SINO SUPERMART SAYS SORRY FOR TAGGING FAT WOMEN 'TERRIBLE,' 'ROTTEN'

A supermarket chain in China has apologized for featuring a chart in one of its stores that used disparaging language to refer to women who wear larger-sized clothes as "rotten" and "terrible," Ben Westcoff reported for CNN Business.

A photo of the sign, which appeared in an RT-Mart store, went viral this week on Chinese social media, where posts about it on the Twitter-like platform Weibo racked up more than four million views.

The sign was labeled as a "suggested women's sizing chart," and laid out the different heights and weights associated with clothing sizes. Each size also included an adjective used to describe it: Small sizes were "skinny" and medium sizes were "beautiful," while large sizes were "rotten" or "terrible" and XXL sizes were "extremely terrible."

The sizing guide was intended for women between ages 18 and 35, according to the sign. CNN Business has not independently verified the photo and it isn't clear which store featured the controversial sizing chart. However, RT-Mart on Thursday "deeply" apologized for the incident in a statement posted to its Weibo account. "After the incident, RT-Mart thoroughly inspected all RT-Mart stores immediately," the company said. "After investigation, it was confirmed that such an incident occurred in one store, and the headquarters has quickly requested the store to remove all signs."