Apparel retailer Gap announced the opening of its first flagship store in Hong Kong, which is also its ninth store in Greater China.

Shanghai-based e-commerce company Lenian.cn has gained a CNY20 million infusion from an investment management company in Hangzhou, China.

Fujian New Huadu Supermarket Company Limited has published a report, stating that it plans to invest CNY125 million to acquire the entire stake in four foreign-owned enterprises of E-Mart.

Andrew Keith, newly appointed president of Lane Crawford Hong Kong, has announced the company will start its expansion in mainland China in 2012, and three new chain stores will be opened in Shanghai, Beijing, and Chengdu, successively.

Hangzhou-headquartered China Jo-Jo Drugstores Inc. has opened its first retail outlet in Shanghai.

Months after the gray market in China starting selling both iPad clones and the real devices, Apple officially began selling its tablet computer in China via its own retail shops and those of its partners last Friday, September 17.