Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Hong Kong, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Honolulu Coffee Shop, known in Hong Kong for its egg tarts with flaky pastry, will open a 50-seat restaurant in Singapore in April. At The CentrePoint in Orchard Rd, the restaurant will go head to head with Hong Kong’s Tai Cheong Bakery, which is known for…
Yahoo Hong Kong announced in January the official opening of the Yahoo Store, its key project for e-commerce in 2016. Within the year, the tech firm said it expects to feature 500 stores offering as many as 100,000 products. As it is today, Hong Kong’s online…
Malaysian restaurant chain group PappaRich has opened its first Hong Kong outlet, marking a strategic move in its Asian expansion by leveraging the city’s status as a ‘food paradise’ in the region. The PappaRich restaurant at the L-Square in Causeway Bay…
As a first step toward growing its international presence, Indian fashion brand Wildcraft has launched into the Middle East and Southeast Asia. It has formed partnerships for its foray into the UAE, Oman and Muscat markets, and online partnerships for Hong…
There was much ado in literary circles about British book retailer Foyles’ 2011 decision to fend off the digital media onslaught by investing in an “experience” bookstore. As in an actual, bricks and mortar shop. “You can sit at home and buy a book, and have…
The Hong Kong government just settled its 2016-17 budget — which includes an allocation for the fashion industry of 500 million Hong Kong dollars (or about $64.35 million at current exchange rates). Financial secretary John C. Tsang told us that the funds…
Chinese New Year sales for the Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group took a dive in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. Unaudited figures for the period, from January 25 to February 14, show the value of retail sales dropped 30 per cent in China and 23 per cent in…
Hong Kong start-up PopUp Angels is offering a short-term alternative to retailers and landlords with pop-up store rentals as shop vacancies across the city continue to rise. Launched in November in Hong Kong, the PopUp Angels portal lets retailers, or food…
The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) said on Jan. 19 that the number of visitors to the city fell 2.5 percent last year over 2014 to 59.31 million, among whom 45.84 million were from the Chinese mainland, down 3 percent. The number of overnight mainland…
Prada Asia is the Italian luxury label’s achilles heel with the company reporting a 16 per cent decrease in sales in the region in the year to January 31. “The economic situation of the Chinese market remains negative although there was some improvement in…
SmarTone has launched a new online store for customers looking to buy smartphones and accessories. The store at shop.smartone.com will provide customers with a range of online exclusive offers, including a 12-month screen replacement warranty for smartphones…
Dipping into the streetwear mecca of Hong Kong, you’ll now find the all-new Jordan Brand store, set amongst the busy streets of the city’s Central District. Located on Wellington Street, Jordan 8 Wellington is currently Asia’s largest Jordan-only store in…
Hong Kong is forecast to post a healthy fiscal surplus in its annual budget on Wednesday, with a series of one-off sweeteners expected to help businesses hurt by a slowdown in China, including the hard-hit retail and tourism sectors. Hong Kong’s longstanding…
Hong Kong’s top jewellery firm Chow Tai Fook and cosmetics retailer Sa Sa saw sales declines of at least 20 percent during the key Lunar New Year shopping season, as China’s slowing economy weighed on consumer spending. Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd, Hong…
Hong Kong-based online clothing retailer Grana has secured an extra US$3.5 million in seed funding. This brings total funding to date to $6 million, with an additional Series A funding pending. The lead investor is Golden Gate Ventures, with MindWorks…
Apple was granted four design patents yesterday in Hong Kong China covering the Apple Watch Sport’s retail packaging & a connector with an on-off switch at the top as noted in our cover graphic. Unlike “patent applications,” design patents published by the…
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