Divya Jayanthi, an assistant sales manager at Hunter Douglas, which makes window treatments, says she still uses her local store for daily needs but goes to a big- box retailer HyperCITY Retail (India) Ltd.

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Back in Singapore she landed a sales job at the Mandarin Hotel and worked her way up to become assistant general manager.

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