Amazon.cn, the Chinese branch of the American Internet retailer, has adjusted its delivery standards and will now charge a CNY5 delivery fee for any order under CNY29, instead of the previous free-of-charge delivery policy.
Chinese sportswear retailer Lining announced its performance expectations for 2011, stating that its revenue may decrease by as much as 7% compared with 2010 due to slow order increases and inventory problems of some distributors.
Lu Jianjun, vice president of the Chinese dairy company Mengniu, told local media that though the price of raw milk continues to grow, the company's gross margin will also increase year over year.
Chinese supermarket retail chain operator Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Company Limited announced plans to invest over CNY800 million to build a large modern logistics system in Jiading, Shanghai.
Consumers and companies buying products from retailers via AliExpress in China are soon to lose an important Internet payment channel.
Paul-Henri Ferrand, president for the Asia Pacific and Japan regions of Dell, revealed that Dell China's revenue increased by 22% during the first quarter of 2012 fiscal year.
In cooperation with Dalian Hongjia, an animal husbandry company that focuses on the production of eggs, Walmart has recently set up its 29th direct procurement base for agricultural products in China.
IBM and China's eFuture Information Technology announced the launch of a Software-as-a-Service solution for the retail distribution industry in China.
The multinational coffee retailer Starbucks is looking at sourcing coffee beans from China's Yunnan Province and the company is reportedly planning to build a coffee raw material purchase base in China.
Retail giant Wal-Mart has announced plans to adopt radio frequency identification for products supplied by its Chinese suppliers from January 2009.