Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Hong Kong, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Foodpanda Hong Kong has partnered with OpenRice Hong Kong, the city’s most comprehensive platform for sharing dining experiences through reviews and ratings. This cross-platform collaboration will allow Hong Kongers to order directly from Foodpanda’s…
With demand from Hong Kong, Brunei and Malaysia, Indonesian fashion brand Berrybenka is taking steps to beef up its eCommerce services. It will also be opening more pop-up stores outside Jakarta, its main stronghold, The Jakarta Postreports. CEO Jason Lamuda…
Dubai-based real estate master developer Nakheel , creator of some of the world’s most famous landmarks including Palm Jumeirah, is heading east to showcase new projects with construction values of over US$4.6 billion at the Dubai Property Show in Hong Kong…
Florence-headquartered luxury shoe brand Aquazzura plans to open its first Asian store in Hong Kong at the end of 2016. Edgardo Osorio, co-founder and creative director of Aquazzura, said that Hong Kong is a window to Asia and an excellent place to start the…
Environmental NGO Redress concluded their week long programme of sustainable fashion activities in Hong Kong, the epicentre of Asia’s fashion industry, further cementing emerging designers’ power to drive positive change and pushing the global agenda to…
Kipling has introduced an Asia exclusive collection, which celebrates individual style with ‘optimism and functionality’ and has been specially designed for the Chinese Zodiac’s Year of the Monkey. The monkey plays a key role in the Kipling accessories, as it…
Tour groups from mainland China to Hong Kong could shrink by two-thirds in the first half of this year, dealing another blow to retailers and an economy facing pressure from slowing growth in China. China accounts for almost three-quarters of all visitors to…
Mainland Chinese shoppers increased their spending on luxury goods overseas by 10 per cent last year according to new research from Bain & Company. The increase comes as a surprise given the significant slowdown in China’s economic growth, the much-publicised…
Stelux Holdings International has reported a 12.7 per cent slide in sales in the three months to December 31. A large component of the decline was the exchange rate – on a fiscally neutral basis, sales fell a more modest 8.8 per cent, the company has reported…
David Zwirner, one of the most powerful art dealers in the world, is looking for a place in Hong Kong to open his first Asia gallery. “A couple of years ago, we thought we would just come to the art fair. Now, I’m convinced we need a gallery here,” said the…
Lane Crawford has big plans to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year — also called the Chinese New Year — which kicks off in early February. According to the Chinese zodiac tradition, this will be the year of the monkey. Lane Crawford has tapped nine artists…
Hong Kong International airport (HKIA) is to offer various promotions including cash redemptions of up to HK$5,000 ($640) in celebration of the upcoming Chinese New Year. From February 4 to February 15, travellers spending over HK$2,000, HK$5,000, HK$10,000…
Winter is coming to Hong Kong. The Hong Kong dollar breached its 2007 low today, down to as low as 7.8226, just haircuts away from the 7.85 level that would prompt the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to intervene. After China decoupled its loosely pegged yuan…
How much would you be willing to pay for a stay at a Li Ka-shing hotel? Well, how about just a tad over HK$90? No, we’re not kidding! This is exactly what some mainland tourists are paying this month for a night at a Tsing Yi hotel owned by the Hong Kong…
Mainland China’s influence continues to grow across the four core sectors of the Hong Kong property market, according to the latest research from JLL. Demand for office space is increasingly being underpinned by mainland corporates, while a persistent…
With sales slipping in the industry’s largest market, the annual Watches & Wonders exhibition in Hong Kong may be cut back to every two years. High-end watchmakers are looking at a shift in strategy in Hong Kong in the face of the most severe downturn the…
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