Private company

ZEN

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Defunct Thai department store chain

ZEN (Thai: เซน ดีพาร์ทเมนท์ สโตร์; Simplified Chinese: 先; Pinyin: Xiān) was a chain of two Thai luxury department stores owned by the Central Group, with branches in Thailand and China. The final store was rebranded as Central Department Store in 2019.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1990Founded1
  • Industryretail1
  • HeadquartersRatchadamri Road1

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Zen Department Store, Bangkok
Photo: MirwaldM, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

ZEN (Thai: เซน ดีพาร์ทเมนท์ สโตร์; Simplified Chinese: 先; Pinyin: Xiān) was a chain of two Thai luxury department stores owned by the Central Group, with branches in Thailand and China. The final store was rebranded as Central Department Store in 2019.2

The story

Founded by Central Group in 1990.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1990Founded Founded1

Sources

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