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While UK sandwich chain Pret A Manger has not broken out details of its Hong Kong business, it had a 39 per cent jump in global pre-tax profits to a record £75.5 million (US$99.6 million) overall for its latest year. Total sales were £776 million as it…
Global beauty giant Sehpora has today announced its next store location, continuing its extensive retail expansion in Australia, opening at Highpoint Shopping Centre this November. It’s the beauty retailer’s 13th Australian store and third in Victoria,…
Large enterprises in Hong Kong could be losing out on revenue as 84% of IT decision makers say that they don’t have the required cloud expertise. Large enterprises across the world are losing out on $258.1 million a year as a result of a cloud skills gap,…
Hong Kong-based YP Basics has launched an online store, YPbasics.com, designed to take its basic caps to the world. Since 1974, YP (short for Yupoong) has created and refined a series of headwear styles embracing sport, action and street fashion. Its products…
Hong Kong retail sales continued their steady but sure recovery in August, rising 2.7 per cent year-on-year. The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) estimates retail sales totalled HK$34.8 billion. After taking into account the revised estimate of 4 per…
High-fashion brand Emporio Armani Hong Kong has launched its first-treasure hunt app, with augmented-reality technologies to enable users to track down a special quarry, Shanghai actor Hu Ge. Until October 17, the EA Collector app can be downloaded to scan AR…
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Canadian burger chain Triple O’s plans a five-year expansion that includes four more outlets in Hong Kong. Created by restaurant chain White Spot in 1997, Triple O’s already has six locations in Hong Kong since arriving in…
British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver will open the first Asia branch of his casual concept, Jamie’s Deli, in Hong Kong next month. A fast-casual delicatessen, its menu will feature fresh, sustainably sourced dishes including salads, artisan pizzas, sandwiches…
Three fashion pop-ups will be in full swing in Hong Kong next month. Already open is a Prada pop-up store in Harbour City offering a special selection of men’s travel goods and accessories including backpacks, pouches, wash bags, luggage tags, eyewear cases…
A new AlipayHK digital wallet joint venture aims to promote a more efficient cashless society in Hong Kong, its partners say. Conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings and Ant Financial Services Group, the parent company of Alipay, say the move will further…
Deliveroo Hong Kong has launched a delivery-only kitchen so restaurants can work off-site and cater to more customers across the city. Dubbed “Deliveroo Editions”, the kitchen concept is in Wan Chai and already caters for six restaurants on the Deliveroo…
A Harry Potter cafe has opened in Hong Kong, named 9¾ Cafe after the hidden Hogwarts Express platform at King’s Cross Station in London. On Yin Chong Street in Mong Kok, the cafe features wall-mounted wands and broomsticks, stuffed owls, portraits of witches…
There has been no shortage of ink spilt in recent years about the negative impact of China’s anti-corruption crusade on Hong Kong’s retail sector. Visitor arrivals from the PRC represented 76 per cent of all tourists in 2016, when those numbers fell 6.7 per…
The launch of iPhone 8 on Friday did not receive such enthusiastic response from Hong Kong consumers as previously, with no long queues in front of Apple outlets. As the iPhone 8 and 8 plus went on sale across the globe on Friday, Apple stores in Hong Kong…
Mon Purse’s explosive growth has become somewhat of a textbook example of ecommerce disruption in the industry after founder Lana Hopkins started the personalised handbag offer in 2014. Since then the company has expanded overseas and into bricks-and-mortar,…
Daniel Wellington Hong Kong has opened a pop-up store at Yoho Mall 1 in Yuen Long. The Swedish watch company took back the business from its from its distributor in March and now has four self-run stores in Hong Kong, at Festival Walk, Harbour City, IFC Mall…
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