September 12, 2008 – China Daily
China's retail sales up 23.2% in August
Domestic retail sales kept the growing momentum in previous months and registered an increase of 23.2 percent in August
September 12, 2008 – China View
SMEs to get benefit package soon
The Ministry of Finance will "soon" draft special rules requiring local governments to buy more products from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
September 11, 2008 – The Wall Street Journal
Morgan Stanley Plans Broader Push Into China
Morgan Stanley will continue to broaden its business in China despite a slowdown in the market.
September 09, 2008 – Reuters
Hermes plans 3-4 new stores per year in China
Paris-based luxury group Hermes plans to open three to four stores in China each year over the next three years, tapping the country's growing ranks of affluent consumers.
September 5, 2008 – AFP
China tightens corporate foreign currency controls
China has tightened controls on how foreign companies spend the foreign currency that they bring into the country, in the latest effort to curb speculative inflows.
September 4, 2008 – The Economic Observer
Coca-Cola's Biggest Buy in China Needs Antitrust Approval
The world's largest beverage maker Coca-cola Company has offered 2.4 billion dollars to buy over China's biggest fruit juice producer, Huiyuan Juice Group Limited.
September 2, 2008 – China Daily
Logistics boost for Chengdu
The first phase of China's biggest logistics center will go into operation next month in Chengdu. Transfer Logistics is building the 1.5 billion yuan ($219.68 million) center to provide integrated services for road transport companies.
August 29, 2008 –China Retail News
SPAR To Establish Logistics Center In Dongguan
Spar International plans to cooperate with Jiarong Supermarket Co., Ltd., a local retail giant in Dongguan, to build a logistics center in Hongmei Town, Dongguan, Guangdong Province to supply goods for the retail industry across Guangzhou.
July 21, 2008 –China Retail News
Shanghai Tops Survey Of Online Shopping
The total volume of online shopping in 19 big cities in China reached CNY16.2 billion in the first half of 2008.
July 17, 2008 – The Economic Observer
China Maintains Double-Digit Growth, Albeit Slower
China has retained double-digit growth for the first half of this year, albeit at a slower rate, in the face of world economic fluctuations and domestic natural disasters.
July 14, 2008 – China Retail News
Retail Sales Of China's Top 100 Chain Stores Exceed CNY1 Trillion
Retail sales of China's top 100 chain stores exceed CNY1 trillion in 2007.
June 6, 2008 – China Daily
Retailers in China are now fighting...
Retailers in China are now fighting a battle for the "green" high ground in a bid to turn fashion-conscious customers into eco-aware shoppers.
June 16, 2008 – China Daily
China's major enterprises grew 16.0 percent
The industrial output of China's major enterprises grew 16.0 percent year-on-year in May, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday.
May 09, 2008 – China Retail News
Yum! Plans To Open 425 Restaurants, Chinese Breakfast Services
Yum!, the owner of KFC and Pizza Hut, is planning its expansion in China, and the group plans to open 425 new chain restaurants in China in 2008 and China is expected to become its largest profit source in the coming ten years.
May 06, 2008 – Xin Hua
Most of world's top companies invest in China
Almost 480 of the Fortune 500 companies have invested in China during the past 30 years
March 17, 2008 – DNR
American Apparel Expands To China
American Apparel Inc.'s rapid retail rollout will soon count China as among its international conquests.
March 05, 2008 – China View
China targets 8% GDP growth in 2008
China has geared down its economic growth to eight percent this year after five consecutive years of double-digit GDP growth.
November 10, 2008 – The Star
Ford sales boom in China
Ford's vehicle sales in China rose 30 per cent last year, with overall sales boosted by the popularity of its Focus model
December 19, 2007 – Economist
Recalculating China's GDP
AMERICANS may well be delighted by new figures that show China's GDP is 40% smaller than previously thought. Has the devious Beijing government been massaging the numbers, as communist planners are wont to do? Hardly.
November 04, 2007 – DNR
Wal-Mart quadruples size of distribution center in Northern China
An expanded distribution center for Wal-Mart in north China's Tianjin has been completed to meet the growing demand of the world's leading retailer's business in the Chinese market.
May 21, 2007 – China Daily
Top luxury brands target smaller Chinese cities
The rapidly growing purchasing power and appetite for high-end products in small cities have drawn the attention of top international luxury lines, which are increasingly gravitating to second-tier cities.
January 15, 2007 –China Supply Chain Council
Best Buy and Toys 'R Us Enter China - What to Expect?
Due to liberalized regulations stemming from China' ascension to the WTO, retailers have been flocking to China in the last year to try to grab a share of the increasing money that China' emerging middle class is spending on consumer goods like Sony (SNE) cameras or Nike (NKE) athletic garb.

 

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