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	<title>ChinaRetailNews.com &#187; procurement</title>
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		<title>Amazon.cn Stops Free Delivery Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2012/02/09/5386-amazon-cn-stops-free-delivery-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon.cn, the Chinese branch of the American Internet retailer, has adjusted its delivery standards and will now charge a CNY5 delivery fee for any order under CNY29, instead of the previous free-of-charge delivery policy. Amazon is the latest Internet B2C retailer to give up the free delivery policy in China, following 360buy.com and Newegg.com.cn. Amazon.cn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lianhua Supermarket to Build Large Logistics Base In Shanghai</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2011/12/22/5319-lianhua-supermarket-to-build-large-logistics-base-in-shanghai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Supermarkets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hua Guoping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jiading]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese supermarket retail chain operator Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Company Limited announced plans to invest over CNY800 million to build a large modern logistics system in Jiading, Shanghai. With a storage area of over 200,000 square meters, the new base will integrate functions like product procurement, storage, sorting, cargo handling, processing, distribution, information processing, and financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walmart To Soon Open First Sam&#039;s Club In Shanghai</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/11/11/3953-walmart-to-soon-open-first-sams-club-in-shanghai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supermarkets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rob Cissell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Rob Cissell, chief operating officer for Walmart China, the company plans to open its first Sam's Club in Shanghai by the end of 2010. With a total investment of USD46 million, the new Sam's Club in Shanghai will be Walmart's largest-invested individual store on the Chinese mainland. The store will have an independent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walmart Signs Forest MOU In China</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/10/29/3884-walmart-signs-forest-mou-in-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/10/29/3884-walmart-signs-forest-mou-in-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Beverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supermarkets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[certification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China CSR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate social responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leslie Dach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[license]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procurement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walmart (China) Investment Company and Walmart Global Procurement office have announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding on environmentally sustainable development cooperation with Zhonglin Tianhe (Beijing) Forest Certification Center of State Forestry Administration Of China, to jointly promote global environmentally sustainable development activities and practices, including forest certification. Under the MOU, the related [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walmart Sets Up 29th Agricultural Products Direct Procurement Base In China</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/05/28/3628-walmart-sets-up-29th-agricultural-products-direct-procurement-base-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 23:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Supermarkets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dalian]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[egg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In cooperation with Dalian Hongjia, an animal husbandry company that focuses on the production of eggs, Walmart has recently set up its 29th direct procurement base for agricultural products in China. Huang Zhiping, senior procurement director for Walmart China, told local media that this is Walmart's fourth direct procurement base in Dalian, following those for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ikea To Close Three Trade Offices In China</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/05/25/2682-ikea-to-close-three-trade-offices-in-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/05/25/2682-ikea-to-close-three-trade-offices-in-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 19:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Furnishings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chengdu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[job cuts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swedish furniture retail giant Ikea has announced that it will close its trade offices in Chengdu, Wuhan, and Xiamen and employees in these three offices will be dismissed. Ikea told local media that this decision is the company's efforts to integrate its purchasing businesses in China. In the future, its trade offices in Shanghai, Qingdao, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wal-Mart Sets Up Vegetable Procurement Depot In Guizhou</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2008/09/23/1513-wal-mart-sets-up-vegetable-procurement-depot-in-guizhou/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2008/09/23/1513-wal-mart-sets-up-vegetable-procurement-depot-in-guizhou/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Supermarkets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green vegetables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guiyang Qingzhen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart has set up its first vegetable direct procurement depot in the Guiyang Qingzhen Green Vegetable depot, Guizhou Province. Lin Jinghua, vice president for the procurement department of the Wal-Mart (China) Investment Company, said that the vegetable direct procurement depot helped to realize direct supply chain between agricultural products and supermarkets, which reduced intermediate steps, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Buy Finally Opens Second Flagship Store In China</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2008/08/25/1399-best-buy-finally-opens-second-flagship-store-in-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2008/08/25/1399-best-buy-finally-opens-second-flagship-store-in-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[flagship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lujiazui]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ministry of Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new store]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After much preparation, American electronics retailer Best Buy will open its second flagship store in China on August 26, 2008 in Shanghai's Zhongshan Park area. At the end of 2006, Best Buy opened its first flagship store in China in Shanghai's bustling Xujiahui area. However, the development of Best Buy in China was temporarily suspended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jindian.com.cn Launched To Assist Suppliers Reach Retailers</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2008/04/24/1143-jindiancomcn-launched-to-assist-suppliers-reach-retailers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2008/04/24/1143-jindiancomcn-launched-to-assist-suppliers-reach-retailers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China-based eFuture is working with Beijing Wangku Hutong Information Technology Company to launch Jindian.com.cn, a B2B platform for small to medium-size suppliers and retailers. "In Mandarin Chinese, 'Jindian' literally means 'enter the store,' which is exactly our goal," said Adam Yan, eFuture's chairman and chief executive officer. "Over 80 percent of local suppliers do business [...]]]></description>
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