H&M to launch in Singapore in 2011

even its open is gonna be damn expensive..singapore is more expensive than sweden

when they will open stores in Latin America?

@miss79, what are you on about? singapore is not cheap and probably the most expensive country in southeast asia, but you can hardly compare the prices to sweden! sweden is waaay more expensive in every blooming thing!

plommon i am from singapore..my dad is from there..n most swedish friend of mine are telling that singapore are very very expensive country..tats why people kill themselves there UNLIKE sweden

well, i'm from asia, lived and studied in malaysia for 3 years and frequented singapore then for shopping sprees, just last christmas was down in singapore for shopping, got incredible prices for diamond earrings and a diamond engagement ring for my fiance( the same quality and stones here in stockholm would have cost me an arm and a leg).. having lived in europe for the past 10 years and in stockholm for the last 4 years, i think i have a pretty good indication of the differences in prices, in singapore there's a bigger choice for food and clothes, so you could either opt for shopping at takashimaya or go to centrepoint, but in sweden no such choice exists! which makes the prices considerably higher, am planning to go to singapore again on my way back home to do some shopping in February! as i find it waaay cheaper than stockholm!..and i do frequent takashimaya as well..

Shopping in Bangkokand all over in Thailand is far more cheaper than both Sweden and Singapore, also with great attractions and good food.

For sure Bangkok is paradise for shopping, food, ..nothing compares to Bangkok. It does not need IKEA, H &M .. Bangkok has its own style.

plommon u just went there for shopping, not staying there like me..i lived there many many years..trust me if u stay in singapore, u would get urself back in sweden

Singapore more expensive then Sweden ? haha....the biggest jokes on earth !

miss79, then you obviously have no idea of the living costs here in sweden. my family has business interests in singapore, which has led to them renting/hiring properties there and my brother studied there, we have friends who own properties there and during my visits i have stayed for varying periods, so believe me i know what i'm talking about..i live, own property, and pay a huge part of my income in taxes in sweden,so i have a very clear indication of the living costs here and in singapore.

just to give you an example - my last visit to singapore, less than a year ago, i stayed at somerset residences, near clark quay in singapore for over 3 weeks as my sister was staying there to give birth for a couple of months, the taxi journey from the airport to somerset cost me 23 singaporean dollars(about 115 swedish crowns) a taxi journey from arlanda airport into town in stockholm(similar distances) would cost me 490 crowns(about 95 singapore dollars)and this is a fixed price, if i was to go on the meter it would be almost triple that!

i will stop at that, you abviously have no clue as to what you are talking about!..so trust me when i say that sweden is waay waay more expensive than singapore! you can't even begin to compare!

@localer- agree with you 110% :-)

localer it is expensive..of course sweden has free medication, free education..in singapore u HAVE TO PAY UR OWN!N bcoz sweden has social services thats why living standard in sweden is much better than singapore..but singapore the fact is expensive than sweden..in singapore nobody is giving u free medication or education like swed goverment does..u get no help for that..

plommon-n how much ur sister pay for the hospital?does she have frikort like sweden govt gives to their own people?do the singaporean govt gives benefit to ur sisters?does it gave sjukresa too?ooh i dont think so..everything on ur own money..so its too too expensive to live there..

miss79, you are dillusional if you think it's free, according to whom? i pay dearly for it. 60% of my income every month goes in taxes to the state to pay for these services, my husband pays 40% of his income.. and so does all our friends and family here in varying percentages!!! as well as everyone who's working on this forum!!!..är du dum in huvud? it's the high TAXES we have that pay for these 'so called' FREE services..and on top of the HIGH TAXES, everyone also pays the high living costs for food, property, transport etc..

sweden has one of the HIGHEST TAXES in the world, that pay for these social services, singapore doesn't!

H&M is a worldwide store chain with more or less the same prices everywhere, depending on the value of the currency.

Miss79, I'm a Singaporean myself and I have to say that though the cost of clothing and appliances are high in singapore, the government does subsides school fees and to a certain extent medical fees too... Transport is cheap here too... Compared to a lot of places. While I haven't been to Sweden I have been to many other european and western countries.

And singapore is still less expensive than japan... For those who think it's the most expensive. And there are many local boutiques and stores that sell reasonably priced and good quality clothes so it just depends on where you are looking I guess...

Dear Miss79,

I'm a Singaporean, travelled around lots, Singapore is still the most affordable place to come home to. There's no free lunch anywhere in the world. In Sweden it's truly HIGH Taxes that provide for your social services, and it's a Swedenish safety net. Here we are more practical and pragmatic people and it works for us.

Plommon is only stating the facts quite accurately. But if you "feel" Sweden is a better place and a more affordable place to live in, please go back home. We only have 710 sq km of land here and we don't complain because that is as real as it gets. Still, we continue to work at it and try to make it livable here. Visit a few more countries and compare not just prices but a sense of security and whether water taps work and electricity light switches work there. Cheap has it;s own costs and they are usually hidden. Good day. Arthur

Miss79,

after reading your comments, I would say that you are clearly one delusional person. I am a Singaporean myself, and I was in Sweden, specifically Ystad and Malmo, just last year. I do agree that things in Singapore can be pricey, I must also say that the prices in Sweden are much higher than that in Singapore. In Singapore, we can pay as little as a dollar for a 500ml Coke, and we even have promotions in the store that allow us to purchase two 1.5 litre bottles of Coke at SGD$3.50. But in Sweden, I paid 15 krono/SGD$3 for a 500ml Coke. Even the restrooms, I had to pay 5-10 krono just to enter, but in Singapore, it's a maximum of SGD$0.20. Even the fast food is expensive, twice as much as what I'm paying in Singapore for smaller portions. I'm not saying that Sweden is a terrible country. It is a wonderful country, and I was mesmerized by it's splendour during my stay. All that I'm saying, living in Singapore or Sweden isn't cheap, but it's just how you look at it. If you know how to live within your means, you can get by without spending a ton of money.

And if you are still not happy, might I suggest migrating to some desolate forest, living in a cave or some underground burrow, hunting for your own food, and bathing in whichever water body you can find. It's basically free.