Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook Inc, talks with Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, at the China Development Forum in Beijing on March 19. Feng Yongbin / China DailyAfrican bank to work with China Exim Bank Preferential Trade Area Bank is to work with China Export-Import Bank to financ...

Breastfeeding is bestMore than 30 mothers breast-feed their babies for one and a half minutes to promote World Breastfeeding Week in a shopping mall in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Saturday. World Breastfeeding Week begins on Aug 1 every year. Photo by Li Ziyun / for China Daily...

"Premium brands including Hermes, Chanel, Cartier and Louis Vuitton, which seldom appear on the shelves of discount outlets, have shown an interest in entering our malls," said Lin Zhuoyan, chairman of the board of directors of Outlets (China).Lin said top international luxury brands are attaching g...

Discount retailers tap rising middle-class buyers eyeing bargains, styleThe predilection of affluent Chinese consumers for luxury Western products has been well recorded, with branded shops sprouting up in all major cities.Discount retail outlets are now trying to cash in on the burgeoning business ...

Light Industry: Chain to boost warehousing (Shanghai Daily) Updated: 2006-06-27 14:46 China Paradise Electronics retail Ltd plans to more than double its inventory capacity within a year as it shifts focus from store expansion to cost management in its Shanghai home market. The country's third-large...