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Article: BRIEFING - ASIA RETAIL - MAY 13, 2008.
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- May 13, 2008
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An executive briefing on retail for May 13, 2008, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities.
CHINA'S RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER GOODS UP 22% IN APRIL
BEIJING - China's retail sales of consumer goods in April rose 22.0 per cent year on year to 814.2 billion yuan (about US$116 billion), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday.
That brings China's retail sales of consumer goods in the first four months of this year to 3.3697 trillion yuan, up 21.0 per cent, compared with 20.6 per cent growth rate recorded in the first ...