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China's retail economy to remain robust

Photo by gelarian In the most recent issue of research firm Access Asia's weekly newsletter, there is a piece titled '5 Reasons Why Retail Consumption Will Hang in There in '09'. It is republished below with permission. Regular readers will know that... ...full story at Danwei

from Danwei on Tue, Dec 09 2008

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11 Jan 09 visit Video: Inside Apple's Beijing Retail Store  »  YouTube videoThis is a look inside Apple's retail store, in San Li Tun Village, Beijing, China.
23 Dec 08 visit Access Asia's best and worst books 2008  »  Danwei Last week's email newsletter from research firm Access Asia includes their annual guide to the best and worst of China books. It is republished below with their permission. The Best of 2008 The Age of Openness: China Before Mao by Frank Dikotter. A...
15 Feb 08 visit Total consumer goods retail sales increase to 9 trillion in 2007  »  People's Daily According to the Ministry of Commerce, China's consumption promotion within the consumer goods market in recent years has achieved remarkable results.    Consumption is one of the troikas that stimulate economic growth. In recent years ...
13 Jun 08 visit China's Retail Attractiveness  »  China Law Blog Mega consulting firm AT Kearney just came out with its 2008 Global Retail Development Index and China came out as the fourth most attractive country, behind India, Vietnam, and Russia. The report has all kinds of fascinating statistics, rankings and...
27 May 09 visit More Wariness on Chinese Retail Sales Data  »  China Journal In the latest salvo against upbeat official statistics, a government-affiliated think tank said that China's booming retail sales figures overstate actual domestic consumption, and argued that Beijing still needs to do more to boost consumer spending.
01 Feb 09 visit Chinese festive spending remains robust, retail sales up 13.8%  »  People's Daily China's spending enthusiasm over the Lunar New Year holiday seemed undimmed by the global financial crisis, figures from the Ministry of Commerce showed Saturday. Retail sales rose 13.8 percent to 290 billion yuan (42.4 billion U.S. dollars), from 255...

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