Tencent to pick up stake in supermart chain for $638m in rare retail foray

Tencent to pick up stake in supermart chain for $638m in rare retail foray

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

Tencent Holdings Ltd. will acquire a stake in Chinese supermarket chain Yonghui Superstores Co. for about 4.22 billion yuan ($638 million), a rare incursion into a physical retail arena coveted by rival Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

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