November 2006

Hong Kong Lamex Furnishings Company, one of the largest office furniture manufacturers in China, has announced plans to open its first mainland flagship store in Shanghai.

Starbucks has launched the Starbucks Teachers' Scholarship program with China's Soong Ching Ling Foundation and with the assistance from the Asia Foundation.

Electronics retailer Best Buy will formally unveil its first store in China in the latter half of December, and the new store will focus on selling computer and digital products.

Staff from Shanghai Hualian Supermarket Company's Beijing head office have told local media that the Shanghai-based supermarket will completely withdraw its supermarket business from Beijing due to losses.

The head office of Suguo Supermarket reports that Suguo will launch a new round of expansion in China, aiming to have 38 stores in total before 2007.

Starbucks Coffee has formally opened its first northwest China store in Xi'an, the capital city of Shaanxi Province, which marks a formal entry of the company into the region.

Nine security guards working at Dragon Sports Center in Hangzhou became nauseous after eating the fast food bought from a Trust Mart Huanglong store.

International hotel chain Days Inn has quietly entered Shanghai with its new hotel Days Inn Shanghai scheduled to open at the end of this year.

NCR Corporation announced that leading Chinese fast-food franchise brand, Dicos Fried Chicken, has signed an order for 500 NCR RealPOS 20 point-of-sale (POS) terminals. The new terminals are to be installed in stores nationwide in…

A new Morton's Steakhouse will be opening in Macau in the Macau Venetian Casino Resort, a new all-suites hotel, casino and convention center. The restaurant is projected to open as early as fall 2007.