International environmental organization Greenpeace is taking supermarkets in China to court over excessive use of pesticides.

According to Ding Hui, managing director for Inter Ikea Centre Group, the group has decided three shopping center projects in China with total investments of CNY10 billion, and it will further increase its investment in the marketplace by building its fourth project in Shanghai with CNY5 billion.

Taiwan-based supermarket retailer Rt-Mart has submitted an initial public offering application to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, aiming to get listed within 2011 and gain USD1 billion for store expansion.

Auchan has recently opened a 9,284-square-meter new store in Huayang, Chengdu, the first large supermarket in the area.

Taiwanese supermarket retailer Rt-Mart reportedly plans to raise up to USD800 million through an initial public offering in Hong Kong.

According to reports in local media, Taiwan-based supermarket retailer Rt-Mart plans to open its first outlet in Beijing and this new supermarket will be located in Beijng's Chinatown Shopping Plaza.