Generally speaking, people can get discounts off products and services during holidays, weekends, and store anniversaries in China. Yet with the increase of special discount stores which offer discounted brand name clothes and accessories throughout the year, now people can get quality discounted goods whenever they want. Here is a list of special discount stores in both Beijing and Shanghai for your reference. Happy shopping!
BEIJING
Shangpin Youjia Department Store (Quality Stuff Off-Price Department Store)
Shangpin Youjia opened only one month ago and it features new products this season, dominated by such well-known brands as Nike, Adidas, Levis, Nautica and Hush Puppies. High-priced designer goods are only limited to the sunglasses sold here.
Shangpin Youjia labels the discounted price of each item. Discount rates vary from 40 percent to 80 percent off. The best buy here are some domestic brands, which strike a nice balance with style, quality and price.
Location: 1-3/F, Zhongguancun E-center, No.52 Beisihuan Xilu, Haidian District
Tel: 010-62588888
365 Discount Plaza
365 covers over 50 brands like Only, Guess, and Soda, and the discount rates can range from 50 percent to even 90 percent off. The best buy here are some women's office clothes, all available below 1,000 yuan.
Each month 365 will replace the stock with new brands, so shoppers at 365 can always get something new each time they come here. Besides, 365 features regular special discounts on thematic goods which they sell at even lower prices.
Location: B2/F, Fullink Plaza, Chaoyangmen, Chaoyang District
Tel: 010-65881901
Open time: 10:30am-9:30pm
LCX Top International Brands Discount Store
LCX features over 300 top international brands like Givenchy, Dunhill, Kenzo, Mondi, Christian Lacroix, and most of the items sold here are exclusive in Beijing.
Discount rates here vary from 50 percent to 90 percent off, and the discounted prices range from several hundred to several thousand yuan, still much cheaper than if you buy the same items abroad.
The best buy here are the German shoes, colorful and stylish, worth owning considering the quality and design.
Location: 3/F Beijing Times Square, Xidan, Xicheng District
Tel: 010-83913388
Yansha Outlets
Yansha Outlets feature over 200 brands like Versace, Prada, and CK, and it offers mostly off-season products but all brand new. Discount rates of the same item here constantly change. The older the item is, the cheaper it is. The best buy here are various home accessories, refined and not expensive.
Location: No. 9 Dongsihuan Nanlu, Chaoyang District
Tel: 010-81600562
Shanghai
Outlets
Shanghai Outlets is an all-inclusive discount store and it's divided into three areas. The most expensive A-area features 22 luxury brands like Cerruti 1881 and BCBG. The B-area is devoted to sports brands as well as some clothing for middle-aged women. And finally the C-area is the cafeteria that houses a Starbucks, Chinese fast food eatery Yonghe Soy-bean Milk, and dessert store Tianmimi.
Location: No. 2888 Huqingping Gonglu, Fangjiayao, Zhaogang Town, Qingpu District
Tel: 021-59756060
Liexiang Department Store
A favorite shopping destination of many foreigners, Liexiang has three sub-sections in the store. The front area is devoted to top brands including Givenchy, and business suits which are all 70 percent off, and 40 to 50 percent off on Zegna Out Store. The middle area has a 35 percent discount off Ports, and imported Spanish shoes, as well as Miss Sixty ranging from 70 percent to 80 percent off. The back of the store is the athletic section.
Location: No.6001 Yingbin Dadao, Pudong International Airport
Tel: 021-68352695
Xuhui Foxtown
Xuhui Foxtown features popular brands like Esprit, I.T., Lacoste, Adidas and Nike, yet it's one of the few special discounts shops that is located in a convenient area that's easy to get to.
Location: 1-4/F, No. 899 Linglinglu, Xuhui District
Tel: 021-64417666
Basic knowledge: Special discount stores get their discounted stuff mainly through three channels: Weihuo, the excessive goods a manufacturer produces beyond the ordered quantity; the excessive storage of manufacturers or suppliers; and leftover clothes whose sizes don't cover the whole range.
