date:Dec 23, 2013
foreign-owned supermarkets, it focuses on selling wholesale goods to retailers.
Central to this is a joined-up logistics network. He said that unlike its competitors, Walmart supplied most of its stores through a chain of 14 distribution centres, each responsible for keeping shelves stocked and screening products for deficiencies such as food-related health hazards.
Total logistics costs on the mainland topped 9.4 trillion yuan (HK$12 trillion) last year, equivalent to 18 per cent of gross dom