World's Best Shopping Department Stores

To most people, the prospect of shopping overseas and bringing home to Australia all sorts of gifts and treats for themselves, their families and friends, is a dream come true.Wherever you go in the world, shopping is on a par with sightseeing; something you will enjoy then remember for the rest of your life.You may like to consider some of the great shopping experiences that the world has to offer. You can enjoy a great shopping experience and then ship from USA.  The Dubai Mall is often encountered by travellers between the East and the West.  This is a spectacular mega mall of more than 1,200 shops, 22 cinemas, an Olympic ice rink and an aquarium.  It is the largest mall ever built.  The only trouble with stopping over in Dubai is that it is so difficult to tear yourself away when your time is up.When it comes to department stores, the largest in the world is in South Korea.  In the city of Busan, in beautiful coastal surroundings, is the Shinsengae Centumcity Department Store.Second to this, and previously the largest department store in the world is Macy’s in the United States of America.  Although there are more than 800 branches of this store throughout the country, the flagship Macy’s in New York is the one that is not to be missed.  It has 10 floors and employs more than 3,000 people.As a tourist to New York, try and time your trip to include the Macy’s 4th July Firework Display or the Thanksgiving Day Parade held on the fourth Thursday of November.If your overseas trip includes Europe, don’t miss the beauties of Galeries Lafayette in Paris or the Corso Como in Milan.  In Moscow The Gum is not to be missed and in London, Harrods as well as  Selfridges, which is often voted as the best store in the world.Back in the USA, class and distinction can be found in Saks Fifth Avenue, in New York City.  You’ll find Bloomingdales is also a department store in this prestigious class.  Bloomingdales is probably world famous for its unique paper shopping bags.With its flagship store in Seattle, Nordstrom store is one of the most popular retail stores in the USA.  There are more than 190 store outlets in many of the states.  This shop has a very active online business as well.  You can buy clothing, footwear, cosmetics, jewellery and accessories here.Then we come to the super chain stores.  Many of these famous shops have branches all over their countries, and some in other countries as well.  Probably the best known of these is Walmart.  Wal-Mart has more than 1,300 Supercenters in at least 20 countries of the world… and growing!Another giant among the large chain store groups is Carrefour based in France, with branches in other parts of Europe, as well as in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and in the Dominican Republic.  It also has shops in North Africa as well as China.Tesco in the United Kingdom is the third largest of these great chain hypermarket groups.Probably, if you are visiting America as a tourist, you will visit many of the famous stores, brand name stores and department stores.  Once you have got to know them and the wonderful products they sell, you will be able to contact them online and order, knowing exactly what to expect as to quality and style.Do remember that even if you are not able to visit these stores in person, they are all accessible to you over the internet.  This enables you to widen your shopping experience to include not only the Australian shops, but also the American ones.Whether you are buying while you tour, or whether you will do most of your purchasing from Australia, do remember that USA Shopping Affair is the best in package forwarding from USA to Australia and ensures that you receive all your packages safely and in good order.  This will take only about 10 to 15 days, and gives excellent value for your money.  Through their well established networks they guarantee that they will ship them cheaper than the department stores themselves can do!