Tupperware's sweet spot shifts to Indonesia

Jakarta

THE party had the feel of 1960s America, almost. A group of housewives, thrilled to get a break from the daily routine of hanging laundry and shuttling their children to and from school, sat in a circle, listening to a friend hawk plastic storage bowls in a dizzying array of pastels.

Some shushed babies on their laps; others occasionally leaned in for juicy pieces of gossip.