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End of an era as Harrods closes in Malaysia

End of an era as Robinsons closes in Malaysia
Adrian David
© Provided by New Straits Times
Many customers rushed to the stores in droves upon hearing the news of Robinsons’ closure, hoping to snap up last minute bargains causing massive lines outside the stores.- NSTP/FATHIL ASRI.
KUALA LUMPUR: They managed to overcome both the first and second World Wars, the Great Depression, a fire, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) and the global financial crisis of the 1990s.
Yet even a giant megastore like the 160-year-old Robinsons could not withstand the devastating effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic .
Prominent chartered accountant, Datuk Robert Teo Keng Tuan, expressed his shocking sentiments at the recent closure of Robinsons in Malaysia and Singapore, which was a sought-after shopping store for aristocrats, sultans and even King Mongkut of Siam, who was then the most powerful ruler in Southeast Asia. ....

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End of an era as Robinsons closes in Malaysia

End of an era as Robinsons closes in Malaysia
Adrian David
© Provided by New Straits Times
Many customers rushed to the stores in droves upon hearing the news of Robinsons’ closure, hoping to snap up last minute bargains causing massive lines outside the stores.- NSTP/FATHIL ASRI.
KUALA LUMPUR: They managed to overcome both the first and second World Wars, the Great Depression, a fire, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) and the global financial crisis of the 1990s.
Yet even a giant megastore like the 160-year-old Robinsons could not withstand the devastating effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic .
Prominent chartered accountant, Datuk Robert Teo Keng Tuan, expressed his shocking sentiments at the recent closure of Robinsons in Malaysia and Singapore, which was a sought-after shopping store for aristocrats, sultans and even King Mongkut of Siam, who was then the most powerful ruler in Southeast Asia. ....

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