Jane Chen / Shanghai Daily news
Hong Kong-listed home appliance retailer Gome Holdings Limited will invest
HK$32 million (US$4.1 million) to add more stores on China's mainland, today's
The Beijing News reported, quoting the company's executive director Du
Juan.
Du was speaking yesterday at the presentation of Gome's first mid-term
financial report after going public.
According to the report, Gome earned a
profit of HK$246 million by the end of September, nearly a double that of the
previous half-year.
Despite the soaring profits, Gome doesn't plan to pay
cash dividends because it wants to use the cash to expand its 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 retai 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 to the
current 18 nationwide.
The investment for a traditional home appliance store
requires 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.