Thai Brands Expanding Retail Presence in Cambodia

• 15 November 2018
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Rapid economic growth in Cambodia provides opportunity for people to be able purchase goods as well as and experience new services available in the market.

With this market opportunity, foreign investors are increasingly supplying goods and services through the establishment of new retail markets across Cambodia. As a result, Thai-based retail brands are expanding their presence in the Kingdom. A number of big Thai companies have recently entered the Cambodian market to take advantage of the 16 million consumers.

In fact, one of Thailand’s largest trading companies, Siam Makro Pcl, recently built and opened a mega Makro retail mall in Phnom Penh, making available many kinds of goods, especially Thai goods, to Cambodian buyers.

With the success of its first project, the company has also expanded its business to other potential markets such as Siem Reap with another Makro retail mall to open shortly in Siem Reap. Read more

Meanwhile, well-known Thai commercial firm Berli Jucker Plc (BJC) has also established a hypermarket in Cambodia. A few months ago, the company announced plans to construct a Big C hypermarket in Poipet City, Banteay Meanchey province, as their first step to penetrating the Cambodian market.

In addition, Berli Jucker Plc also plans to construct five more Big C shops across Cambodia over the next five years.

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