The transformation of shopping

A look at how department stores in the city have changed over the years, from small- and medium-sized business to mega malls

Women dressed in elegant qipao and high-heels with dainty bags in their hands stand in front of a green and white livery tram along Shanghai's Nanjing Road, colorful neon signs flickering in the background.

But nothing in this scene is actually real. The women are cardboard figures. The tram is a replica. The scene is actually set above ground and indoors, within a chic new space called Lane 100 that is located on the seventh floor of No 1 Shopping Center on East Nanjing Road, a well-known shopping area in the country.