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Citi today announced its first API partnership in Hong Kong through the launch of Citi Pay with Points on HKTVmall, the 24-hour online shopping mall operated by Hong Kong Television Network Limited. The new service enables cardholders of Citi points-bearing…
Cutting-edge Hong Kong streetwear store JUICE will be one of the four exciting pop-up stores coming to Citygate Outlets this month. Hong Kong’s leading retail outlet mall, featuring more than 80 international fashion and lifestyle brands offering 30% – 70%…
Following its incredible debut in Hong Kong last year, Perrier-Jouët lavishes the city with the return of the Garden of Wonder Pop-up at Pacific Place from 19th March to 8th April 2018. SEE ALSO : EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Swire: the future of shopping malls…
Exports of Swiss watches to Hong Kong rose 35.7 per cent last month, their strongest advance for six years, according to the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. After 44.3 per cent growth in January, China also exceeded the global average with a 21.7 per…
Starbucks Hong Kong has opened its first cafe serving alcohol – including coffee-infused craft beers, exclusive to the city. Starbucks’ local licensee, the Dairy Farm International subsidiary Coffee Concepts, says the move is part of its strategy of elevating…
Hong Kong retail rents are expected to move into an “early upswing cycle” this year according to a regional real estate market briefing prepared by Savills. The report details commercial and residential property leasing trends across major Asian markets and…
Italian furniture brand Natuzzi and China’s Kuka furniture company have agreed to make the company’s wholly owned Chinese subsidiary Natuzzi Trading (Shanghai) a joint venture. The JV agreement is aimed at expanding the company’s retail network in Mainland…
Japanese anti-brand retailer Muji has opened a massive 4300sqm store in Osaka featuring its first dedicated fresh department. While the company has offered dried foods, snacks and other foods since it was founded in 1980, and even shelf-stable vegetables in…
Hermes Asia sales grew 11.3 per cent last year to €1.946 billion (US$2.4 billion) as the luxury retailer set a new record for gross retail margin. The company said the retail market was improving in Hong Kong and Macau, with the Asian market “pursuing its…
Hong Kong based on-demand delivery app Lalamove is firmly in the driving seat when it comes to leading the last-mile market, including B2B, B2C and C2C deliveries; revealing impressive data in 2018 to show a fast-track journey of success since the company was…
South Korean liquor maker Hite Jinro has opened its second exclusive offshore bar, in Hong Kong, as part of its outreach campaign with its beer and soju labels. In Lan Kwai Fong, its bar is its second overseas flagship store following the opening of Jinro…
Stocks in China and Hong Kong fell early on Tuesday, tracking losses on Wall Street, where concerns over increased regulation of large technology companies led to shares of Facebook plunging overnight. ** Facebook shares tumbled 6.8 percent as Chief Executive…
Hong Kong has built its reputation as a free-wheeling, innovative and sophisticated city. Just like New York, it is known globally as a vibrant metropolis, which never sleeps and where money still talks. But is this view outdated, a facade constructed more…
Li Ka-Shing, business tycoon and Hong Kong’s richest man, has announced his retirement from conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd., He is handing over all corporate responsibilities to his eldest son Victor. Li, with a net worth of $35.4 billion, has…
Smiggle Asia is thriving, its success here encouraging the stationery retailer’s parent to expand in other global markets. Smiggle, a subsidiary of Australian listed company Premier Investments, opened three new stores in Hong Kong in the first half of its…
Harbour City always strives to “Bring Art into Life” and become the venue for some of the most talked about and most visited art exhibitions in Asia. In March, the art month of Hong Kong, with the success of Harbour Art Fair 2017, Harbour City will present…
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