21 Jan 2013

Electrical appliance retailer Gome is closing its six shops in Hong Kong, throwing some 100 people out of work - starting in just 11 days on February 1.

The company announced over the...

4:59AM
7 Jan 2013

Every day around 2pm, the first floor of Chungking Mansions is covered with boxes ready to be picked up for airfreight. Most are heading to Africa. They are filled with the latest models of mobile...

4:31AM
7 Jul 2011

A group of tyre wholesalers believe they have been swindled out of more than HK$10 million by a dealer who shut up shop and disappeared at the weekend.

2:08PM
17 Jan 2003

Foreign companies will soon be allowed to participate in China's lucrative publication distribution business.

6:24AM
4 Mar 1998

Major chicken importer Guangnan Hong may bypass wholesalers and distribute birds directly to retailers unless wholesalers stop over-charging, it says.


The company is also discussing...

1:02AM
1 Feb 1998

A FRESH row over handling of mainland chickens erupted yesterday with the resumption of imports due to begin in six days.

9:33PM

New measures to ensure only clean, healthy chickens can be sold at markets could flop because of a row over using costly plastic coops.


Defiant wholesalers have vowed to ignore...

9:03PM

US wholesale inventory growth of 0.5 per cent topped forecasts for June as worker productivity rose three per cent.


The rise reflected a build-up of durables including cars and...

9:37AM

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