Double Five presents a retail therapy tonic
Shanghai Commerce Commission launched the Double Five shopping season during the Labor Day holiday, in which combined sales peaked at US$2.2 billion in the first 24 hours. Shanghai Daily photographers went shopping with millions of local residents and tourists as various promotional campaigns were staged by retailers during the holiday.
Locals and expatriates enjoy the sunny weather at a street fair outside the Jing’an Kelly Center on May 3.
People with masks stand in a long queue in front of a restaurant on May 2 at Global Harbor in Putuo District.
A cosmetic artist works on a young woman while being livestreamed online for cosmetics sales in front of the Global Harbor mall on May 2.
A woman takes a rest from shopping on Nanjing Pedestrian Road on May 5.
Customers are welcomed into Grand Gateway 66 in Xujiahui on May 5.
