According to Chinese online shopping platform Taobao.com, the company is currently deploying offline retail kiosks and payment points across China to complement the over 4,000 locations it has already opened in Beijing in such supermarkets and convenience stores as Vanguard, Lianhua and Hi-24.

Guangdong Administration for Industry and Commerce has published its third quarter monitoring report on Guangzhou's food quality, which shows that 20% food products sold in major supermarkets, including Trust-Mart, are substandard.

Pringles chips, a snack product manufactured by Proctor and Gamble, have been found containing potassium bromate for the third time and some supermarkets in Guangzhou and Foshan have withdrawn the substandard chips.

Vanguard has wholly acquired Xi'an Aijia Commerce Co., Ltd. and has completed the change in ownership and business registration.

Guangdong Administration for Industry and Commerce has released a spot-check report, which says that garments sold in some commercial outlets, including Jusco, Wal-Mart, and Vanguard were found to be substandard.