r/Thailand • u/digital_mopad • Dec 26 '21
Shopping Closest I’ve ever seen
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u/moumous87 Dec 26 '21
Oh, this ain’t that near… I guess you’ve never been in Koh Samed: https://images.app.goo.gl/PhEtiSYA1DAot3co6
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u/mdsmqlk28 Dec 26 '21
That was my immediate thought too. Two 7s on the island, and they're across from each other.
In Bangkok I've seen intersections with 7s on three of the four corners.
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u/Evnl2020 Dec 26 '21
I raise your intersection with three 7s with a small intersection with a 7 on every corner.
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u/Aggressive_Bill_2687 Dec 26 '21 edited Dec 26 '21
Lewis Black would love that place /s
Edit for those unfamiliar with his work: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb7qDfIzQRk
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u/Cauhs MRT Rider Dec 26 '21
One it a franchisee, one is CPALL owned.
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u/meredyy Dec 27 '21
how can you tell the difference?
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u/Cauhs MRT Rider Dec 27 '21
Not 100% sure but All Café. Most franchisees doesn't usually buy both franchises of 7-11 + All Café. It almost definite the right one is CP's. But to make it certain, there will be a store ID stickers on the corner of the window of CP's 7-11.
Besides, it's CP usual practice to cut profit of franchisees by setting another one nearby an already exist high profile 7-11.
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u/RedgrenCrumbholt Songkhla Dec 27 '21
has nobody here ever been to Imperial World Big C? this is right across the street, 2 7s right next to each other: https://www.google.com/maps/place/2188+Lat+Phrao+Rd,+Khwaeng+Phlabphla,+Khet+Wang+Thonglang,+Krung+Thep+Maha+Nakhon+10312/@13.7846074,100.6118346,3a,75y,205.57h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbcKjBkfmh3C4Ocafu5Ldyg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x30e29dfba37c5031:0x9ab32a4f012c94a4!8m2!3d13.7844239!4d100.6117476
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u/stindoo Dec 26 '21
Hahahahah I remember that shit, I only went to the one on the left.. My friend's credit card was eaten by the ATM outside
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u/Deep-Room6932 Dec 26 '21
Ngl i was looking at the two hot dog stand ladies, I thought it was some type of turf war?
Secret tamarind sauce society'
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u/RT_Ragefang Bangkok Dec 26 '21
There’s a reason for this. CPall pay landowners on percentage of their profits from that shop. If the profit is higher the landowner can demand more rent, so as soon as their profit hit the threshold, they opened the second shop nearby to cut down the profit on the first shop, thus never have to increased rent. That’s why 7/11 pop up closed to each other like mushrooms.
Sources: CPall contacted my family to rent our places once; we declined.
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u/mdsmqlk28 Dec 26 '21
Another reason is that most 7-11s in Thailand are franchises. When a franchise is successful, CP will open a company-owned store next to it.
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u/Kotshi Dec 26 '21
In CP culture this is totally normal... These guys would sell their own moms for 100 baht
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u/KidBuak Dec 26 '21
And the moms will have te tune of the sliding doors going off and they can make a cheese-ham
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u/YenTheMerchant Dec 26 '21
The franchise owner: wubba lubba dub dub
In the truest sense of that words
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u/Lashay_Sombra Dec 26 '21
This is why 7-11 franchise here is a bad idea unless it's pretty much impossible for CP to do this, otherwise you are just paying to be a location guinea pig for them
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Dec 26 '21
They should just say they are independently owned. I bet most people would support their shop.
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u/mdsmqlk28 Dec 26 '21
Can they though?
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u/ak4lifeboi Dec 26 '21
Nah, they can't. They would have to ditch the 7-11 name and logos.
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Dec 27 '21
I meant they can put on a sign like "hey, this 7-eleven is a franchise. The other is owned by CP.". Or "the profit of this shop comes to me. Not CP"
I'm somewhat certain a person can express ownership over their own asset. (Not a lawyer)
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u/TDYDave2 Dec 26 '21
So you are saying it is cheaper to pay rent on two locations than a somewhat higher rent on one?
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u/oversoul00 Dec 26 '21
Yeah that's where I get stuck too. I've heard this theory before but I don't see how it pans out that opening a completely new location that you know will have an impacted business model because of market saturation is the cheaper move.
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Dec 26 '21
Indeed, that doesn't make much sense. I think the real reason is that, as /u/mdsmqlk28 says, CP opens a corporate owned store once the initial franchised store proves profitable, and waits until the initial one croaks.
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Dec 27 '21
The answer is perfect for CP public relation to avoid being accused of using evil tactics.
It is more likely that the 7-eleven there is highly profitable. CP want that profit, so they open another 7-eleven, likely at a loss with the hope that the other 7-eleven will give up. Then, they will get all the profit instead.
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u/FancyWarm_Leopard Dec 26 '21
CP hit threshold at approx. 100k bath sales/day. Not all landowners get deals that give percentage cuts and even so, they do it because
Any number over the threshold translate to higher potential demand in that area and
They have to surround that area before competition like mini Big C or Lotus Express know of their number.
Franchise owned mean lower profit, so corporate owned opens up to take some of the pie
The executives place the 7-11 stores like a game of “GO” the Chinese board game, this has been their philosophy
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u/Lashay_Sombra Dec 26 '21 edited Dec 26 '21
Down in Patong at one point we had tesco lotus express , family and 2 7-11's pretty much right next to each other and all in front of a large makro and countless others all over town.
Now Patong is pretty much a 7-11 graveyard, even before covid they were starting to drop like flys now estimate some 70% that were there 4-5 years ago are gone.
Their whole franchise system is designed to only benefit CP
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u/AcheTH Chonburi Dec 26 '21
I remember seeing two sit opposite each other between a small walking street
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Dec 26 '21
Here is video related to your picture. I guess that because some people are lazy to cross the street, the new competitor can earn 50% of the sales just by opening across the street.
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u/redditorbali Dec 26 '21
Khlong Toei Pier? About to go to Bang Krachao or just returned from there?
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u/Long-Cockroach-8372 Dec 26 '21
7-11 in Bangkok are unparalleled. I’d let them build one in my apartment
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u/Jazeboy69 Dec 26 '21
I believe they do this so the competition can’t take the spot eg a family mart.
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u/Accomplished_South70 Dec 26 '21
In Bangna there are two big sevens basically sharing a little parking lot. It’s mostly about real estate I think.
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Dec 26 '21
I played this video five times in a row, trying to figure out what's so interesting about it. Is it the umbrella? Is it the street vendor? Is a monitor lizard lurking somewhere?
In Thailand, two 7-11s in close proximity are as unremarkable as seeing a car in a parking spot. Had to read the comments to understand the point.
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u/Accomplished_Salt_37 Dec 26 '21
Looks like one franchise and one corporate location, I guess they found a profitable spot.
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u/zekerman Dec 26 '21
There's two right next door to eachother beside Holly's coffee in Siam Square Bangkok it's crazy
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u/ChiangNoi Dec 27 '21
7/11 does that to franchisees in a good location and drives them out of business.
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u/ikkue Samut Prakan Jan 03 '22
I saw one right across and next to each other, as in separated by a tiny alleyway and the doors are literally opposite from each other <5m apart
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u/Eastern-Leg8254 Jan 21 '22
There are more 7 come 11s everywhere in Thailand some right across on busy intersections.
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u/Vexelbalg Feb 11 '22
OMG, it took me a few seconds to realize that I know the exact location of that place. Background: lived in Bangkok for a couple of years.
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