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 CHINA/TAIWAN
FRANCHISE NEWS ARCHIVE
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: : Jul - Dec 2005
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TAIWAN - Chunghwa Telecom to offer WLAN services at McDonald’s.
Chunghwa Telecom on December 26 announced the launch of its WLAN services
at all of the 346 McDonald’s chain stores around Taiwan on January
1, 2006. .... [more]
27/12/05
KFC marches to a different drumstick in China. KFC's
China execs may not yet be able to report the annexation of Christmas
- but in their Christmas cards home to Yum! Group headquarters in
Louisville, Kentucky, they will be, despite a few discomforting moments,
reporting yet another profitable year. .... [more]
20/12/05
Record-breaking China Franchising Show Draws 24,000 China Entrepreneurs.
More than 24,000 mainland China entrepreneurs visited the Eighth Annual
Franchising China Conference & Exhibition - up 18 percent from
last year. .... [more]
16/12/05
Kodak digitizes stores. Eastman Kodak Co said yesterday
it will upgrade 80 percent of its more than 8,000 traditional photo
express franchises in China over the next three years to digital outlets.
.... [more]
15/12/05
McDonald's China chief bites into expansion plans. "French
fries will be on our menu forever," Jeffrey Schwartz, McDonald's
new China chief executive officer, said when he made his media debut
in Beijing last month. .... [more]
5/12/05
Ikea to double presence in China. Swedish retailer Ikea
is to expand in China, building a regional distribution centre and
doubling its outlets over the next 18 months. .... [more]
2/12/05
Beijing shop hopes for more convenience. The Beijing
Wangfujing Department Store Co Ltd (Group) wants to buy a 25 per cent
stake in Seven-Eleven Beijing Co Ltd, a Chinese joint venture with
Seven-Eleven Japan Co Ltd. .... [more]
23/11/05
Sunrider expands its franchise horizon. Sunrider, a
US-headquartered door-to-door sales company, said yesterday it will
open 5,000 more store across the country by the end of next year via
franchising. .... [more]
18/11/05
Dairy Queen to grow by adding 30 stores. Warren Buffett's
ice cream business, International Dairy Queen, said yesterday it will
expand in China by opening at least 30 new stores by the end of next
year. .... [more]
17/11/05
Franchise stores sprouting across China. When domestic
franchise enterprises began consciously to speed up their pace for
adjustment, international franchise giants are accelerating their
steps to enter China. .... [more]
15/11/05
McDonald's considers reforms for Chinese tastes. McDonald's
is considering the change of its mode of business in China to better
adapt to the diversity of Chinese tastes, according to a Chinese newspaper.
.... [more]
9/11/05
Explosive rise seen in franchise sales. Sales from franchised
businesses in China are expected to make up 30 percent of the country's
total retail sales in 2010, a whopping jump from less than 1 percent
currently, analysts said at a franchise show in Shanghai yesterday.
.... [more]
8/11/05
US-based franchising assn sees potential for strong growth in
China. There is great growth potential in China for new businesses
through the use of franchising, the chairman of the International
Franchise Association (IFA) said. .... [more]
31/10/05
Biggest-ever Franchising China Opened Today in Beijing.
Global Sources Ltd. eighth annual Franchising China Conference &
Exhibition opened today at the China World Trade Center in Beijing
and will run through until Nov. 1. .... [more]
31/10/05
The Eighth Annual Franchising China to be Biggest Ever.
Global Sources Ltd. confirmed that more than 100 leading franchise
companies are expected to participate in the eighth annual Franchising
China Conference & Exhibition. .... [more]
25/10/05
KFC opens 1,500th outlet on Chinese mainland. US-based
fast food giant KFC recently opened a new outlet here, bringing the
total number on the Chinese mainland to 1,500. .... [more]
23/10/05
21 Minute Convenience Fitness Expands to China. 21 Minute
Convenience Fitness, headquartered in California, USA, today announced
it has awarded a license agreement for Shanghai Province. .... [more]
17/10/05
McDonald's bowing to 'Supersize' critics. Calcium-enriched
berry yoghurt and bottled water will be introduced at McDonald's on
Saturday, a move the fast-food behemoth says will allow its customers
to make healthier choices. .... [more]
29/9/05
Papa John's eyes the big pie. Papa John's may be the
new kid on the block in China's pizza business, but it is moving swiftly
to grab a much bigger slice of a market now dominated by Pizza Hut.
.... [more]
20/9/05
Spur stakes China. Listed quick service franchise group
Spur Corporation is set to become South Africa's first food group
in China when it opens its first franchised Spur Steak Ranch in Shanghai
in two weeks' time. .... [more]
15/9/05
Beijing's first Coca-Cola merchandising store to open this month.
Beijing's first Coca-Cola merchandising store will open in the city's
Oriental Plaza at the end of September. .... [more]
14/9/05
Burger King begins franchise. Burger King has begun
recruiting franchisees on the Chinese mainland, Oriental Morning Post
reported Tuesday. .... [more]
13/9/05
Crust of the matter. Minor Group is determined to make
it big in the major leagues of casual dining, and Chinese pizza lovers
are in for a treat. .... [more]
12/9/05
IKEA revenue up, plans giant store in Beijing. IKEA,
the world's leading home furnishing retailer, yesterday said that
the current Madian store would make way for a giant outlet in northern
Beijing. .... [more]
6/9/05
Fox signs Chinese franchise deal with He Mian. Following
its announcement early this year that it was negotiating a franchise
to open a chain of stores in China under the Fox-Wizel brand name,
the company announced today that it had signed an agreement. ....
[more]
21/8/05
CJ Launches Eatery Franchise in China. South Korea's
biggest foodstuff maker, CJ Corp., is set to leap into the Chinese
franchise restaurant market. .... [more]
17/8/05
Smelling the coffee. Imagine sitting on a comfortable
sofa beside a large window at a coffee shop, sipping a steaming cup
of delicious Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee, enjoying the sunlight,
oblivious to the hustle and bustle outside. .... [more]
1/8/05
FITNESS fetish. After a 10-hour workday, Wang Yue doesn't
put her feet up in front of a TV - she prefers to spend one or two
hours in the gym, sweating and panting. .... [more]
18/7/05
Burger King picks Shanghai as entry point to mainland.
Burger King, one of the three biggest fast food restaurant chains
in the US, has picked Shanghai as its entry point to the mainland
market - 15 years after its rivals McDonald's and KFC. .... [more]
8/7/05
California Pizza Kitchen Debuts in Shanghai. California
Pizza Kitchen opened its first restaurant in Shanghai, China on July
5 at 109 Retail Plaza in the West Tower of Shanghai Center. .... [more]
5/7/05
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