Looking back to 2018, the growth of global retail sales tends to be flat. eMarketer, a market research institute, predicts that Taiwan's retail industry will grow by less than 1% a year by 2022.

SOGO Department Store holds "Far Eastern Group Food and Kitchen Talent Competition" year after year, studying catering education and service culture to make eatedu closer to life, on May 18, a special event “Travel with Cheese~SOGO Healthy Cuisine Practice DIY" was held in Fuxingguan.

Pacific SOGO Department Store has devoted a long time to children's care. This year, three school children who were SO GOOD adolescent model won the President's Educational Award in 2019 again.

The Far Eastern Department Store held its 2019 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting at the Taipei Hero House auditorium. The Far Eastern Department Store retail system (including Far Eastern Department Store and the reinvested Pacific SOGO Department Store, A-Mart, city' super, etc.)

The 2019 general shareholders’ meeting of Pacific SOGO Department Store (hereinafter referred to as "SOGO") was held on June 13. Last year's operational overview, performance and future prospects were announced. The anniversary performance of SOGO last year reached an all-time high.

Pacific SOGO Department Store won the "Department Store/Shopping Center" Gold Medal Award in "Taiwanese Service Industry Supervisor 2019" sponsored by the Business Times. Pacific SOGO Department Store Sophia C.W. Chairman personally attended the award ceremony on June 26.

When I first arrived at Far Eastern New Century Corporation's Xinpu Chemical Fiber General Plant, I could still see the scenery of the old times, such as a small van running on the road as a child and a vegetable salesman with many bags of snacks hanging.

Being ahead of the Asian Department store industry, Pacific SOGO Department Store was affirmed by the Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Awards again in May which is known as the "Sustainable Nobel Prize". With "Less Carbon, Better Life, it is the first green department store in Asia".

The popularization of 3C has brought many conveniences to modern people's life, but it has also reduced the reading time relatively. This month, the bookworms at home and abroad will recommend good books which are worth reading. Let’s regain the joy of reading!

According to media reports, the trend of fewer children has led to a dramatic reduction of 15,000 enrollments in the National Secondary Education Examination this year. On the other hand, according to the State Education Administration of the Ministry of Education, the number of private senior secondary vocational schools (excluding six capitals) managed by the Ministry of Education has decreased by 139 classes in the past two years.