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What? Already 160 Carrefour stores in that city? The Paris-based supermarket giant was left in wide-eyed astonishment when it conducted market research in Fuyang city, East China's Anhui province. Carrefour SA has filed a lawsuit against Anhui Jiale Supermarket Chain Co Ltd and ...
Chinese drinkers are reluctant to buy Starbucks' new bottled coffee, which the company is planning to get into more supermarkets. The company's Chief Executive Howard Schultz was quoted by the Wall Street Journal Thursday as saying he's "aiming to leverage Starbucks' retail ...
After more than a decade entering China, Nike has promoted China its biggest market outside of the United States and is seeking to expand its product to lower-tier cities throughout the country, confirmed Charlie Denson, Nike brand manager, on Thursday. Denson was presenting with ...
Nasdaq-listed Home Inns & Hotels Management's second-quarter earnings rose 36 percent on the economic recovery and increasing domestic travel. The country's largest economy hotel chain reported revenue of 806.9 million yuan ($119.07 million), an increase of 25.7 percent year-on...
Top-quality light manufactured products and consumer goods have been on display at the China Brand Show 2010 held in Las Vegas since Sunday, as part of China's bid to further enhance the profiles of Chinese-made products and promote closer Sino-U.S. trade and economic relations. ...
Global express giant TNT Monday added a Boeing 747 freighter to boost its capabilities between China and Europe as it seeks to tap the robust expansion in customer demand in the first half of this year. The Netherlands-based company will offer six flights weekly between Shanghai ...
Half of luxury goods purchased by Chinese in 2009 were gifts, according to a survey by global consultant firm McKinsey & Company. "It was the most impressive event in my career as a tour guide," said a CITIC Travel guide of the 1,000-person tour group that visited the U.S. during ...
A 300-year-old vase fetched HK$252.6 million (US$32.5 million) in Hong Kong on Thursday, a world record auction price for Chinese porcelain. The yellow-ground famille-rose double-gourd vase, made during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), was among a selection of rare works from four ...
Wholesale prices of 18 types of vegetables in China's major cities rose 3.8 percent from the previous week during the week-long National holidays that started Oct. 1, the Ministry of Commerce announced Thursday. Supply of daily necessities was adequate and prices of vegetables ...
China's National Day holiday, from Oct. 1 to 7, reported 592.5 billion yuan (US$88.30 billion) in retail and catering sales, up 18.7 percent from the same period last year, said the Ministry of Commerce Thursday.
Book lovers throughout the city must surely be worried about the fate of Beijing's bookstores, which are not only facing fierce competition from online retailers, but the potentially crushing burden of expensive rents. "The bigger and closer the bookstore is to an expensive ...
Rising income in China has been fueling a spike in the number of people going to the movies in the past few years, and industry players are set to cash in on the boom. In the latest signal of growth in the Chinese market, CJ CGV, South Korea's largest multiplex cinema chain, is ...
Dynasty Fine Wines Group Ltd, partly owned by French liquor giant Remy Cointreau, plans to buy foreign vineyards to produce fine wines on the assumption that burgeoning demand in China will accelerate sales. In its planned first foreign acquisition, the Hong Kong-listed company ...
Jailed tycoon Huang Guangyu lost his battle to wrestle back control of Gome Electrical Appliances, China's second largest electronics retailer, in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening. Shareholders voted against replacing Huang's successor and former protege, Chen Xiao, and another top ...
Huang Guangyu, the jailed founder of China's largest appliance retailer GOME, issued a statement Tuesday night responding to the results of a special general meeting. "We are pleased that the General Mandate has been revoked as we believe that it could and would have been used ...
China's largest home appliance retailer GOME unveiled results of special shareholders' general meeting in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening, which showed that nearly 52 percent of shareholders voted against the motion to remove current GOME Chairman Chen Xiao. Secretary of GOME Board, ...
The power struggle in GOME, China's largest home appliance retailer, came to a climax at the company's special shareholders' general meeting held on Tuesday in Hong Kong. Shareholders attending the meeting, held in the Regal Hong Kong Hotel at Causeway Bay, the downtown area, ...
Deutsche Post DHL's express division is set to strengthen its market-leading position in China within the next five years as the country presents more opportunities for the logistics sector, said Ken Allen, chief executive officer of DHL Express. "Chinese mainland will continue ...
A spacious lobby decorated with classy paintings and a signature scent accompanied by soothing music will likely greet visitors and customers alike at the newly-refurbished Holiday Inn at Focus Square in Beijing's Wangjing area. The $1 billion global revamp of the hotel chain is ...
The country has called for enhanced safety of domestic dairy products, with a focus on regulating the production and marketing of melamine to avoid the chemical from entering the food industry. The selling and buying of melamine in the country should be on a real-name basis to ...
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China's reform leading group holds first meeting
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's leading group for overall reform ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
Xinhua Feature: World's political, business leaders gather in Davos for WEF
Xinhua Feature: World's political, business leaders gather in Davos for WEF
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The snow-covered Swiss town of ...
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
There’s been much talk of China at the World Economic Forum-and a ...
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Global economy is likely to gain ...
Super car club in commercial drive
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On the night of Nov 11, more than 150 super cars were driven into the ...
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
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China's 77 major steel companies reported an average profit margin of ...
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court has rejected a lawsuit ...
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Yao's gift of sport for all
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