Comments on: GUM: The Soviet Department Store http://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/11/19/gum-the-soviet-department-store/ Priyank's notes from the road.. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:42:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stolovaya No. 57 | Final Transithttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/11/19/gum-the-soviet-department-store/#comment-60939 Stolovaya No. 57 | Final Transit Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:04:52 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=2078#comment-60939 [...] around the Kremlin and the next thing you know, three hours went by. I decided to go to check out GUM, previously a soviet department store now a swanky mall, that flanked the north side of Red [...] [...] around the Kremlin and the next thing you know, three hours went by. I decided to go to check out GUM, previously a soviet department store now a swanky mall, that flanked the north side of Red [...]

]]> By: Stalin’s Seven Sisters » Final Transit : Travel Bloghttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/11/19/gum-the-soviet-department-store/#comment-33882 Stalin’s Seven Sisters » Final Transit : Travel Blog Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:00:52 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=2078#comment-33882 [...] ← GUM: The Soviet Department Store : Older post Newer post : Toronto Tuesday 01.43 [...] [...] ← GUM: The Soviet Department Store : Older post Newer post : Toronto Tuesday 01.43 [...]

]]> By: Priyankhttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/11/19/gum-the-soviet-department-store/#comment-19068 Priyank Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:00:53 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=2078#comment-19068 So true! Atleast we are able to see latest fashion trends on display! So true! Atleast we are able to see latest fashion trends on display!

]]> By: Priyankhttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/11/19/gum-the-soviet-department-store/#comment-19066 Priyank Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:58:52 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=2078#comment-19066 Friendship stores? Friendship with whom.... not with common people I guess!I'm a bit wary of all things China calls 'friendship'. In 1961, they called a border post with India "Indo-China Friendship post" and within months attacked it. :( Friendship stores? Friendship with whom…. not with common people I guess!

I’m a bit wary of all things China calls ‘friendship’. In 1961, they called a border post with India “Indo-China Friendship post” and within months attacked it. :(

]]> By: Priyankhttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/11/19/gum-the-soviet-department-store/#comment-19045 Priyank Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:17:21 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=2078#comment-19045 Oh I totally agree and I thought that was crazy when I visited India last year. The prices of some of the items were equal or even more than the prices I find here. I don't know why because most clothes are made in India, and it should be cheaper there. Perhaps there are people who can pay, and others have to suffer... Oh I totally agree and I thought that was crazy when I visited India last year. The prices of some of the items were equal or even more than the prices I find here. I don’t know why because most clothes are made in India, and it should be cheaper there. Perhaps there are people who can pay, and others have to suffer…

]]> By: Priyankhttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/11/19/gum-the-soviet-department-store/#comment-19042 Priyank Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:07:50 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=2078#comment-19042 :P I read an article that described how these stores are subsidized by big brands - since the cost of owning stores like that is less than the cost of advertising. hehe! :P I read an article that described how these stores are subsidized by big brands – since the cost of owning stores like that is less than the cost of advertising. hehe!

]]> By: lakshmihttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/11/19/gum-the-soviet-department-store/#comment-18659 lakshmi Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:07:31 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=2078#comment-18659 I guess most malls are meant for window shopping as they become destinations to see rather than shop I guess most malls are meant for window shopping as they become destinations to see rather than shop

]]> By: Zhuhttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/11/19/gum-the-soviet-department-store/#comment-18612 Zhu Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:38:20 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=2078#comment-18612 It's like the "friendship stores" in China, aka state-owned stores. Nobody ever shop there anymore. It’s like the “friendship stores” in China, aka state-owned stores. Nobody ever shop there anymore.

]]> By: Ms.Nhttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/11/19/gum-the-soviet-department-store/#comment-18238 Ms.N Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:51:09 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=2078#comment-18238 To be honest, i sometimes feel that with some of the foriegn brands that have come to India's swanky malls who apply direct forex rates to prices in London. Like M&S, which is a regular brand abroad, costing a bomb here... but, they still find buyers!!! :) To be honest, i sometimes feel that with some of the foriegn brands that have come to India’s swanky malls who apply direct forex rates to prices in London. Like M&S, which is a regular brand abroad, costing a bomb here… but, they still find buyers!!! :)

]]> By: Anilhttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/11/19/gum-the-soviet-department-store/#comment-17991 Anil Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:21:50 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=2078#comment-17991 Reminds me of one of the mega-malls in Ankara. The prices are so high they might as well have read "ridiculous" or "haha good luck buying this". Reminds me of one of the mega-malls in Ankara. The prices are so high they might as well have read “ridiculous” or “haha good luck buying this”.

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