According to reports in Japanese local media, Haier Group will acquire Sanyo's white goods business from Panasonic.

According to reports in local media, Wal-Mart has suspended the merger of Trust-Mart stores in China.

Rt-Mart, the supermarket retail investment of Ruentex Group, has announced plans to merge with the French retail group Auchan and the two may launch an IPO in Hong Kong in 2010.

Lianhua Supermarket has reported that its board of directors has approved the acquisition of Hualian Supermarket for CNY492 million.

China Resources Vanguard has announced that it has formally acquired the Wuxi-based supermarket chain Yong'an.

Beijing Hualian Department Store Company has published a report which says that the company will issue CNY830 million in additional shares to its shareholder Beijing Hualian Group Investment Holding Company to acquire the group's five commercial real estate projects in Beijing and Jiangsu.