December 2005

The Department of Market System Development, part of China's Ministry of Commerce, this week hosted "Retailing Business Order Seminar" in Beijing.

China Merchants Bank's subsidiary China Merchants Real Estate will open Shenzhen's first regional shopping mall in the first half of next year in Shekou.

Eastman Kodak Company says it will upgrade 80% of its more than 8,000 traditional photo express franchises in China over the next three years to digital outlets.

From July to September this year, CCFA was assigned by the Ministry of Commerce to conduct a survey on food safety in the China retailing industry. The finished survey contains responses from 1500 interviewees from…

The Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA plans a new distribution center in Shanghai and seven new stores in China in the next five years.

Jarrow Formulas, a nutrition industry company from California, has signed an agreement to be a major supplier of nutritional supplements to CareNet China, a Chinese health care company whose objective is to be the largest…

A new 645 square meter McDonald's Drive-Thru is located in heart of the central business district of Dongguan Guangdong Province. With over 50 parking spaces and many new features it represents the next generation of…

Building on the success of its business in Europe, Genevieve Lethu, one of France's best loved and most respected tableware brands, today announced the opening of its first store in Hong Kong.

Dangdang.com, the largest online book seller in China, has begun to expand toward offline retailing services and plans to get listed overseas in 2007.

The exterior signboards at about 800 UBC coffee outlets across the Chinese mainland may be pulled down as a result of a new ruling that the cafe operator must stop using the disputed logo.