NEXT store opens at Mega Pasaraya

NEXT store opens at Mega Pasaraya

JAKARTA (JP): PT Mitra Adiperkasa, the franchise holder of
NEXT products in Indonesia, opened yesterday a NEXT store in Mega
Pasaraya in Blok M, South Jakarta, an executive said.

Soetrisno, director of PT Mitra Adiperkasa, said that the new
store, which was launched by Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief,
is aimed at meeting a rising demand for quality clothing.

He said the new store in Mega Pasaraya is the company's fourth
in the country.

The first is in Plaza Senayan, Central Jakarta, the second in
Metro Pondok Indah Mall, South Jakarta, and the third in Galaxy
Mall, in Surabaya.

He admitted that the rupiah plunge against the U.S. dollar had
caused a slight drop in the turnover of NEXT products in
Indonesia.

"But it will not necessarily make NEXT products' prices go sky
high as they (prices) will rise only about 10 percent to 20
percent."

NEXT garments are produced by British firm Next Plc which has
a distribution network in several countries.

Established in 1864, it now operates 300 stores in England and
has 50 overseas franchised outlets, some are in the United
States, the Middle East, Malta, Estonia, France, Thailand,
Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan and Indonesia. (hhr)