Nanjing Central Emporium (Group) Stocks recently signed an agreement with Lawson. With the agreement, Central Emporium was licensed to open company and franchise convenience stores in Anhui province under the Lawson brand. The two companies will share their resources, information, technologies and product development. The partnership will help generate deep insights on consumers and empower the traditional department store sector as well as attract more customers to shop at Lawson-branded stores.