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		<title>Ikea Will Locate Asian Flagship Store In Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2011/12/16/5299-ikea-will-locate-asian-flagship-store-in-beijing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swedish home supplies retailer Ikea has purchased a 300,000-square-meter area in the business district of Daxing, Beijing, via auction and the company plans to build a comprehensive shopping center there. The new shopping center will reportedly be Ikea's largest flagship store in Asia, and it will also be the second Ikea store in Beijing. Ikea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IICG To Invest Over EUR1.4 Billion In Chinese Shopping Centers Over Next Five Years</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2011/11/16/5250-iicg-to-invest-over-eur1-4-billion-in-chinese-shopping-centers-over-next-five-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hai Wentian, deputy general manager for Inter Ikea Centre Group China, has revealed to the local media that the group plans to invest over EUR1.4 billion to build new shopping center projects in China in the next five years, with planned project areas of about 510,000 square meters. Hai said IICG's current strategy is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inter Ikea To Invest CNY5 Billion For New Shopping Center In Shanghai</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2011/09/15/5141-inter-ikea-to-invest-cny5-billion-for-new-shopping-center-in-shanghai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Ding Hui, managing director for Inter Ikea Centre Group, the group has decided three shopping center projects in China with total investments of CNY10 billion, and it will further increase its investment in the marketplace by building its fourth project in Shanghai with CNY5 billion. Ding revealed the news during the foundation stone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Denmark&#039;s JYSK To Open First Outlet In China</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/26/3475-denmarks-jysk-to-open-first-outlet-in-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/26/3475-denmarks-jysk-to-open-first-outlet-in-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to reports in local media, following the launch of its Chinese headquarters in the Yangpu district of Shanghai in May 2009, the North European home supplies provider JYSK has decided to open its first Chinese store in the same city on April 8, 2010. The company will reportedly open eight to ten stores in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changyi Technologies Establishes Strategic Partnership With Retalix</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/09/10/2972-changyi-technologies-establishes-strategic-partnership-with-retalix/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/09/10/2972-changyi-technologies-establishes-strategic-partnership-with-retalix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese retail information solutions provider Changyi Technologies has set up a strategic partnership with the retail solutions provider Retalix, to provide more advanced information technology to Chinese retail enterprises. The two parties have announced that over the next year, they will be working together to promote Retalix' chain management software products, including Retalix StoreLine, Retalix [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ikea To Open Second Beijing Outlet In Daxing</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/07/03/2788-ikea-to-open-second-beijing-outlet-in-daxing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/07/03/2788-ikea-to-open-second-beijing-outlet-in-daxing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sweden-headquartered furniture retailer Ikea has confirmed that it will open its second outlet in Beijing in Xihongmen, Daxing district. It is expected that the new Xihongmen Ikea project will cover a total construction area of 150,000 square meters, including business buildings, offices, and subsidiary facilities. The project is reportedly going to start construction in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ikea To Close Three Trade Offices In China</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/05/25/2682-ikea-to-close-three-trade-offices-in-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/05/25/2682-ikea-to-close-three-trade-offices-in-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 19:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swedish furniture retail giant Ikea has announced that it will close its trade offices in Chengdu, Wuhan, and Xiamen and employees in these three offices will be dismissed. Ikea told local media that this decision is the company's efforts to integrate its purchasing businesses in China. In the future, its trade offices in Shanghai, Qingdao, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hong Kong&#039;s Mannings Enters Beijing Marketplace</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/02/25/2324-hong-kongs-mannings-enters-beijing-marketplace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/02/25/2324-hong-kongs-mannings-enters-beijing-marketplace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong-based health and beauty products retail chain Mannings has made a low-key entry into the Beijing market. Currently, the brand, which is one of the two major players in Hong Kong (Watsons is the other) has four outlets in the Chinese capital. These are located in Joy City, Gemdale Plaza, Jusco, and Beijing South [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ikea To Open Second Store In Shanghai In 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/02/12/2256-ikea-to-open-second-store-in-shanghai-in-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/02/12/2256-ikea-to-open-second-store-in-shanghai-in-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although affected by the global financial crisis, the home supplies retailer Ikea does not seem to intend to slow its expansion in China and the company's vice president for Ikea China, Gillian Drakeford, revealed that Ikea's second store in Shanghai would be opened in Pudong in 2010, incerasing the total number of Ikea stores in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kingfisher&#039;s Retail Financial Results Plummet In China</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2008/11/28/1895-kingfishers-retail-financial-results-plummet-in-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2008/11/28/1895-kingfishers-retail-financial-results-plummet-in-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All fingers are pointing at China for bringing big financial losses to Kingfisher plc, one of Europe and Asia's largest home improvement retail groups. The company, which manages brands such as home improvement chain B&#038;Q, announced its global third quarter trading update for the 13 weeks ended November 1, 2008. Group retail sales of GBP2.6 [...]]]></description>
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