May 2006

A new joint venture Best Buy Five Star has been set up between global home appliance retailer Best Buy and China's Five Star Appliance.

Following an earlier report that it was selling salty dry fish carrying live maggots, Chinese customers now accuse Carrefour of selling bread.

Famous Inner Mongolia hot pot brand Little Sheep has opened its first restaurant in Taipei.

Wynn Resorts, a top hotel group from the U.S, formally announced its entry into the Chinese market with the first hotel Wynn Macau to be opened in early September this year.

France-based Auchan will send a delegation at the beginning of next month to Shaoxing in Zhejiang Province to investigate the market there before it opening a new store.

Statistics gathered by home appliance retailer Dazhong Electronics show that more customers are buying electronic appliances online because of the cheaper prices.

If Nanjing residents are worried that there is no place to buy decent home furnishings, they now have a savior.

Beijing McDonald's Corporation has signed a contract with Datong Civil Aviation Real Estate Development Company to open two McDonald's stores in Datong, Shanxi province.

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is now constructing a new store in Yanjiao, Hebei Province and the new store is expected to be opened at the beginning of August.

Electronic retailer Gome says it has invested RMB1 billion to buy air-conditioners to meet the increasing demand during the coming summer season.