Better Life Commercial Chain 2010: A Company Profile


June 1, 2010
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Better Life operates a chain of supermarkets, department stores (Better Life Mall), appliance chain stores (Better Life Appliance Mall) and discount malls (Meca) in Hunan and Jiangxi.

The retailer competes mainly with Carrefour, Wal-Mart, A-Best, Jiangxi Hongkelong Industrial and Hunan Friendship & Apollo Co., Ltd., which owns Shenzhen-listed department store operator Your-Mart.

Better Life’s first supermarket was opened in March 1995. At the end of 2009, Better Life had a network of 102 outlets in Hunan and Jiangxi.


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Access Asia’s Company Profile series of reports are meant to provide independent analysis on Chinese companies either in the news, or on the M&A radar. All company profiles contain contact details, company background and history, key activities in China, a SWOT analysis and key financial figures. We also include any key company events that have made the news, new product releases and branding activity.
1 Overview
1.1 Report Overview
1.2 Other Access Asia Reports of Possible Interest
1.3 China Retail Quarterly
2 Better Life Commercial Chain
2.1 Company Details
2.2 Company Background
Table 2.1 BETTER LIFE COMMERCIAL CHAIN SHARE CO., LTD.: NUMBER OF OUTLETS, 2005-2009
Table 2.2 BETTER LIFE COMMERCIAL CHAIN SHARE CO., LTD.: OUTLET DISTRIBUTION, 2007
Table 2.3 BETTER LIFE COMMERCIAL CHAIN SHARE CO., LTD.: REVENUE BY SEGMENT, 2005-2009*
Table 2.4 BETTER LIFE COMMERCIAL CHAIN SHARE CO., LTD.: INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO, 2005-2009*
3 Better Life’s Market
3.1 The Supermarket Retailing Industry
3.1.1 The Supermarket Retailing Industry: Total Retail Above Government Statistics Threshold
Table 3.1 TOTAL RETAIL INDUSTRY ABOVE THE GOVERNMENT STATISTICS THRESHOLD, 2003/2009
3.1.2 The Supermarket Retailing Industry: The Total Retail Industry
Table 3.2 THE TOTAL RETAIL INDUSTRY STRUCTURE, 2003/2009
3.1.3 The Supermarket Retailing Industry: Supermarket Significance Within the Total Retail Industry
Table 3.3 SUPERMARKET SIGNIFICANCE WITHIN THE TOTAL FOOD RETAIL INDUSTRY, 2003-2009
3.2 Supermarket Industry Sectors By Size
3.2.1 Supermarket Industry Sectors By Size: Size Definitions & Averages
Table 3.4 ESTIMATED AVERAGE SUPERMARKET OUTLET SALES, PROFITS, SIZE & STAFF (INCLUDING STORES BELOW THE GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL THRESHOLD) BY BROAD SIZE CLASS OF STORE, 2003/2009
3.2.2 Supermarket Industry Sectors By Size: Outlets
Table 3.5 ESTIMATED SUPERMARKET NUMBER OF OUTLETS (ABOVE THE GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL THRESHOLD) BY BROAD SIZE CLASS OF STORE, 2003/2009
3.2.3 Supermarket Industry Sectors By Size: Floorspace
Table 3.6 ESTIMATED SUPERMARKET AREA OF FLOORSPACE (ABOVE THE GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL THRESHOLD) BY BROAD SIZE CLASS OF STORE, 2003/2009
3.2.4 Supermarket Industry Sectors By Size: Sales
Table 3.7 ESTIMATED SUPERMARKET SALES REVENUE (ABOVE THE GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL THRESHOLD) BY BROAD SIZE CLASS OF STORE, 2003/2009
3.2.5 Supermarket Industry Sectors By Size: Profits
Table 3.8 ESTIMATED SUPERMARKET NET PROFITS (ABOVE THE GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL THRESHOLD) BY BROAD SIZE CLASS OF STORE, 2003/2009
3.2.6 Supermarket Industry Sectors By Size: Footfall & Basket Size
Table 3.9 AVERAGE SUPERMARKET CUSTOMER VISITS & BASKET VALUE (ABOVE THE GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL THRESHOLD) BY BROAD SIZE CLASS OF STORE, 2003/2009
3.3 Leading Supermarket Retailers
3.3.1 Leading Supermarket Retailers: Selected Listed Retailer Revenues
Table 3.10 SELECTED LISTED RETAILERS’ MAIN OPERATING REVENUES*, 2004-2009
3.3.2 Leading Supermarket Retailers: Selected Listed Retailer Supermarket Business Share of Revenue
Table 3.11 SELECTED LISTED RETAILERS’ SUPERMARKET/HYPERMARKET REVENUES & MARGINS, 2004-2009
4 Better Life’s Finances
4.1 Financial Results
Table 4.1 BETTER LIFE COMMERCIAL CHAIN SHARE CO., LTD.: FINANCIAL RESULTS, 2005-2009
Table 4.2 BETTER LIFE COMMERCIAL CHAIN SHARE CO., LTD.: BREAKDOWN OF FINANCIAL RESULTS, 2005-2009*

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