LOOK out, Mickey Mouse. Bugs Bunny is knocking on your door and he wants to move in.
The carrot-chomping rabbit and the rest of the Looney Tunes cartoon characters are invading Hong Kong this month when Warner Brothers Studios opens two stores selling their movie and animation-related merchandise.
Dickson Concepts International, Warner Brothers Studio Store's licensee in Southeast Asia, reportedly spent more than $150 million on its stores - in Tsim Sha Tsui and Causeway Bay - to invade the until now unchallenged turf of the Magic Kingdom.
Occupying 14,000 square feet in an old Lane Crawford department store, the new Warner Brothers Studio Store will dwarf the existing Disney stores, which are between 4,000 and 4,500 sq ft.
Pop star Leon Lai Ming will join in the grand opening ceremony at Manson House on Friday.
Disney Asia already operates three stores in the territory - Sha Tin, Tsim Sha Tsui and Taikoo Shing. Despite opening less than a year ago during a major retail slump, they are performing well, according to Peter Dove, Disney Asia's general manager.