According to Lakala Shanghai, from now on, consumers can go to over 5,000 Lakala payment sites in convenience stores, supermarkets, and drugstores in Shanghai to print various coupons free of charge.

Chinese beverage manufacturer Nongfu Spring has disclosed to the local media that it is likely to suffer a loss of CNY1 billion as a result of reports of arsenic in certain of its soft drinks.

According to reports in local media, Wal-Mart has suspended the merger of Trust-Mart stores in China.

Trust-Mart has recently opened its second store in Mianyang, Sichuan Province — the first new large-scale supermarket to be opened in Sichuan Province following the May 12 earthquake.

Starting May 2008, the Hangzhou Price Bureau will collect price information of major commodity products from 19 influential retailers in the city, make comparisons and publish the results weekly. This is reportedly an innovation in China.

After taking the position of COO of Trust-Mart for a year, Meng Yongming will formally resign on April 30.