The jeans brand Levi's has announced plans to launch a new global brand in China and other selected Asian markets in the autumn of 2010 and this is reportedly the first time that the brand is to be launched in markets outside America.

The Hangzhou-headquartered department store retailer Intime has opened a new outlet in Fuyang, Zhejiang.

According to Han Gang, the senior vice president for Walt Disney Greater China, Disney will launch a new strategy to develop the markets in third-tier cities in China with a specially designed new retail store brand Toonsland.

News from a commercial working meeting in Wuhan is that in 2010, the city will launch a series of measures to optimize its business functions, to improve the quality of consumable items for citizens, and to achieve over 15% growth of total retail sales.

Chinese Internet shopping website Taobao.com has announced that it has cooperated with its sister company Alipay.com and Bank of China in the launch of a co-branded credit card.

The Guangzhou-based department store retailer GrandBuy has opened its first outlet in Shenzhen.