Shopping Places

Tai Kang Lu, another piece in the puzzle for Shanghai. Formerly a warehouse and local shopping lane, it has been renovated, repaved and a number of small boutiques for clothing, furniture and artifacts have moved in. Only 15 minutes from downtown, it is a must see for the serious shopper. A lot of trendiest fashionistas, hippies, hipsters and artists gathered here. You can see variety shops here. There is a shop called Insh designed specially for younger people. And also you can find shop suit for men and women who look for luxury sweaters. You can really find a lot of different feature shops in Takkang lu.

Have you heard that the exterior of a building was cleaned by a tooth brush? Bund 18 is such one special.It was founded in 1923 with a classical Rome Appearance. The designer even find that the four marble columns at the gate were already extinct in 18 century Italy. On the first and second floors there are brand fashion shops, as well as accessories and jewelry shops. On the third floor has a largest exhibition space in Asia. You can see the other side of the Bund and the Pudong panoramic view every day in the seventh floor.

Bund 18: 4/F No 18 Zhong Shan Dong lu - www.bund18.com

Nanjing Road is the most famous business street originated from 1851. It has a variety of long-established shops and mall with set of commercial retail, catering, supermarkets and leisure arena. The road extends its way from east to west more than 1000 meters. What people mentioned Nanjing Road Pedestrian Walkway actually is Nanjing East Road, the counterpart is Nanjing West Road, which those two Road form this 1000 meters Nanjing Road. Shanghai’s oldest and largest department stores, domestic retail outlets and some traditional eateries with long history are all located in Nanjing Road Pedestrian Walkway.

If we say Nanjing Road is the commerce street, then we must say Huai Hai Road is Shanghai’s most fashionable and luxury street. Parkson Shopping Center and Maison Mode are all located in this road. You will often find special offer and discounts in Parkson. And some leading designer brands such as Gucci, Kenzo, Gerragamo, Hugo Boss will be easier find in Maison Mode. And also, the American, Japanese and French Embassy all sit in this road. We will call it the paradise of shopping center for western people for its western style shopping malls.

Before 1990, XujiaHui is only an industrial area. During 1990, some state-owned factories were sold off. Now Xujiahui is one of the five famous shanghai shopping center. High, middle and low class shopping mall are all gathered here. It is a commercial zone which includes shopping, entertainment, accommodation and office buildings. Shanghai Orient shopping center and Gang hui Plaza have the world famous brands as well as Xujiahui has shops special for young fashion people. And XujiaHui is most famous for its electronics. It is one of the biggest place in shanghai to get electronic equipments.

About 200 booths and 40 shops are located on this short distance road. The porcelains, jade wares, bronze wares, wooden wares, calligraphy and paintings and embroidery utensils are dealing with on this road. Lots of tourists from home and abroad visit this famous market. The feature of this road is that you need to have very good skills at asking bargains. You can find rare, special and even odd products here such as Qing Dynasty Official Suit, old shaver and cricket applicance. You also can find some 1930's calender, birdcage and coins.

As a lot of version of New Xiang Yang Market, the most familiar one is under the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. There are three obvious features about this market. First, there are millionaires of shops for cloths. Second, they usually offer you high price, but finally people can get a low price deal. Third, load of fake good. It is said that a rule must be obeyed here that you should never pay more than 1/3 the price of they offer. For example, if the asked 600RMB, you may only need to pay 200RMB at most.