Electronics and home appliances retailer Suning and the home appliances maker Midea have reportedly signed a three-year strategic cooperating agreement, and the two parties will implement binding development over the next three years.

Apple suspended the sale of its iPhone 4S smartphones in its Chinese retail outlets.

China Unicom, the exclusive operator partner for Apple's iPhone smartphones in China, has announced the contracted prices for iPhone 4S, starting at CNY5,880.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Suning has announced plans to open its first Laox store on the Chinese mainland in Nanjing, Jiangsu, in December 2011.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Suning has released its performance report for the third quarter of 2011, stating that from January to September 2011, the company's e-commerce business grew rapidly and realized sales of CNY4.079 billion.

According to Ding Hui, managing director for Inter Ikea Centre Group, the group has decided three shopping center projects in China with total investments of CNY10 billion, and it will further increase its investment in the marketplace by building its fourth project in Shanghai with CNY5 billion.