac, gold tower 42, etc. it will make the shopping center look brilliant with those luxury brand.

anyway louis vuitton should have thier own great design louis'house like another country.

Vattanac Shopping Aracade and GT42 are both ideal locations to open up brands name stores. Since GT42 is on hold, Vattanac Shopping Arcade is now the only place where all the brand names can choose to set up their boutqiues, and possibly AEON Mall, expected to be open in 2014

They should have their ownshop at wherever it is but must manage by themself. Otherwise, I doubt we cant tell which one is original product.

The opening soon Luminox Boutique at Monivong Boulevard, Phnom Penh

http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/ae204/ssccambo1/Picture059.jpg?t=1329528367

Vertu
Famous for producing the world's most expensive mobile

http://macamour.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/vertu_constellation_1.jpg

http://phones.webhostingoverview.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/vertu_constellation_mixed_metal.jpg

Vertu

http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2010/06/12/vertu_new_store_4SlnL_65.jpg

Vertu launch its first shop in Cambodia at the Sofitel Phokeethra Hotel, Phnom Penh on 16th February 2012. The most exciting thing that has ever happened in the Cambodia luxury retail industry :)

Vertu, a division of Nokia, manufacturing uber-premium phones with prices starting at around US$6500. Vertu phones are only for the filthy rich and the super famous.

Vertu launch its first shop in Cambodia at the Sofitel Phokeethra Hotel, Phnom Penh on 16th February 2012. The most exciting thing that has ever happened in the Cambodia luxury retail industry :)

Vertu, a division of Nokia, manufacturing uber-premium phones with prices starting at around US$6500. Vertu phones are only for the filthy rich and the super famous.

What is its speciality ?

Vertu is a luxury mobile division of Nokia, manufacturer one of the most luxury mobile phones in the world, known as the ''Rolls Royce'' in mobile phones

Their phone design is a bit overdone, lack of features and mostly owned by high society people and rich businessmen.

Some people criticize for its lack of features, which is not important as the phone is carry by people who want to show off their social status

6500$ per phone Lolzzz ... They must be crazy lah

Vertu is a luxury mobile division of Nokia, manufacturer one of the most luxury mobile phones in the world, known as the ''Rolls Royce'' in mobile phones

Their phone design is a bit overdone, lack of features and mostly owned by high society people and rich businessmen.

Some people criticize for its lack of features, which is not important as the phone is carry by people who want to show off their social status


It's crazy phones cost that much. :nuts: There is always going to be new models. I rather prefer a watch or jewelry botique.:lol:

The opening soon Luminox Boutique at Monivong Boulevard, Phnom Penh

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It belongs to We-export department store owner.

6500$ per phone Lolzzz ... They must be crazy lah

For the rich people, $6500 doesn't mean that much to them :)

It's crazy phones cost that much. :nuts: There is always going to be new models. I rather prefer a watch or jewelry botique.:lol:

You always find a group of people don't know where to spend :lol:

It belongs to We-export department store owner.

Same os CK Watches, the owner purchase to legal right to operate and right to open up branches in Cambodia :)