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- Hefei Department Store Group Co., Ltd. (000417.SZ) operates as a leading retail and agricultural products trading group in China, primarily engaged in department store retailing, supermarket chains, home appliance sales, e-commerce platforms, and agricultural wholesale markets. The company offers department store shopping centers, supermarkets under the Jiafu brand, electrical appliances stores, chain retail outlets, cross-border direct sales centers under the Tesco name, standardized vegetable markets, and agricultural product wholesale facilities; it also provides small loan services, airport entry port operations, online-offline integrated retail solutions, and domestic-foreign trade combined industrial systems. Founded in 1959 and headquartered at No. 596 Huangshan Road, Shushan District, Hefei, Anhui Province, China, the company maintains operations across Anhui Province and beyond, including subsidiaries like Hefei Gulou Shopping Center, Baida CBD, Hefei Commercial Building, Tongling Hebai Commercial Building, Bengbu Department Stores, and others, serving consumer retail and B2B agricultural markets.
In recent developments, the company established Hefei Hejiaxing Supply Chain Technology Co., Ltd. in late 2024 to enhance supply chain capabilities, focusing on agricultural products logistics with significant growth in trading volume and partnerships with over 80 suppliers. In June 2025, it signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group to expand agricultural market operations, including management of the Hefei Zhouguodui Daxing market and deeper collaboration in wholesale and distribution. Additionally, in 2025, the company invested RMB 180 million in Hefei City's Guolian industry fund to broaden its industrial investment layout, aligning with local "chip-screen-automobile-fusion" initiatives. These moves support ongoing expansions in supply chain integration, cross-regional sourcing in the Yangtze River Delta, and new ventures like Arfu cafeterias and cold-chain logistics, amid robust first-quarter 2025 performance in logistics trading.