Central Department Store (Thai: สรรพสินค้าเซ็นทรัล; Chinese: 尚泰; Pinyin: Shàngtài) is a Thai department store chain, owned by Central Group.

[1] Later that year, the store moved to Charoen Krung Road, in Bangkok's Si Phraya District.

It was one few stores in Bangkok that had the courage to order imported goods for sale and was the first to set up merchandising displays.

[3] In 1981, the Central Lad Ya Branch opened its doors and was the largest of its kind then.

[4] Later in 1983 Central Ladprao opened its doors and was the largest shopping mall in Thailand at that time.