With a young population, an expanding middle class and one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economies, Vietnam is luring retailers that are looking for new markets amid China's slowing economy and ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-25
In May, cantopop star Leon Lai was forced to cancel a show in the Central harborfront because the enclosed stage did not meet fire regulations. The concert went ahead the next day, with a modified des ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-21
Japan's Nintendo has seen its shares surge further on Monday after a 9 percent gain last Friday on hopes that its earnings will get a major boost from its newly-launched Pokémon Go video game. Unlike ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-11
The food court at Hysan Place in Causeway Bay, The ONE shopping mall in Tsim Sha Tsui and some areas at MTR's Central and Hong Kong stations are among the newly identified "upskirt blackspots" in the ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-04
Znaps Inc., a supplier of mobile device chargers, has denied a Hong Kong media report that accused the company of crowdfunding fraud. In a statement on its website, the company, incorporated in Ontari ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-30
Hubert Chak, finance director of Link Real Estate Investment Trust (00823.HK), said Wednesday the firm has been doing its best to be socially responsible, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported. But ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-30
Summer is fun if you can live with humidity and stifling heat. The thing is how do you turn fun into profit? This is a burning question now that Disney has just opened in Shanghai its first magic king ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-16
An arctic exhibit at a Guangzhou shopping mall is facing boycott calls after animal rights activists shared video footage that showed a polar bear at the facility living in miserable conditions. Netiz ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-15
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation twice interviewed Omar Mateen, the 29-year-old gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Sunday. The first investigation took place i ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-14
A friend of mine, a renowned Italian chef, recently shared with me his grief about the unfavorable business environment for Hong Kong’s restaurant industry. He just can't understand why newer and bigg ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
Hong Kong people can look forward to enjoying complimentary spa services soon at T•PARK, the city's first self-sustained sludge treatment facility that opened Thursday in Tuen Mun. Located in the Tsan ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
Ever heard of Xi Jinping's "toilet revolution"? This woman probably hasn't or her boy would never have been caught with his pants down -- literally. The woman, described in social media posts as a mai ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-17
Before the scramble for cheap new residential units at Tseung Kwan O, came the fight from property agents. Over the weekend, a real-estate agent became the focus of online chatter as a video clip show ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
It is said that a commercial property can support three generations of a family in Hong Kong. The idea is that owning a commercial property is a sign of wealth as well as social status. However, an i ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-03
Six suspected fraudsters were arrested in eastern China's Anhui province after they posed as Hong Kong businessmen in order to trick university students into giving them money. The suspects, all from ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-25
Competition among restaurants and bars in Hong Kong is always keen. So it's not unusual to see old ventures winding up while new ones emerge. Still, whenever a noted restaurant announces that it is d ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-22
You do not judge a book by its cover. At least you flip to the end of it. Likewise, you cannot make pronouncements on Tsim Sha Tsui's prosperity without making trips to the basements of its many shopp ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-18
Mainland China's nouveau riche grab any opportunity to show off their wealth, in the form of cars, jewelry, designer clothes, homes or even mistresses with movie-star looks. But one tuhao (a putdown m ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-18
New World Development Co. Ltd. (00017.HK) expects its newly refurbished shopping mall in Tsuen Wan, in which it has invested HK$700 million, to turn profitable in six to seven years, the Hong Kong Eco ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-18
Famed fund manager Peter Lynch said his favorite source of investment ideas for retail stocks is the Burlington Mall located 25 miles away from his home. “Hanging out at the mall is far superior to ta ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-13
