Big C is closing large stores with expiring leases or weak profits and expanding Big C Mini (300 sq m) toward 3,000 stores by 2030, with about 120 planned this year. Lotus's is converting stores into community supermarkets with fresh food and ready meals, and Tops is testing hybrid stores with wine and bakery concepts in 13 tourist towns (Phuket, Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Pattaya). Implication: expect more competition from convenience formats in your neighbourhood, and consider whether tourist-area or community-store partnerships, or supplying these chains' smaller formats, fit your business. Store openings still outnumber closures, per the article.