Carrefour had a huge sale last Thursday (Chinese Labour Day and the beginning of a long weekend) to try to break the boycott and win back some customers. It felt a little busier in the store than the week before, but then again, Shanghai was pretty packed with out-of-towners this weekend, so it's kind of hard to say.
Chinese long weekends, by the way, aren't really that great of a deal. Everyone had Thursday, Friday and Saturday off, but had to go back to work Sunday to make up for it.
Update: The New York Times says the boycott pretty much failed. "Politics is one thing, but the people have to eat," says one shopper. At least there were no violent riots. The government clamped down pretty well on text messages and "Carrefour" Google-searches that day.
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