Fast-moving-consumer-goods company Fujian Hengan Holding Company has has signed a software license contract for with eFuture Information Technology for a Visual Distributor Resources Planning solution based on eFuture One E-Channel.

Preparation work is complete on European sports supplies retailer Decathlon's first store in Tianjin and it will go into trial operation soon.

Beijing Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce has exposed 28 batches of unqualified bed linen products and all these products have been removed from sale in the city.

The global consumer goods manufacturer Procter & Gamble has announced that it will invest USD248 million to build a manufacturing base in Tianjin.

The global consumer products giant Procter & Gamble has opened an online store on the Chinese Internet shopping website Taobao.com, marking the company's debut into China's Internet marketing sector.

Despite the downturn in the economy, Christian Nothhaft, managing director of Watsons China, has announced that the company plans to open 120 new stores in 2009, which means opening two new stores weekly.