It is the same in Indonesia, some giants minimarket chains doing expansion in all areas of housing. The biggest chains are indomart and alfamart. However, there is a group enterprenours from Kuningan. Kuningan is a distrik in West Java. They become urbanites to open small stores in all areas in Jakarta and cities in West Java. They targeted travellers and they open 24 hours. They sleep in the small shop. They also serve hot coffee and hot instant noodles.
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The small store is occupied by two people. You can find these kinds of stores in Jakarta. They make good profit.
That sounds like a great example of adaption by smart entrepreneurs! Very hard work and long hours I imagine. But at least the profit is straight to their pocket and not a faceless coorporation.
I can say that they work 24 hours. They usually have shift after 3 monts. They will go back to kuningan and bring a lot of money. Their partners are from Kuningan too. The partners will replace them for three months
Very interesting! I think there is no equivalent operation in Thailand.