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Hong Kong’s first stand-alone Pacsafe shop has opened at Shun Tak Centre in Sheung Wan. Starting almost 20 years ago with one product, the company has expanded its range of travel gear featuring proprietary anti-theft features. Products include Carrysafe…
Menswear retailer Trinity has recorded a half-year loss it attributes to subdued spending in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, changing buying patterns, the renminbi depreciation and competition. The group loss to shareholders was HK$257 million (US$32.8 million),…
Online sneaker and streetwear retailer Hypebeast has opened a pop-up store in Hong Kong in collaboration with photography partners Places + Faces. Located in the basement of The Landmark, the Hypebeast pop-up will trade until September 27, featuring…
Hong Kong’s SmarTone has completed a trial of license assisted access (LAA) technology over a live network using equipment from Ericsson. The trial combined 10 MHz of licensed LTE spectrum with three 20MHz carriers of unlicensed 5-GHz spectrum to ahieve…
Raising S$250,000 (US$180,000) in two funding rounds, Hook Coffee subscription delivery service plans to expand in three markets overseas and double its team size over the next two years. In the 18 months since its founding, when it clinched a Spring Ace…
Consumer behaviour tracking technology linked to cloud-based video analytics for retailers is being offered by Canon Hong Kong. President/CEO Shunichi Morinaga says shops can increase sales revenue by using the Japanese system, which monitors consumers using…
Hong Kong retail landlords are expected to be more flexible with lease terms as the market continues to recover, says real-estate consultancy Knight Frank. With four consecutive months of positive growth, retail sales value rose another 0.1 per cent year on…
Mango Tree Cafe Hong Kong has opened another outlet – this one at Yoho Mall in Yuen Long. It is the second of the chain’s cafe-restaurants to open this year, the earlier one at Taikoo Shing in January. The Hong Kong cafes are run in partnership with 1957 &…
Ride-hailing firm Uber has raised the minimum fares for all rides in Hong Kong by as much as 80 per cent from Monday after “an evaluation of the marketplace” and in response to its drivers’ calls for better income security. The minimum fare for an UberX ride…
Skateboarding legend Rodney Mullen signed autographs for five hours when shoes, apparel, skateboards and accessories retailer Globe Hong Kong opened a “cabin” store in Sheung Wan. Globe CEO Matt Hill and founder Peter Hill came from the US to attend the…
Despite weak retail market sentiment, Convenience Retail Asia’s Circle K Hong Kong convenience stores and Saint Honore bakeries achieved solid first-half comparable-store sales growth. CRA’s interim results show an increase of 9.9 per cent in core operating…
The Office of the Government CIO (OGCIO) yesterday announced extending the number of government venues to provide free public Wi-Fi services through the Wi-Fi.HK Public-Private Collaboration (PPC) project. Initial venues equipped with free Wi-Fi include the…
Kerry Logistics has secured a long-term contract with Maxim’s Caterers, one of Hong Kong’s leading food and beverage companies. Kerry Logistics will provide integrated logistics services to Maxim’s Group including cold chain solutions, supporting the…
CLSA Capital Partners has sold the 27-storey Zing! mall building in Causeway Bay for HK$2.1 billion (US $268.6 million). An unknown buyer completed the deal by paying $1.1 billion after selling The L. Plaza in Sheung Wan to CLSA for $1 billion Zing!’s 79,051…
Since its launch, Giorgio Armani’s made-to-measure service has captivated a lot of customers. It also has a celebrity following, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Paolo Sorrentino, Christian Bale, Tom Cruise, Will Smith and George Clooney. Made-to-measure suits…
3 Hong Kong has completed the first phase of a project to enhance its 4G network capacity at 18-high traffic MTR stations. The company has upgraded its equipment at the concourses of the Tsim Sha Tsui, Prince Edward, North Point, Quarry Bay, Yau Tong, Jordan,…
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