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1. The Great Singapore Sale - The Great Singapore Sale (GSS) was first initiated in 1994 to promote Singapore as a prominent regional shopping destination encompassing price, variety, quality and ambience.     2. World’s Biggest Fashion Retail Chain – Established in the year 1969, Gap Inc. is the biggest fashion retail chain in the world. As of October 2004, Gap Inc. operates 2,994 stores globally with net sales of over S$26 billion.     3. World’s Largest Underground Fashion Complex – Covering an area of 371,600 square metres of retail space, The PATH Walkway in Toronto, Canada, is the largest underground fashion complex in the world.     4. World’s Most Expensive Shopping Street – Fifth Avenue, located in New York City, USA, is the most expensive shopping street in the world to rent retail space. Shop space costs an approximate S$10,000 per square metre.     9. World’s Best Selling Clothes Brand – Levi’s Strauss Co. is the world’s best selling clothing manufacturer, and sells under the Levi’s, Dockers and Slates brands.     10. World’s Largest Toy Manufacturer – The world’s largest toy manufacturer is Mattel, Inc., with revenues of over S$7.7 billion and profits of over S$712 million annually.     11. World’s Largest Soaps And Cosmetics Company – The world’s largest soaps and cosmetics company is Procter & Gamble, with revenues of over S$63 billion in 1999.     12. World’s Largest Video Retailer – Blockbuster Video is the world’s largest video retailer with each store offering from 10,000 to 70,000 different titles. Its first store opened in Dallas, Texas, USA, in October 1985 and now operates 4,438 stores internationally.     13. Largest Retail Store In America – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, Arkansas, USA, is the largest retail store in the world with revenues of approximately S$313 billion and profits of S$10 billion annually.     14. Orchard Road - Orchard Road got its name from the many nutmeg and pepper plantations that lined the street in the 1840s. Its only residents then were plantation owners such as Scotts, Cairnhill and Cuppage whose names are familiar as street names today.         15. World’s Fastest Growing Designer Label – Sold in approximately 12,000 department and specialty stores and 1,500 freestanding retail outlets worldwide, Tommy Hilfiger is the world’s fastest growing designer label. In the fiscal year 1999, the company had sales of S$2.68 billion – an increase of just over 93% from the previous year.     16 World’s Best Selling Designer Underwear – The world’s most popular designer underwear brand is Calvin Klein ( USA). In 1998, the company sold 30 million pairs of briefs and panties, with a total retail value of approximately S$696 million.     17. World’s Largest Departmental Store – Covering an area of 198,500 square metres within an 11-storey block in Herald Square, Macy’s, located in New York City, USA, is the largest departmental store in the world.     18. World’s Largest Menswear Store – Covering an area of 2,600 square metres, and with 14,000 suits in stock at any one time, Slater Menswear in Glasgow, Scotland is the world’s largest menswear store.     19. World’s Largest Shopping Centre – Covering an area of 483,000 square metres, the largest shopping centre in the world is the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. With over 800 retail outlets and 11 major departmental stores, the building cost S$1.2 billion to construct.       The above information has been provided by Public Library Services, ASK! service.		Archives General Trivia Gold Trivia Harvest of Spring Fun Facts of Science

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