Sam’s Club, the US membership-only bulk retailer owned by Walmart, has long been seen as one of the foreign supermarkets most attuned to the needs of China’s middle class.
Each year, millions of urban Chinese families pay a 260 yuan (US$36.28) annual fee in exchange for what they see as access to a globally curated, quality lifestyle – featuring products like Scotch whisky, Chilean dried prunes, and chilled beef from the United States and Australia.
That selection has come to symbolise a…
Cheap chocolate pie has middle-class Sam’s Club members in China up in arms
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