摘要
Margins under crtmch and the brunt of constrained capital is the story of today's retailer, world over. Retail in China is also through such trying times. Retail sales growth averaged around 21% last year in the country, whereas, in the first five months of current year around 15% slow down in this growth was reported. Analysts are trying to locate how Chinese manufacturers, and their bosses who have grown up on the factory floor, will cope in the competitive retail world ahead.