KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 19): Hong Kong-based retailer Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd (DFI) has neither confirmed nor denied the authenticity of a list — of 22 Giant and Cold Storage stores identified to be shut nationwide — that went viral on social media.
《The Edge》報道，巨人霸市和Cold Storage商品營運商大馬GCH零售私人有限公司發言人，沒有 正面回應，僅透露“該公司整合旗下業務，以滿足消費者的需求和保持競爭力。”
A table — listing seven hypermarkets, five superstores, nine supermarkets under the Giant pand and two premium supermarkets under the Cold Storage pand — with the remarks “to be closed”, went viral over the weekend, spooking the market as to how grave things are looking for GCH’s Retail’s employees, as well as the outlook for the retail industry.
上個月，《The Edge》也確定了其他六家已經關閉的商店，除了Shah Alam和Wangsa Walk之外。還有包括Giant Paramount, Cold Storage Subang Parade, Cold Storage Sunway Pyramid and Cold Storage Jaya One in Petaling Jaya, Selangor and Giant Sungai Petani in Kedah 以及 Bandar Puteri Puchong 的巨人霸市.
“As we have previously stated [that] we are reshaping and reorganizing our business to better meet the needs of our customers in Malaysia and to remain competitive. The need to rebalance our offer to keep pace with customer preference, is in line with what other retail business are doing in the region and will help us create more value for our customers and strengthen our food proposition, going forward,” a GCH Retail spokesperson told theedgemarkets via an e-mail response, when contacted to confirm the authenticity of the list.
發言人表示，該公司將繼續在本地投資、開發和開設商店。
“We are continuing to open, develop and invest in our stores in Malaysia. In fact, we are refreshing stores on a weekly basis, and in recent months, we have launched 14 refreshed stores which have been well-received by our customers,” the spokesperson said.
“事實上我們每周都在刷新商店，近幾個月裡推出了14家更新商店，深受客戶的歡迎。”
