While falling gold prices have sent a flood of Chinese housewives to Causeway Bay jewellery shops to hunt for bargains, Singapore's top investment official has warned that the precious metal still...
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- May 25, 2013
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20 May 2013
Armed with empty suitcases and same-day return tickets, an army of mainland Chinese is descending on suburban outlet shopping malls and international fashion chains in Hong Kong, turning cheap...
2:09AM
16 May 2013
Hong Kong-listed companies have issued almost 50 warnings over the past month about substantial profit declines or losses as the mainland economic recovery continues to look shaky.
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16 May 2013
American Apparel has finally opened its first store in Hong Kong. Shoppers had been teased with a Lane Crawford pop-up shop three years ago, and a local web store that the brand followed up with...
12:59AM
9 May 2013
Local businesses have taken to a giant inflatable like a duck to water, with restaurants to curio sellers all riding the waves made by Hong Kong's new attraction.
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8 May 2013
Fifty-one retail brands set up shop in the city, according to a study by CBRE Global Research & Consulting, which monitored more than 300 new retail openings across Asia-Pacific in 2012.
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This year's "golden week", a national holiday, lacked lustre, says the Hong Kong Retail Management Association, whose members run more than 6,700 retail outlets in the city. Retail sales grew...
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About 100,000 retail outlets will face fines if they fail to charge customers for plastic shopping bags under a proposed extension of the levy scheme that will cover all goods retailers and bags...
5:47AM
The flow of shoppers from Shenzhen to Hong Kong is slowing as more international fast-fashion chains open for business in the border city.
5:31AM
Shop owners in Fenghuang old town, a popular tourist site in Hunan province , have seen business fall by as much as half since the local government introduced an entry fee for tourists last week....
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Hong Kong is losing its edge in attracting mainland shoppers as the city's local character fades from its prime shopping districts, a property consultant warns.
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Global brands have scaled back their expansion plans on the mainland due to slowing growth in retail sales.
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