Jane Chen / Shanghai Daily news
Hong Kong-listed home appliance retailer Gome Holding Limited will invest
HK$32 million (US$4.1 million) to add more stores on China's mainland, today's
The Beijinng News reported, citing the company's executive director Du
Juan.
Du said so yesterday when published Gome's first mid-term financial
report after going public.
According to the report, Gome raked in a profit of
HK$246 million by the end of September, nearly a double of the previous
half-year.
Despite the soaring profit, Gome doesn't plan to give out cash
dividends because it wants more cash to expand business, Du said.
It will use
HK$32 million to open more stores in China's key cities and secondary
cities. By the end of this year, four new retailing stores of traditional
home appliances will be added to the existing 116 stores in the country, and 12
new digital product specialty stores will be added nationwide to the current
18.
Investment for a traditional home appliance store takes HK$1.2 million
while that for a digital product store costs between HK$400,000 and
HK$500,000.
Gome also aims to increase market share in the second fiscal year
from the 2.5 percent, Du added. Its parent company, Gome Group, hopes to expand
its market share to 15 percent from the current 5 percent.