Chinese electronics retailer Suning has published its annual financial report for 2008, which reports its net profits increased by 48.09% year-on-year.

Information from Wuhan's latest Food and Drug Administrative Meeting shows that the number of retail drugstores in Wuhan dropped for the first time, a decrease of 37 drugstores compared with the same period last year.

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. has announced that, because of a continuous decline in performance, the company will close its Shanghai Huating store in November 2008.

China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce has issued four measures to further strengthen market management and regulate how promotions are handled at retail outlets.