According to data provided by Bureau of Statistics of Beijing, the revenue of star-grade hotels in the city decreased by 9.7% year-on-year in 2009.

Chongwen district in Beijing has announced that, following renovation, Qianmen street will re-open at 11:08 on September 28, 2009, and the 103 stores along the street will all be open for business.

Chinese sports products giant Li Ning has published its financial report for 2008, which states that due to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the company made total revenues of CNY6.69 billion in 2008, a year-on-year increase of 53.8%.

According to the statistics released by the Ministry of Commerce on October 27, 2008, in the first three quarters of 2008, the retail sales of China's dining and lodging industry increased by 24.8% to over CNY1.1 trillion.

Mzuno, a Japanese sports brand, has announced plans to reduce the number of its new stores that will be opened in China in 2008.

In terms of increased brand awareness Chinese sportswear retailer Li Ning was a clear Olympic winner — despite the UDS866 million invested in sponsorship by 12 global brands, including Adidas which is an official Olympic sponsor.