The Liaoning-based supermarket retailer Xinglong Happy Family has joined the Independent Grocers Alliance, the worldwide voluntary supermarket chain organization.

China Resources Vanguard, the supermarket subsidiary of China Resources (Holdings) Company, has confirmed that it has taken over Century Mart's Pangjiang store in Shenyang and Vanguard will re-develop it into a large retail supermarket.

New World Department Store China has announced plans to invest CNY100 million to implement an image renovation in its 33 stores across China over the next two years.

Liaoning Xinglong Happy Family Business Group has signed a cooperative agreement with Tieling Zhengda Real Estate Development Company to open a third Xinglong Happy Family chain supermarket in Tieling, Liaoning province.

According to a report in Britain's The Times, the British retailer Tesco will build its first shopping center in Fushun, Liaoning province, to expand its business in the Chinese market.

The British retail giant Tesco has announced that it will open its first outlet in Fushun, Liaoning, before the end of February 2009.