The robust economy and the government's reforms to ease the restraints that have been holding it back have convinced foreign firms that the time has arrived for investing on Taiwan. The list of foreign retailers interested and indeed actively searching for local partners reads like a who's who of international retailing--American, Dutch, French, and English.
不僅只有國內的其它行業對百貨業虎視眈眈，「外兵」也正來勢洶洶。挾新台幣升值、民生日用品關稅降低、五千美元的國民所得等引人條件，政府一宣佈開放外人投資服務業，就已有日、法、荷、港、英、美等國的百貨零售業者，來台做市場調查和尋找合作夥伴。