Sun Art Retail Group Limited - TodayIR.com
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CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT<br />
Dear Shareholders,<br />
It gives me great pleasure to report to you the substantial progress made in 2012 by <strong>Sun</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Retail</strong> <strong>Group</strong><br />
<strong>Limited</strong>, posting again solid results in the second year after our IPO.<br />
We have, during a year of slowing GDP growth, been able to continue to improve our profitability while<br />
opening 43 new stores, gaining market share in a context where investment in our industry has been rather<br />
subdued <strong>com</strong>pared to previous years.<br />
We believe our continuous emphasis on customer needs, which are changing by the day, and investment in<br />
employee training, explains this performance and will continue to help us to ensure a high level of customer<br />
satisfaction, translating into sustained levels of turnover, margins and profit for the Company.<br />
In 2013, our Board, beyond monitoring financials, integrating principal risks and ensuring <strong>com</strong>pliance, will<br />
provide further strategic guidance to our management team to continue to grow at a sustained rate, and<br />
face multi-faceted <strong>com</strong>petitive challenges in China’s retail market.<br />
Cheng Chuan-Tai<br />
Chairman of the Board<br />
15 March 2013<br />
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<strong>Sun</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Retail</strong> <strong>Group</strong> <strong>Limited</strong><br />
Annual Report 2012