"The customer shops from the mannequin".
Even the shops, from quirky to chichi, are entertaining.
Since most people rent their flats and shops from socialist work units, few are getting compensation.
It bans shops from selling drink between 10pm and 6am or displaying the stuff in windows.
The city has sued more than 25 shops from Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia.
"There's nothing to stop smaller corner shops from stocking them," said a spokesman.
Signs in front of sake shops from around 1900 show carved calligraphy.
The system will not stop shops from displaying banner advertisements related to customers' previous purchases.
ON THE HILL Lots of places are Filipino, but you have restaurants and shops from all over the world.
We got input from the big firms to the bucket shops, from George Soros, and the economist Nouriel Roubini.
It is taking over defunct shops from such high-street casualties as HMV, Jessops and Blockbuster to convert into groceries.
