Shanghai-based jewelry store operator Laofengxiang has published its annual financial report for 2009, and has posted a year on year growth in net profit of 85%.

The French male apparel brand AutaSon has opened a flagship store at the Maison Mode Changsha, marking the overall opening of all the stores on the first floor of the department store.

Chinese mobile phone chain store D. Phone has announced that the company is cooperating with Nokia and opening a Nokia specialty store in Beijing.

Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce has recently released a quality monitoring report on bedding products sold in Shanghai, which says that over 40% of these products were substandard.

Juicy Couture, the U.S. apparel brand, has opened its first independent specialty store in Shanghai in Grand Gateway.

Toys"R"Us, one of the largest American toy retailers, has opened a store at Huijin Plaza, Wuxi in Jiangsu Province.