Tesco plc is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City,England. The company was founded by Jack Cohen in Hackney,London,in 1919. In 2011,it was the third-largest retailer in the world measured by gross revenues and the ninth-largest in the world measured by revenues. It has shops in Ireland,the United Kingdom,the Czech Republic,Hungary,and Slovakia. It is the market leader of groceries in the UK.
DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong–based retail company with legal bases in Bermuda and Singapore. A subsidiary of the Jardine Matheson Group,it is a major East and Southeast Asian retailer involved in the processing and wholesaling of food and health and beauty products. Jardine Strategic,a publicly listed holding company,has an attributable 78 percent stake in the firm. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange,with secondary listings on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX).
Tesco Ireland Limited is the Irish subsidiary of supermarket group Tesco. Tesco Ireland was formed by Tesco plc's 1997 purchase of the Irish retailing operations of Associated British Foods,namely Powers' Supermarkets Limited and its subsidiaries,trading as Quinnsworth and Crazy Prices. There are 152 Tesco stores in operation in Ireland as of August 2018. Tesco had approximately 21% of the Irish grocery market in 2021 and its main competitors are Dunnes Stores and SuperValu.
In non-Asian countries,an Asian supermarket largely describes a category of grocery stores that focuses and stocks items and products imported from countries located in the Far East.
ParknShop is one of the two largest supermarket chains in Hong Kong,the other being Wellcome. ParknShop operates more than 200 outlets in Hong Kong,Macau and mainland China.
Wellcome is a supermarket chain owned by British conglomerate Jardine Matheson Holdings via its DFI Retail Group subsidiary. The Wellcome supermarket chain is one of the two largest supermarket chains in Hong Kong,the other being ParknShop.
Lotus's is a retail chain in Thailand founded and operated by Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group,with operations in Malaysia following the acquisition of Tesco Malaysia in 2020.
A big-box store,a hyperstore,a supercenter,a superstore,or a megastore is a physically large retail establishment,usually part of a chain of stores. The term sometimes also refers,by extension,to the company that operates the store. The term "big-box" references the typical appearance of buildings occupied by such stores.
The Charoen Pokphand Group Company,Ltd. (CP) is a Thai conglomerate based in Bangkok. It is Thailand's largest private company and the largest privately held Royal Warrant holder of the Thai Royal Family. The company describes itself as having eight business lines covering 13 business groups. As of 2020,the group has investments in 21 countries.
Aeon Co.,Ltd.,formerly Jusco Co.,Ltd.,is a Japanese diversified retail holding company. It is one of the largest retail companies in Japan,owning Aeon hypermarkets,Aeon Mall and Aeon Town shopping malls,Daiei,MaxValu,Maruetsu,and My Basket supermarkets,Ministop convenience store,Welcia drugstore,and Aeon Cinema movie theaters.
Big C,operated by Big C Supercenter Public Company Limited under Big C Retail Corporation Public Company Limited,is a grocery and general merchandising retailer headquartered in Bangkok,Thailand. Big C is as of 2016 Thailand's second-largest hypermarket operator after Tesco Lotus. It has operations in five countries,namely Thailand,Laos,Cambodia,Vietnam and Hong Kong.
Sainsbury's Local is a chain of 820 convenience shops operated by the UK's second largest supermarket chain Sainsbury's.
China Resources Vanguard,doing business as China Resources Vanguard Shop or Vanguard,operates the supermarket chains of China Resources. It is the third-largest supermarket chain in Hong Kong. As of 31 December 2014,there are 4866 shops operating in Hong Kong and the mainland Chinese provinces / municipalities of Guangdong,Zhejiang,Jiangsu,Shanghai,Tianjin and Beijing.
759 Store is a Hong Kong chain store selling groceries and snacks. The name 759 is the Hong Kong Stock Exchange code for its parent company,CEC International Holdings Limited. Its Chinese name originated from the Japanese drama Oshin. 759 stores mainly import Japanese,Korean and other foreign food items and sells them more cheaply than other supermarkets in Hong Kong.
Stamp collection is a common practice among retail outlets in Hong Kong. The concept is to allow customers to redeem free gifts or shopping discounts after purchase. The general mechanism is that stamps will be given to customers when their single purchase exceeds a certain amount of money.
Tesco has expanded its operations from the United Kingdom to 11 other countries. Tesco pulled out of the United States in 2013,but continues to see growth elsewhere. Tesco's international expansion strategy has responded to the need to be sensitive to local expectations in other countries by entering into joint ventures with local partners,such as Samsung Group in South Korea,and Charoen Pokphand in Thailand,appointing a very high proportion of local personnel to management positions. It also makes small acquisitions as part of its strategy:for example,in its 2005/2006 financial year it made acquisitions in South Korea,one in Poland and one in Japan.
The following lists events from 2015 in Hong Kong.
Kowloon Development Company Limited is a property development company based and listed in Hong Kong. It focuses on the property development and investment sector. Kowloon Development is also a stakeholder of Polytec Asset Holdings Limited.
Team Chu Hoi-dick of New Territories West was a pro-democracy political group based in New Territories West that existed between 2016 and 2021.
Andrew Chiu Ka-yin is a Hong Kong politician,democracy activist,experienced accredited mediator and arbitrator. He is a member of the Democratic Party,strategy committee member of the Professional Commons,chairperson of Hong Kong Society of Accredited Mediators and convenor of Power for Democracy,as well as an elected member of the Eastern District Council for Tai Koo Shing West since 2008.
