With the opening of additional six stores, Chinese supermarket operator Yonghui Superstores' retail outlets had reached 204 by the end of 2011.

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.

Jiangsu-based supermarket operator Suguo has announced its sales report for the first quarter of 2011, stating that its overall sales reached over CNY11 billion, a year-on-year increase of over 20%.

According to China's Ministry of Commerce, sales of home appliances in the country's rural areas in January 2011 passed 10 million units in a single month for the first time.

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom and Five Star Appliance, Best Buy's electronics retail subsidiary in China, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement covering various services of China Unicom.

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom and Five Star Appliance, Best Buy's electronics retail subsidiary in China, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement covering various services of China Unicom.