Chinese mainland electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has reportedly announced plans to withdraw from the Hong Kong retail market and all of its six stores in the marketplace will be closed by March 2013.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome's e-commerce website and the maternal and baby products website Qinqinbaby.com have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly operate a maternal and baby products channel.

Chinese classified information provider Ganji.com has inked a deal with Coo8.com, the professional home appliances e-commerce site for retailer Gome, to offer targeted advertising promotions to Gome.

Chinese consumer electronics retailer Gome has started accepting reservations for the Apple iPhone 5 at over 1,700 retail stores in China.

Chinese B2C e-commerce website Dangdang.com and Alibaba's B2C Internet shopping site Tmall.com have jointly announced that Dangdang.com has opened a flagship store on Tmall.com, selling books and daily commodities.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome announced that in response to the Chinese government's energy-saving appliances subsidy policy, the company will launch a CNY1 billion special fund to support the implementation of this policy.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has published its financial report for the first quarter of 2012, stating that its operating revenue decreased by 28.62% year-on-year to CNY9.762 billion during the reporting period.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has published its annual results for 2011, stating that sales in its listed company increased by 17.5% year-on-year to CNY59.821 billion, while its gross profit increased by 16% year-on-year to CNY10.859 billion.

Yao Danqian, senior vice president of Dangdang.com, told local media that the website has signed an exclusive agreement with the home appliances retailer Gome for large home appliances and Dangdang.com henceforth not sell large home appliances.

Friday the 13th did not play well for Apple today, as the company suspended the sale of its iPhone 4S smartphones in its Chinese retail outlets.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has published its unaudited performance results for first three quarters of 2011, stating that from January to September 2011, its total revenue increased by 18.01% year-over-year to CNY43.983 billion, while its net profit increased by 24.38% year-over-year to CNY1.791 billion.

Chinese home appliances and electronics retailer Gome has published its semi-annual results ended June 30, 2011, stating that its revenue from retail stores increased by 19.8% year-on-year to CNY29.8 billion; and its net profit increased by 30% year-on-year to CNY1.25 billion.

Chinese home appliances and electronics retailer Suning has announced plans to buy 179 million additional shares from Laox, Suning's subsidiary in Japan, at the price of JPY35 per share.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has published its unaudited results for the first quarter of 2011, and it is also the last quarterly report before Chen Xiao, former chairman of Gome, departed the company.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has signed a five-year strategic cooperation agreement with the Japanese home appliances brand Sanyo and the two parties will implement in-depth cooperation in various areas, including information sharing, product development, marketing, sales management, and after-sales services.