The Guangdong-based department store retailer Jusco, a subsidiary of the Japanese retail giant Aeon, has accelerated its expansion in the Chinese market with a new project in Popark, Guangzhou.

The international fast food giant McDonald's has announced that following a one year trial in Shanghai, it will launch its 24-hour delivery service in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen.

According to the Hong Kong-listed Chinese hotpot restaurant chain Little Sheep, the American restaurant group Yum plans to invest HKD493 million to acquire a 19.99% stake in Little Sheep.

Century Mart has announced plans to open a 25,000 square meter hypermarket in Jiangdong District, Ningbo.

Four retail outlets in Beijing were listed in January as being over-heated and have been asked to turn their thermostats down.

American ice cream company Baskin-Robbins is slowly cornering a small sweet piece of business in China with its first store openings in Shanghai.