May 29, 2010

The fascination continues

From NYTimes:

Muji’s items in MoMA often sell at a 30 to 50 percent premium in dollars compared with original the price in yen on the labels. This City Room reporter made a faux pas when, influenced Muji’s chic presence in MoMA, she proposed shopping for gifts at Muji in Tokyo as a thank you for an older Japanese woman.

The horrified response from a Japanese-American friend: “You can’t do that! It would be like buying a present from Target!”

Full article here.

@FionaLim: LOL

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