The international apparel retailer Hennes & Mauritz has announced that the company plans to open 225 new specialty stores around the world in 2009, and its first specialty store will be opened in Beijing this spring.

The Hong Kong cosmetics retailer Sa Sa has opened a new Beijing concept store — the group's first concept store on Chinese mainland. The new Sa Sa store is located in the Beijing Yintai Centre in the central business district of Beijing. Neighboring the Guo Mao metro station, the new 200-square-meter store is the group's [...]

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.

According to statistics released from the 2008 Retailers Assembly held in Shanghai, over the past 30 years, the total retail sales of social consumer goods in Shanghai increased from CNY5.41 billion to CNY384.7 billion, an increase of about 70 times.