Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Hong Kong, updated continuously by our newsroom.
India is rising, not only as a new choice of relocating labour-intensive industries from China, but also as a retail market of good potential, says a research report by The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). In recent years, the sustained rise in…
Hong Kong International Airport is cutting back sharply on the number of bookshops for departing passengers and replacing all Page One stores with new outlets run by a mainland-based firm. The overhaul includes the replacement with high-end fashion stores of…
WeChat has launched its payment service WeChat Pay in Hong Kong, including the new Wallet in-app payment feature. Wallet allows WeChat users to connect their MasterCard or Visa credit cards with their accounts to allow them to pay for products and services…
Trendy stationery retailer Smiggle says it will open two more stores in Hong Kong in the next six months. Smiggle, owned by Australian-listed multi-brand retail group Premier Investments, also plans its first store in Malaysia before July 31 and expects to…
Small business technology services provider GoDaddy has expanded further into Asia, launching in 11 more markets including Hong Kong. The company has launched its suite of cloud-based products for SMEs across the region. With the launch GoDaddy services are…
Rackspace has launched a new private cloud service that delivers OpenStack private clouds as-a-service using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform. Rackspace Private Cloud powered by Red Hat expands the Rackspace OpenStack-as-a-Service product…
Tod’s Hong Kong is continuing to suffer from the luxury spending downturn – and may close some stores. Milan-based luxury goods brand Tod’s says while the Mainland China market “has stabilised” there has been “no improvement in Hong Kong”. The company was…
The Chow Tai Fook brand took almost 90 years to become a family empire spanning Hong Kong shopping centers, the world’s largest jewelry chain and casinos to give patriarch Cheng Yu-tung a $10 billion net worth. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s founder Jack Ma…
M&M’S have taken over a new dedicated 35sq m shop-in-shop concept at Hong Kong International Airport, which Mars International Travel Retail have launched jointly with DFS Group in Terminal 1 – close to Gate N28 on the central concourse. “Asia is one of the…
Most restaurant owners work impossible hours, and Patrick Chu is no different. But after three decades of 100-hour weeks in his native Hong Kong, running his traditional Chinese food restaurant in Saskatoon feels like a vacation. “I spent too much time on…
Tudor, Rolex’s sister brand, said the Hong Kong market may get worse as rich Chinese shop for luxury goods in markets with lower prices. Swiss watch exports to Hong Kong slid 25 percent in February, dropping for the 13th consecutive month, the Federation of…
Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham unveiled her second fashion store in Hong Kong on Friday (16 Mar 2016). The former Spice Girl launched the flagship store for her eponymous label in London in 2014, and she has now expanded her brand by opening…
ISA Fashion Boutique International Ltd., a seller of international luxury brands in Hong Kong, mainland China and Macau, has deployed an RFID-based inventory-management system provided by Hong Kong IT services company PCCW Solutions. The system enables the…
Beijing has reportedly asked Hong Kong officials to present a plan for boosting tourism from mainland China following a 3 percent decline last year amid growing anti-mainland sentiment in the territory. A plan for drawing tourists to Hong Kong could include…
Starbucks baristas from across Asia took part in the first Regional Barista Championships in Hong Kong. The contest, held before more than 600 spectators, drew 2000 entries from markets including China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan and Indonesia…
Celebrating its 11th edition this year, Eco Expo Asia, the preeminent trading platform for green businesses in Asia, will gather industry experts and leading-edge products and solutions at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong from 26 to 29 October 2016. The annual…
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