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		<title>China&#039;s Mofcom Launches Five Measures To Stimulate Consumption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jiang Zengwei, the deputy director of China's Ministry of Commerce, and Fang Aiqing, the assistant director of the Ministry of Commerce, said during an interview that China plans to boost its overall consumption through five measures.
Jiang said that in response to the global financial crisis in 2009, China had launched a series of measures to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/19/3447-chinas-moc-launches-five-measures-to-stimulate-consumption/</link>
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		<title>Korea&#039;s E-Mart To Open 100 New Stores In China By 2015</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.
Commenting on its slow development in the past, the company said that compared with its competitors [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/18/3445-koreas-e-mart-to-open-100-new-stores-in-china-by-2015/</link>
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		<title>China&#039;s Suning Issues 2009 Performance Reports</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chinese electronics retailer Suning has released its 2009 Achievement Report and 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report.
Compiled according to Shenzhen Securities Exchange's CSR Guide for Listed Companies and with reference to GRI's China CSR Report Writing Guide and Sustainable Development Report Guide, Suning's new CSR report shows a CSR model with strong characteristics of the retailing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/18/3454-chinas-suning-issues-2009-performance-reports/</link>
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		<title>China&#039;s Suning Publishes Services Blue Book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To mark World Consumer Rights Day on March 15, the Chinese home appliances retailer Suning published "China Home Appliances Chain Industry Service Blue Book for 2010", which details Suning's service achievements in the Chinese market.
The blue book says that Suning gained 87.4 points for overall service satisfaction across China, higher than the industry's average of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/17/3443-chinas-suning-publishes-services-blue-book/</link>
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		<title>Subway To Open At Least 35 New Outlets In China In 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to reports in Reuters, the U.S. fast-food chain Subway plans to expand the number of its restaurants in China and aims to exceed the total number of McDonald's outlets in China in ten years.
Fred DeLuca, the president of Subway, said that China has great growth potential and the company plans to have 500 restaurants [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/16/3437-subway-to-open-at-least-35-new-outlets-in-china-in-2010/</link>
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		<title>L&#039;Oreal&#039;s Sales In China Up 17.6% In 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[L'Oreal Group, the global cosmetics group, has announced in Shanghai that it made revenues of CNY8.18 billion in mainland China in 2009, a year-on-year increase of 17.6%.
This is reported to be the ninth consecutive year that the French firm to see double-digit gains in China.
From 2001 to 2009, L'Oreal's sales in China grew by nearly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/15/3435-loreals-sales-in-china-up-17-6-in-2009/</link>
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		<title>Decathlon To Open New Outlets In Foshan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[European sports supplies retailer Decathlon has signed an agreement with Nanhai district government in Foshan, Guangdong, to open two new outlets, a Qiandeng Lake project and Shishan project, both of which are scheduled to open in 2011.
According to Decathlon's development director for South China, Nanhai is only the first stop for the company's business expansion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/15/3427-decathlon-to-open-new-outlets-in-foshan/</link>
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		<title>Shanghai Laofengxiang Net Profit Up 85% In 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shanghai-based jewelry store operator Laofengxiang has published its annual financial report for 2009, and has posted a year on year growth in net profit of 85%.
The report shows that Laofengxiang made operating revenues of CNY10.85 billion in 2009, a year-on-year increase of 17.76%; its total profit was CNY309 million, a year-on-year increase of 75.78%; its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/12/3425-shanghai-laofengxiang-net-profit-up-85-in-2009/</link>
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		<title>Starbucks To Enter China&#039;s Tea Drinks Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[American coffee retailer Starbucks has announced in Shenzhen that it has formally launched nine kinds of tea drinks in China, marking this coffee shop chain's entry into the huge Chinese tea drinks market.
These nine tea drinks include three original-leaf Chinese-style tea drinks, four original-leaf foreign tea drinks, and two handmade special tea drinks. Apart from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/11/3423-starbucks-to-enter-chinas-tea-drinks-market/</link>
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		<title>China&#039;s Lisi Group Opens Seventh Department Store In Zhenjian</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zhejiang Lisi Group has opened a new department store in Zhenjian, Lisi Zhenhai Department Store, which is the group's seventh self-constructed chain department store following ones in Yinzhou, Tonglu, Haiyan, and Jishigang.
With a total investment of CNY400 million, this new Lisi Zhenhai Department Store has a construction area of over 60,000 square meters, making it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/10/3417-chinas-lisi-group-opens-seventh-department-store-in-zhenjian/</link>
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