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  RESTAURANTS Central paying B720m for Ootoya Japanese chain

  29/07/2011 : Central Restaurants Group (CRG) has taken over the Ootoya Japanese restaurant chain in Thailand to strengthen its food business.The move is part of a strategy to lift sales of CRG to 15 billion baht within five years, from 7 billion expected this year.
  

• RETAILING Big C challenging Makro

  28/07/2011 : Big C Supercenter Plc is expanding into the cash-and-carry store business, challenging the dominance of Siam Makro.
  

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  RETAILING

  Tops focusing on being small and everywhere

  21/07/2011 : Central Food Retail Co (CFR), the operator of the Tops supermarket chain, will speed up expansion of Tops Daily stores and renovate its Tops Supermarket outlets, which have similar customer profiles to hypermarkets, to keep customers shopping at the chain.

• RETAILING

  Tesco Lotus getting ready for 'extra' push

  20/07/2011 : Tesco Lotus will take competition to a new level with the opening tomorrow of its first store under the Extra format at its Rama IV branch in Bangkok.

• Mall Group, Citibank woo foreigners

  13/07/2011 : Encouraged by renewed political stability, The Mall Group is joining with Citibank in a regional marketing strategy to persuade foreign tourists to shop in Bangkok.

• RETAILING

  Seacon Bangkae revival delayed

  08/07/2011 : Seacon Development Co has postponed the opening of the Seacon Bangkae shopping centre until next April after discovering that repairs to the interior would be more extensive than it thought earlier.
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  New CP brand starts in China

  08/07/2011 : CP Lotus Corporation, a subsidiary of the Charoen Pokphand Group, has kicked off its first upscale retail food brand, Bazaar by Lotus, to cash in on rapid growth in Shanghai's retail industry.
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  HOTELS

  Centel in management deal

  02/07/2011 : Central Plaza Hotel Plc (Centel), the SET-listed operator of the Centara hotel and resort chain, is preparing to sign a contract to operate the hotel and convention centre located in the government complex on Chaeng Watthana Road.

• RETAILING

  Mall playing it safe in H2

  29/06/2011 : The Mall Group is adopting a defensive strategy for the second half of this year to cope with political uncertainties that might arise after Sunday's election.Senior chief marketing officer Chamnarn Maytaprechakul said the country's second largest retail group would focus on brand building, customer relationship management and CSR.

• Tesco, Unilever go green

  29/06/2011 : Tesco Lotus and Unilever Thai Holding are jointly working on a pilot project to encourage greater use of environmentally friendly products in the Thai market.

• ENTERTAINMENT

  Major joins with Korean firm to launch 4D cinema

  14/06/2011 : SEOUL : Major Cineplex Group Plc has joined with the South Korean cinema business CJ 4Dplex Co to introduce Thailand's first 4D cinema this month in a bid to entice movie lovers back into the theatre.