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		<title>Home Appliance Sales Continue Growth In 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2011/02/15/4179-home-appliance-sales-continue-growth-in-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anhui]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hebei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home appliance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to China's Ministry of Commerce, sales of home appliances in the country's rural areas in January 2011 passed 10 million units in a single month for the first time. There are 10.489 million units sold to rural areas with the value of CNY25.36 billion, up by 80% and 123% year-on-year, respectively. Sales of color [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank Aims To Provide Services In China&#039;s Rural Areas</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/12/24/4089-bank-aims-to-provide-services-in-chinas-rural-areas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking & Payment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alibaba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[B2B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[China's B2B e-commerce group Alibaba and Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank have reached a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement to jointly provide services to small- and medium-sized enterprises as well as farmers in rural areas in China. The services will cover many sectors, including credit financial services, joint-branded credit card, electronic payments, Internet marketing, and fund settlement. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Coffee Giant Inks Chinese Coffee Bean Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/11/15/3966-american-coffee-giant-inks-chinese-coffee-bean-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Beverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China CSR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate social responsibility]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[farmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MOU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pu'er]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Starbucks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[university]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S.-based Starbucks Coffee Company signed memorandum of understanding deals in China to assist local farmers to develop better sustainability practices. The agreements were made with Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science and People's Government of Pu'er City in Yunnan. The American coffee retailer agreed to collaborate with the two governmental organizations to help local farmers promote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herbalife&#039;s Chinese Manufacturing Facility Will Complement Retail Activities</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/10/17/3861-herbalifes-chinese-manufacturing-facility-will-complement-retail-activities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 04:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Changsha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[direct selling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[direct-sales]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hunan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Herbalife Ltd. held a ground-breaking ceremony in Changsha, Hunan, for its state-of-the-art extraction facility for botanical extracts, powders and pure compounds to be used in its inner and outer nutrition products. Herbalife's 80,000 sq. ft. facility in Changsha will be capable of processing approximately 8,000 metric tons of raw materials annually through extraction, purification and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fujian To Build 3,000 Rural Stores In 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/05/27/3626-fujian-to-build-3000-rural-stores-in-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 21:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Supermarkets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[subsidy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to reports in local media, Fujian province plans to build 3,000 rural retail stores in 2010, including 320 in Fuzhou and 666 in Zhangzhou. These rural stores are reportedly rural supermarkets and convenience stores. However, unlike general supermarkets and convenience stores, these rural stores will be responsible for purchasing agricultural products from local farmers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#039;s Retail Sales Up 15% In First Half Of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/07/27/2852-chinas-retail-sales-up-15-in-first-half-of-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/07/27/2852-chinas-retail-sales-up-15-in-first-half-of-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rural]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wholesale]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to figures released by China's National Bureau of Statistics, China's retail sales in the first half of 2009 reached about CNY5.871 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 15%. The bureau stated that the growth rate was 3.7 percentage points higher than the same period of last year. By region, the retail sales in China's urban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May Retail Sales In Beijing Reached CNY43.63 Billion</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/07/08/2807-may-retail-sales-in-beijing-reached-cny4363-billion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/07/08/2807-may-retail-sales-in-beijing-reached-cny4363-billion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to statistics jointly published by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics and the National Bureau of Statistics, Beijing's consumer market maintained a stable growth in May 2009 and realized retail sales of CNY43.63 billion, a year-on-year increase of 14.7%. By industry, Beijing's wholesale and retail industries realized sales of CNY39.44 billion, an increase of [...]]]></description>
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