Ikea boosts education donations to check poverty

Sweden's home-furnishing giant Ikea Group is to donate one euro ($1.07) to United Nations Children's Fund and Save the Children, from every soft toy or children's book sold from its 18 stores in China until Feb 11.

Wyeth adopts more cultured approach

Wyeth Nutrition, a unit of Swiss food giant Nestle SA, plans to add a more cultural feel to its brand marketing in China.

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New World wine, tastes so divine

Ready to get heady, China's growing middle class finds new ways to fill the glass

Retail sales to shrink, only to swell from 2017

Price cuts that kept China's wine market low in recent years will continue this year, and the retail market value will shrink, only to rebound from next year, according to an industry survey.

Taking a shine to the Kiwi grapes

China is now New Zealand's sixth-largest wine export market by value. Wine exports to China for the financial year to June 2015 exceeded NZ$27 million ($18 million), said Natalie Potts, marketing manager, Asia, for the New Zealand Winegrowers.

Top-level changes at SOEs

COFCO's Ning shifts from top food trader to drive Sinochem's international growth

Stocks eke out gains amid State-backed buying

Chinese mainland stocks rose in volatile trade as State-backed funds were said to intervene after a plunge on Monday wiped out $590 billion of market value.

SPD reveals good performance

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co Ltd became the first A-share listed company to release its preliminary earnings estimates with business performance higher than expectations, but the overall condition of Chinese commercial banks still remains far from favorable.

BNBM eyes growth from green efforts

The country's biggest plasterboard maker, which manufactures using waste materials, is calling for more compulsory use of green building products to reduce air pollution.

Reed Exhibitions plans digital push

Events organizer Reed Exhibitions said it is increasing its marketing spending in China and its use of digital development tools.

Youyou says next step is an offering

Chongqing-based Youyou Food Co, one of the country's largest distributors of pickled chicken feet, is planning an initial public offering which could make billionaires of its family owners.