With the opening of additional six stores, Chinese supermarket operator Yonghui Superstores' retail outlets had reached 204 by the end of 2011.

Having entered the Chinese mainland market for over ten years, the Hong Kong skin care and health retail chain Watsons announced that the number of its stores in mainland China has reached 1,000, and it expects to have 3,000 stores in the marketplace by 2016.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Suning has announced plans to open its first Laox store on the Chinese mainland in Nanjing, Jiangsu, in December 2011.

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.

Chinese department store operator Rainbow has announced its performance results for the third quarter of 2011, stating that its operating revenue increased by 25.5% year-on-year to CNY2.877 billion and its net profit increased by 13.9% year-on-year to CNY113 million.

Jiangsu-based supermarket operator Suguo has announced its sales report for the first quarter of 2011, stating that its overall sales reached over CNY11 billion, a year-on-year increase of over 20%.