# Chinese retail
Latest news and articles about Chinese retail
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From Retail Crown to Cash Crunch: Can Metersbonwe Stage a Comeback?
Metersbonwe, once a Chinese retail heavyweight, posted a worsening 2025 outlook and mounting quarterly losses despite founder Zhou Chengjian’s return and high-profile livestreaming. Repeated share sales by the controlling shareholder have provided temporary liquidity but highlight chronic cash‑flow and strategic failures; a meaningful recovery will require deep operational and brand reinvention.
Bestore’s Balance‑Sheet Blind Spot: How an Overleveraged Controlling Shareholder Deepens the Snack Chain’s Turnaround Challenge
Bestore disclosed that its controlling shareholder, Ningbo Hanyi, faces court execution over about RMB 280 million of overdue trust debt, putting a large block of pledged shares at risk. The company is also reporting a sizable 2025 loss after continued store closures and margin pressure, while prior plans to bring in strategic investors failed to materialize.
Yonghui’s Costly Copycat Gambit: Why Mimicking Pangdonglai Is Deepening Its Losses
Yonghui’s 2025 results reveal a RMB 2.14 billion loss and the fifth straight year of deficits after an aggressive refit programme modeled on Pangdonglai. Traffic gains from the refits have not translated into profit because Yonghui has replicated the superficial features of Pangdonglai without its deep labour, procurement and trust‑based economics, leaving the chain cash‑strained and dependent on a risky RMB 3.1 billion fundraising round.