The international food and beverage giant Yum! Brands plans to acquire an additional 7.3% stake in the Chinese hot pot restaurant chain Little Sheep after taking a stake of over 20% in the company earlier this year.

After a seven-month discussion, Lancel has finally signed a cooperative agreement with Fairton to jointly explore the mainland China market.

French luxury goods provider Christian Dior has launched a series of new mobile phones and targets China and Russia as its main markets for these products.

Realogy Corporation has made a minority equity investment in Century21 China Real Estate, an independently owned company that serves as the master franchisor for Realogy's Century21 brand in China.

By Francis Peters
Although Internet usage in China has boomed over the past ten years, the nation's retail e-commerce is still in startup mode, particularly compared to the United States.

Apple (AAPL) has chosen Beijing's Sanlitun area instead of Qianmen Avenue as the location for its first store in China, though the detailed address of this store is yet unknown.