Taiwanese decoration supplies company Hola has announced the opening of two new stores in mainland China at the beginning of 2010: the Suzhou Jinji Lake Hola store and the Hola Yueda 889 store.

Taobao.com, the Internet shopping subsidiary of the Chinese B2B e-commerce group Alibaba, has announced that it has started to deploy offline authorized stores to provide convenience to consumers who do not wish to shop online.

Henan-headquartered fashion wig maker Rebecca has opened a new brand image store in Seasons Place in Beijing's Financial Street.

Burger King Corporation, the global fast-food chain, has opened its 12,000th restaurant, and it's located in Beijing's Joy City.

Chinese fast food chain Youghe King, currently a subsidiary of the Philippine fast food giant Jollibee, has opened its first chain restaurant in Tianjin.

Japanese bathroom products and tiles manufacturer Inax has opened its largest Chinese flagship store in the Huaihai Road business area, Shanghai.