THE Carrefour Express Menteng Prada branch, in Jalan Cikini Raya, Central Jakarta, had just opened for business, on Friday morning last week. Many employees were busy working. It seemed as many employees were busy rearranging products on racks. Several others were checking the availability of stocks.

At a glance, there were no changes in this store that used to be called Alfa. This was despite the fact that on Friday, two weeks previously, an im