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        "id": 1197020,
        "msgid": "shops-are-luring-buyers-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-02-28 00:00:00",
        "title": "Shops are luring buyers",
        "author": null,
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Shops are luring buyers JAKARTA (JP): Discounts are drawing Jakartans by the thousands to local shopping centers in anticipation of the Idul Fitri holiday, which marks the end of the Ramadhan fasting month this March 3 and 4. At Pasar Baru, a sprawling shopping complex in Central Jakarta, people were mainly targeting the stores with the biggest discounts, which reached 50 percent in certain places.",
        "content": "<p>Shops are luring buyers<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Discounts are drawing Jakartans by the thousands<br>\nto local shopping centers in anticipation of the Idul Fitri<br>\nholiday, which marks the end of the Ramadhan fasting month this<br>\nMarch 3 and 4.<\/p>\n<p>At Pasar Baru, a sprawling shopping complex in Central<br>\nJakarta, people were mainly targeting the stores with the biggest<br>\ndiscounts, which reached 50 percent in certain places. Over-<br>\ncapacity crowds pushed eager customers out the doors and into the<br>\nmalls to fight the rest of the holiday-crazed shoppers.<\/p>\n<p>Antara reported yesterday that discounted prices were in all<br>\nthe shopping centers from Blok M Plaza in South Jakarta to<br>\nCitraLand Mall in West Jakarta. Famous department stores like<br>\nRobinson, Ramayana, Matahari and Borobudur are also offering<br>\ndiscounts of up to 50 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Angela Yulita of Metro Pondok Indah, a shopping mall in the<br>\nelite Pondok Indah housing estate in South Jakarta, said that<br>\nMetro has arranged a 32-day Idul Fitri promotion from Feb. 3 to<br>\nMarch 5.<\/p>\n<p>\"We're offering some brand-name apparels like Jean Paul<br>\nGaultier and Chantal Thomas at reduced prices during the<br>\npromotion,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>Angela said that Metro will finish the promotion with a big<br>\nsale on March 10 until April 2.<\/p>\n<p>Pasar Senen, one of the oldest traditional markets located in<br>\nCentral Jakarta, was also swamped by discount-hungry shoppers<br>\nlooking for clothing and comestibles as well.<\/p>\n<p>The news agency reported that conditions in the Pasar Senen<br>\narea have been aggravated by the Senen railway station, which is<br>\nlocated nearby and packed with people waiting to go home.<\/p>\n<p>A cookies seller said that his daily revenues have<br>\nsubstantially increased to Rp 1 million.  He did not disclose his<br>\nincome on ordinary days.<\/p>\n<p>Hero Supermarket, however, has been the exception.<\/p>\n<p>Maris Stella, a Public Relation Coordinator at Hero, was<br>\nquoted by Kompas daily recently as saying that the company is not<br>\ngiving any discounts.<\/p>\n<p>Hero's deputy marketing manager Priyatna Suciono said that<br>\nthe decision was made because its prices are already competitive<br>\ncompared to the other supermarkets.<\/p>\n<p>Priyatna said that Hero will stay open during the Idul Fitri<br>\nholiday. (mas)<\/p>",
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