Introduction - Asia's universal providers Sun Yatsen and the department store - an aspect of national reconstruction Wing On and the Kwok brothers - a case study of pre-war Chinese entrepreneurs personal styles, cultural values and management - the Sincere and Wing On companies in Shanghai and Hong Kong 1900-1941 Chinese stores in rural Australia New China's flagship emporium - the Beijing Wangfujing department store the birth of the Japanese department store Seibu department store and image marketing - Japanese consumerism in the post-war period something more - Japanese department stores' marketing of "a meaningful human life" the Yaohan Group - model or maverick among Japanese retailers in China? from Japanese supermarket to Hong Kong department store.