Luckin surpasses Starbucks in China annual sales for first time


Women hold cups of coffee as they leave a Luckin Coffee store in Beijing, China. Reuters

SHANGHAI: Luckin Coffee Inc became China’s dominant coffee chain last year, outpacing the nation’s previous leader Starbucks Corp in annual sales for the first time.

The Xiamen-based company posted quarterly net revenue of 7.06 billion yuan (US$980mil), representing an increase of 91% from a year ago in a growing and increasingly competitive China market.

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