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Mainland China’s retail sales growth slowed sharply in July, statistics showed Friday, missing expectations in a disappointing sign for the world’s second-largest economy as the mainland China authorities look to consumer demand to push growth. Retail sales…
China’s accelerating slowdown has put shopping mall operators already struggling to fight off the inroads of e-commerce under the gun. But not all is doom and gloom as a wave of consolidation may allow some to thrive. “The supply of mall space in China is…
China’s retail sales grew 10.8 percent year on year to 2.49 trillion yuan (390.89 billion U.S. dollars) in August, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Sunday. The growth rate picked up slightly from 10.5 percent in July. A key reason for the…
