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MADRID vans old skool noir et blanche , Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid entertain FC Barcelonain the return leg of the Spanish Supercup late on Wednesday nightknowing that are very close to lifting their second trophy of thenew season and taking an important psychological win over theirmain rivals for the Liga Santander title just days before theopening round of games in the Spanish league.
Real Madrid's 3-1 win over Barca in the Camp Nou on Sunday nightmeans that in sporting terms Barca have to score at least threegoals to have a chance of lifting the Supercup, but in otheraspects it served to highlight the gulf between the two squads atthe moment.
While Real Madrid have built intelligently over the pastseasons, constructing a balanced squad with a base in youth, Barcahave allowed key players (Xavi, Dani Alves and Neymar) to leave,others to grow old (Iniesta, Mascherano and even Pique andBusquets) and have not done enough to renovate their squad.
It is of little surprise then that the mood of Madrid is one ofoptimism, while Barcelona fans are in a cloud of depression thatthe 40 million euro signing of Brazilian international on Mondaydid little to disperse. Indeed Tuesday's top trending topic on thesocial media website Twitter on Tuesday was a campaign to forceBarca President, Josep Maria Bartomeu to resign.
Real Madrid will be without Cristiano Ronaldo on Wednesdayfollowing the five-game ban he received for being sent off and thenpushing the referee on Sunday, but Ronaldo's absence will give achance to Marcos Asensio, who scored a brilliant third goal for hisside in the Camp Nou.
Zinedine Zidane will also being Luka Modric back aftersuspension while others such as Dani Ceballos, Marcos Llorente andTheo Hernandez could make their home debuts during the game.
Ernesto Valverde will also make some changes for Barca withNelson Semedo and Sergi Roberto likely to get their chance and itwill be interesting to see if Gerard Deulofeu gets another chanceto replace Neymar.
With the fans in the Bernabeu looking to rub salt into Barca'swounds, Valverde will want to see his side show some personality totry and go into the league season on a positive note. Enditem
BEIJING, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- This year's Singles' Day (Nov. 11) saw China's e-commerce industry set another stunning sales record - sending shivers through China's thousands of malls and department stores.
In Zhuangsheng Sogo, a high-end department store in central Beijing's Xicheng District, the promotion posters hang on the walls and windows. A few customers wander among the ground floor stands, outnumbered by the shop assistants, who chat or play with their smart phones. Floors two to four are closed for refurbishment.
This year has seen a growing number of conventional retailers retreat from market. As of June 30, nine major retailers, including Dalian Wanda, Parkson, and Marks & Spencer, shut down at least 25 stores in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other cities.
Commerce Ministry spokesman Shen Danyang said in a news briefing on Nov. 4 that retail stores face increasing pressure from the booming online shopping sector, with some stores closing or canceling their leases.
According to National Bureau of Statistics, total retail sales of consumer goods in first nine months of 2015 totaled 21.6 trillion yuan (about 3.4 trillion U.S. dollars), up 10.5 percent year on year. The value of online sales in the same period reached 2.6 trillion yuan, up 36.2 percent and accounting for 12 percent of total retail sales of consumer goods.
Starting as an excuse for the unattached to celebrate -- or poke fun at -- their status in the 1990s, Singles' Day has evolved into an online shopping frenzy for all, as e-vendors tap into the buying potential of bargain-savvy netizens. For e-commerce giant Alibaba alone, sales of domestic and overseas outlets have rocketed from 50 million yuan in 2009 to 57.1 billion yuan in 2014.
Nielsen's Global E-commerce and the New Retail Survey in April said several factors are at play. Rapid urbanization and high population density make the home delivery model economically viable, particularly when coupled with low labor costs. In addition, booming smartphone ownership and usage have created huge mobile commerce opportunities.
To cope with the challenge of online shopping, many department stores launched promotions one week before Singles' Day. Some offered big discounts; others welcomed customers to try on clothes and shoes even if they buy them online. Suning, one of biggest home appliance retailers in China, has joined the online promotions in partnership with Alibaba.
Analysts say online shopping has disrupted the conventional come-buy-go mode for goods such as home appliances, electronics and off-the-rack clothes. Shoppers no longer need to go to the store if an online service can deliver the goods to their home for the same or less cost.
In Zhuangsheng Sogo, floor six is the most crowded area, with bars, a food plaza and children's playground. Liu Hailing, a mother watching her boy playing, says her son likes coming here every night. Sometimes they buy toys and clothes for him. "We probably wouldn't come here if it weren't for this playground," Liu says.
In Xidan's Joy City, a large mall and entertainment complex just a kilometer from Zhuangsheng Sogo, crowds flow in and out. A long escalator in the entrance takes them direct to floor six -- the food plaza. Floors six to eight have dozens of restaurants, bars and snack stalls, while floors nine and ten have a video game center, a gym and a movie theater. Most people come here to eat first, then watch a movie, play games, or do some shopping on floors one to five on the way out.
The combination of food, entertainment and shopping is a big advantage over online shops, and is probably the future for China's conventional retailers.
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