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Shopping in Shanghai
Shopping in Shanghai is a very enjoyable experience. Big brands are setting up branches and small unique shops mushroom at many corners of the city. With a little patience, sharp observation, ability to endure long walks and bargaining skills, you can buy to your heart's content in the commercial capital of China.
Big shopping malls are convenient to find quality products and supermarkets offer a wide range of products at reasonable prices. Renowned areas offer Shanghai-style souvenirs at unbelievably low prices. To test or improve your bargain skills, there is no better place than Shanghai. Some booth owners even speak good English, Korean and Japanese.
Street Shopping Shanghai has become a shopping paradise for visitors mainly because of its reputed streets, including Nanjing Road, the country's No.1 Commercial Street, Huaihai Road, a street of world-famous brands and latest fashions to attract customers from all over the world, and Xujiahui, a shopping center gathering clothes, shoes, food, cosmetics, digital products and entertainment centers together within a circle.
Shopping Tips 1.Paying attention to different expressions for discounts. The Chinese sign "7折" means 30 percent off, while "8折" means 20 percent off. 2.Take tissues when going to toilets. Even in some big department stores, tissues are not within reach around the lavatory. Make sure you have them at hand before it’s too late. 3.Some shopping assistants may follow you in some big stores. You can tell them you are just having a look and ask them to leave you alone.
Shopping in Supermarket The majority of locals shop in supermarkets, because they offer all sorts of products at very reasonable price. Sometime a product can be 20 percent cheaper in a supermarket than in convenient stores.These supermarkets are run by Chinese retailers as well as foreign companies. Big supermarkets include Lotus, Carrefour and Lianhua, some of which are offering imported goods.
Shopping Tips 1.Before entering the supermarket, don't forget to put your carrying-on into a locker outside the supermarket and keep a paper with password. 2.Remember to watch out the expiry data for fresh foods, such as yogurt.
Souvenir Shopping For those coming from out-of-town, buying souvenirs for friends and loved ones at home is a mission indispensable. In many cases the success of a trip depends on the quality of the souvenirs.
We will recommend you some good places to get them, one in Yuyuan Garden and another in Duolun Road, which are consisting of varieties of goods.
Book Shopping Fuzhou Road is famous for its book stores. On it there are a Shanghai Book Town, Ancient Book Shop and a store exclusively selling foreign books and foreign-language textbooks, which are listed along the road.
Bargain Shopping Generally, customers can bargain with sales person in small shops in the city. And on some streets, bargain becomes a inevitable way to buy cheap stuff. Click the name of each road on the image above to enter the page.
