Having entered the Chinese mainland market for over ten years, the Hong Kong skin care and health retail chain Watsons announced that the number of its stores in mainland China has reached 1,000, and it expects to have 3,000 stores in the marketplace by 2016.

Sa Sa International Holdings Limited, the Hong Kong-headquartered cosmetics retail group, has announced its interim results for the six months ended September 30, 2011, stating that it gained profit of HKD224.3 million, a year-on-year increase of 27.3%, and its basic earnings per share amounted to HKD0.8.

L'Oreal China will reportedly accelerate its deployment in 600 second-tier cities in China, of which half of these cities are with a population of over one million.

Chinese supermarket operator Lianhua has formed a partnership with Japan's Growell Group and Shanghai-based Meiribuy to create a three-way cosmeceutical joint venture.

Chinese beauty group Natural Beauty has announced in Shanghai that it has opened 11 upgraded new concept stores and plans to expand its retail network to 100 new concept stores in China by the end of 2010.

China Resources Retail (Group), the retail subsidiary of China Resources Enterprise, has launched its first health and beauty retail brand VivoPlus, and the first two chain stores have been respectively opened at Yau Ma Tei and Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong.