SOGO

An upscale one-stop shopping mall
Noteworthy for: They have some of the best end of year sales, with up to 50 percent reductions.

Word to the wise: While it's a department store, you can still ask if a full-price item can be reduced. Sometimes sales staff can lower the price by 10 percent.
This Japanese department store is an upscale all-in-one shop stocking apparel for men, women and children, as well as shoes, cosmetics and accessories. The brands are definitely designer with Gucci, Burberry and Tiffany on offer, though each branch includes a range of moderately priced restaurants, a food court and supermarket.

The most popular SOGO branch is atop the Zhongxiao Fuxing MRT station, which includes an outpost of the popular Din Tai Fung dumpling restaurant and City'Super grocery store that stocks international and local foodstuffs.