Having already fed the Chinese market for over 20 years, the international fast food giant McDonald's has now announced plans to update its brand concept and will soon start to provide free wireless Internet services across China.

The British retailer Tesco has opened its first hypermarket in China's Anhui province: on Suixi Road in Luyang district, Hefei.

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

According to reports in local media, Carrefour is expected to open a new store as part of Hefei's western supermarket project before the Spring Festival in 2010.

Chinese electronics chain department store Buynow has announced plans to accelerate its deployment plans in 2009 with the company planning to open at least five large IT stores in such cities as Beijing, Shanghai, and Qingdao.

The Sichuan-based convenience store chain Wowo has received a USD10 million investment from the private equity firm ARC Investment Partners and the Chinese retailer is now preparing for listing on Nasdaq to become the first Sichuan retail company that is listed in the United States.