A new Heiwado store has opened in Zhuzhou, Hunan, with a total investment of CNY700 million.

Chinese electronics retailer Dazhong has announced plans to renovate its CCTV Tower flagship store into an electronics shopping mall, which is expected to be opened in the second half of April 2009.

The French retailer Carrefour has signed an agreement with Linyi Jiulong Real Estate to open a new Carrefour store, marking the international retail giant's entry into Linyi in Shandong.

With a store area of 170,000 square meters, Jiuguang Department Store owned by the Hong Kong-based Lifestyle International Holdings has been opened at the Harmony Times Square in the Suzhou Industrial Park, making it the largest individual department store in China.

Xinlianxin Group, a Hunan-based retailer, has announced plans to open a high-quality department store in Yueyang, Hunan Province.

According to reports in local media, Aeon Group's Beijing flagship store started trial operation on October 17, 2008, marking the formal entry of the Asian retail giant into Beijing's retail market.