Starbucks Coffee Company has entered another five new Chinese cities: Langfang, Hebei; Zhengzhou, Henan; Harbin, Heilongjiang; Xiangtan, Hunan; and Zhoushan, Zhejiang.

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.

The New York high-end fashion brand Coach has announced that its operating revenue in China doubled and reached over USD100 million in 2010, and during the 2011 fiscal year it plans to open an additional 25 stores on the Chinese mainland.

Chinese roast duck restaurant company Quanjude has published its financial report for the first half of 2009 and states that its total revenues increased by 14.58% year-on-year while its total profit increased by 28.82% year-on-year.

The health and beauty products retailer Watsons has opened a new concept store at U-town Lifestyle Center in Beijing.

According to the International Shopping Mall in Taizhou, Zhejiang, Hong Kong-headquartered New World Department Store has formally entered the shopping mall, starting operation on January 15, 2009.