Matahari is a supermarket/department store chain in Indonesia. Matahari is operated by PT. Matahari Putra Prima, Tbk. (JSX: MPPA), a publicly-traded company. Matahari logo resembles the shape of a sun (which is probably why the store is called Matahari: the Indonesian word for "sun" is "matahari"). Exterior appearance of typical supermarket (Albertsons) Supermarket produce section A supermarket is a store that sells a wide variety of goods including food and alcohol (where permitted), medicine, clothes, and other household products that are consumed regularly. ... A department store organizes its goods by departments, such as womens clothes, home furnishings, electronics, and the like. ... Bursa Efek Jakarta (BEJ) or Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) is a stock exchange based in Jakarta, Indonesia. ...
Matahari offers a T-shirt, a baby doll tank top and a candle that blend the mystery and allure of the products with instant name recognition and the company often works with distributors to provide salon education seminars nationwide.
"Matahari is committed to providing salons with an opportunity to garner dollars that otherwise might have walked out the door," she says.
Kilfoy says Matahari has become successful by working on a niche market--those tanners who want to use lotions formulated specifically for indoor tanning, and are willing to pay a little more for proven tanning results.