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		<title>Golden Jaguar&#039;s Buffet Food Business Acquired In China</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2011/08/04/5086-golden-jaguars-buffet-food-business-acquired-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subsidiaries of funds advised by Apax Partners, one of the largest private equity investment groups in Europe, have announced that they have completed the acquisition of Golden Jaguar restaurant chain in China. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Shanghai, Golden Jaguar has developed rapidly in recent years. Its operating areas now cover cities like Shanghai, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merrill Lynch Asia Real Estate Assets Handed Off To Blackstone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 04:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Blackstone Group has inked an agreement to manage Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Asian real estate assets across Asia, with the majority in Japan, China, India and South Korea. The Blackstone Group will act as the new general partner for the Merrill Lynch Asian Real Estate Opportunity Fund. Since acquiring Merrill Lynch, Bank of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Firm Recalls Products In China</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/07/13/3729-japanese-firm-recalls-products-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese electronics giant Sony Corporation is recalling 55,362 VPCF11 series and VPCCW2 series laptop computers under its Vaio brand in mainland China due to overheating problems, the country's quality watchdog said last week. The affected laptops were produced between December 2009 and February 2010, while sales of these laptops kicked off in January 2010, according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decathlon To Open New Outlets In Foshan</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/15/3427-decathlon-to-open-new-outlets-in-foshan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/15/3427-decathlon-to-open-new-outlets-in-foshan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[European sports supplies retailer Decathlon has signed an agreement with Nanhai district government in Foshan, Guangdong, to open two new outlets, a Qiandeng Lake project and Shishan project, both of which are scheduled to open in 2011. According to Decathlon's development director for South China, Nanhai is only the first stop for the company's business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abbot Says Milk Powder Sold In China Is Perchlorate Free</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to a report that stated 15 American infant formula milk powder products contain perchlorate, Abbot, one of the three major milk powder producers from the United States, declared that all their products sold on the Chinese market are all made with milk from New Zealand, Ireland, or the Netherlands, so they aren't contaminated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing&#039;s First H&amp;M Specialty Store To Open This Spring</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/02/09/2234-beijings-first-hm-specialty-store-to-open-this-spring/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/02/09/2234-beijings-first-hm-specialty-store-to-open-this-spring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The international apparel retailer Hennes &#038; Mauritz has announced that the company plans to open 225 new specialty stores around the world in 2009, and its first specialty store will be opened in Beijing this spring. H&#038;M says in its report that its newly opened specialty stores in 2009 will be mainly located in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Upscale European Shopping Mall In Chengdu</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/02/04/2190-first-upscale-european-shopping-mall-in-chengdu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/02/04/2190-first-upscale-european-shopping-mall-in-chengdu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Construction recently commenced on Galleria, Chengdu's first upscale European upscale shopping mall. With a total investment of CNY650 million, this is also the first large-scale comprehensive retail business in Chengdu directly invested in by a European investment institution in Chengdu, and is expected to attract a number of European brands. Galleria is scheduled to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Nepstar Recruits Industry Veteran As Co-CEO</title>
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		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/01/06/2072-china-nepstar-recruits-industry-veteran-as-co-ceo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China Nepstar Chain Drugstore has strengthened its management team with new appointments, naming Ian Wade as co-chief executive officer and William Weili Dai as the new chief financial officer. Jiannong Qian, as co-CEO of China Nepstar, will focus on new business development, acquisitions and partnership development, while Wade will focus on maximizing operating efficiencies and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starbucks To Establish Raw Material Purchase Base In China</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2008/11/18/1782-starbucks-to-establish-raw-material-purchase-base-in-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2008/11/18/1782-starbucks-to-establish-raw-material-purchase-base-in-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The multinational coffee retailer Starbucks is looking at sourcing coffee beans from China's Yunnan Province and the company is reportedly planning to build a coffee raw material purchase base in China. As a result of the economic crisis, Starbucks sales in the United States and Western European countries have declined over the past few months. [...]]]></description>
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