Matahari

Matahari is a major department store chain in Indonesia. Matahari is operated by PT. Matahari Putra Prima, Tbk. (idx|MPPA), a publicly-traded company. It has the biggest selling in Indonesia and has a store in almost every malls and plaza in Indonesia. It has some links to Mata Hari.

In Indonesian and Malay, "matahari" means "sun". The Matahari logo resembles the shape of the sun.

upermarket and Hypermarket

Matahari also runs retailing business. Nowadays, almost every "Matahari Supermarket" converts to "Hypermart". A hypermarket under PT. Matahari Putra Prima management. It also founded to compete Carrefour, one of giant retailers in Indonesia.

Both "Hypermart" and "Carrefour" compete to be the biggest retailer in Indonesia. In the other hand, Giant Hypermarket, a Malaysian retailler, seems left behind with fewer stores.

External links

* [http://www.matahari.co.id/ Official site]