Although it entered the Chinese market 13 years ago, the development of South Korea's E-Mart has been slow. However, its newly appointed China president has stated that it will accelerate its expansion and will open 100 new stores by 2015.

According to reports in local Taiwanese local, the Taiwan-based operation of franchise convenience store retailer FamilyMart plans to open at least 100 new stores in Shanghai in 2010.

German retail giant Metro has opened a new outlet in Beijing's Chaoyang district and this outlet is reported to be the retailer's first store to open in Asia in 2010.

As the cooperative partner of USA Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, Wal-Mart has started to sell World Expo related licensed products in its Nanpu Bridge store in Shanghai.

Nanjing-based supermarket chain Suguo has announced that its sales increased by 10% to CNY33 billion in 2009, despite the global economic crisis.

According to E-Mart's Chinese headquarters, the South Korean supermarket retailer plans to open its first shopping mall on Shanghai's Caobao road.