"Hola's development will enter a new stage in 2008 and the company plans to open ten to twelve new stores around China this year", says Gu Yihua, general manager of Hola China. According to this plan, the number of Hola's newly opened stores in 2008 will be more than the total number opened over the past four years. Read More >

According to Qi Zhiping, executive vice general manager of M Macalline Nanjing, the M Macalline Qinhuai store will be open in Nanjing in September 2008. Read More >

Ikea's Shenzhen store will open at European City today, making it Ikea's fifth store in China after it opened stores in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Chengdu. Read More >

Che Jianxin, president of M Macalline, said at a cooperation signing ceremony held in Shangri-La Hotel, Chengdu that M Macalline would invest RMB600 million to jointly build its second Chengdu store with the construction materials firm Tungtai Group. Read More >

Leroy Merlin, a French decorative and constructional materials chain supermarket, has opened its second Beijing store at Dajiaoting after entering the Beijing market for more than three years. Read More >

Having opened stores in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu, Ikea, the Swedish household retailer, plans to open a new store in Wuhan. Read More >

B&Q, one of the world's biggest decorative materials retailers, has opened the Daqiao Store in Nanjing. It is the company's fourth store in this city. Read More >

Jinsheng Group, a mainland constructional materials and furniture retailer, plans to be listed in Hong Kong in the coming months, with the market value of its shares is expected to reach US$800 million. Read More >

Echelon Corporation says its intelligent lighting solution for homes is available now at B&Q stores in Shenzhen, making it the first LonWorks based lighting and appliance control solution for the Chinese consumer market. Read More >

Ikea, one of the world's largest home furnishing service providers, has announced in Beijing that it will speed up the expansion in China from its 2007 fiscal year. Read More >