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Customers select goods at the newly-opened Sam’s Club flagship store in the Waigaoqiao New Development Zone, part of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (SHFTZ), Sept. 26, 2021. (China News Service/Tang Yanjun)
Walmart-owned membership warehouse chain store Sam's Club opened a flagship store in Shanghai on Sunday.
Spanning 700,000 square meters in total, the new store is the largest free-standing Sam’s Club operating in China and the largest Sam’s Club in the world. It fuses shopping, leisure, entertainment, etc.
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Customers select goods at the newly-opened Sam’s Club flagship store in the Waigaoqiao New Development Zone, part of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (SHFTZ), Sept. 26, 2021. (China News Service/Tang Yanjun)
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Optimus Prime robots, the classic character of movie Transformers, catch customers’ eyes at the newly-opened Sam’s club flagship store in the Waigaoqiao New Development Zone, part of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (SHFTZ), Sept. 26, 2021. (China News Service/Tang Yanjun)
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Customers play the piano at the newly-opened Sam’s Club flagship store in the Waigaoqiao New Development Zone, part of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (SHFTZ), Sept. 26, 2021. (China News Service/Tang Yanjun)
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Customers select goods at the newly-opened Sam’s Club flagship store in the Waigaoqiao New Development Zone, part of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (SHFTZ), Sept. 26, 2021. (China News Service/Tang Yanjun)
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Customers select goods at the newly-opened Sam’s Club flagship store in the Waigaoqiao New Development Zone, part of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (SHFTZ), Sept. 26, 2021. (China News Service/Tang Yanjun)
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Customers’ shopping carts are loaded with goods at the newly-opened Sam’s Club flagship store in the Waigaoqiao New Development Zone, part of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (SHFTZ), Sept. 26, 2021. (China News Service/Tang Yanjun)
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The newly-opened free-standing Sam’s Club flagship store is seen in the Waigaoqiao New Development Zone, part of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (SHFTZ), Sept. 26, 2021. (China News Service/Tang Yanjun)