Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has decided that Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year, should not start on that day. For the first time, the world's largest retailer by revenue will launch a ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-23
A young mother went to her local supermarket to buy milk powder for her baby son. Jessica Hay saw four people pushing carts containing 50 cans of one of the best brands toward the checkout counter. Sh ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-16
Girlfriends and diamonds go well together but daughters and diamonds? Apparently, they go perfectly well, or Hong Kong tycoon Joseph Lau wouldn't be splashing out millions at auctions. On Thursday, La ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-12
Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc. will buy Starmalls Inc. in a 33 billion peso (US$698 million) deal that combines the residential and shopping mall units of Philippine billionaire Manuel Villar, Bloom ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-11
She could have lost her right hand, but a little girl was lucky enough to keep it after she stuck her arm into the gap between a glass door and the jamb at a shopping mall, Apple Daily reported Tuesda ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-10
In June 2014, the Hong Kong established PMQ, envisioned as a hub for the creative and design industries, at the former Police Married Quarters on Hollywood Road in Central. One and a half years later, ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-09
Don't tamper with history, the developers of Avenue Walk in Wanchai appear to have learned. They have now decided to rename the project to reflect its historical roots. Sino Land Co. Ltd. (00083.HK) a ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
An appeal court has ruled that former TVB general manager Stephen Chan Chi-wan and his former assistant Edthancy Tseng Pei-kun were guilty of taking bribes, Ming Pao Daily reported Tuesday. On Monday, ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
I could not believe my eyes when I came across Chief Executive CY Leung’s lame excuse for his late arrival at the Hong Kong Association luncheon in London, which he highlighted at the start of his spe ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
The world is focusing on President Xi Jinping's state visit to Britain this week. The British monarchy and government have rolled out the reddest of red carpets for Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, refle ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-22
What would you say when the city's top private hospital expands its aesthetic surgery business to Admiralty? Big business. Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital (HKSH) is set to open a Plastic and Recon ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
On a trip to Hong Kong recently, a Chinese businessman was stunned by he said was the apparent contrast in internet-related consumer businesses between mainland cities and Hong Kong. Consumers can fin ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-14
High-end American fashion and handbag label Marc Jacobs apparently closed its flagship store at Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui after the week-long National Day holiday, the Hong Kong Economic Journal r ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
A four-year-old boy was killed when he was trapped in an escalator in western China’s Chongqing city, adding to a string of related tragedies in recent months. The boy was playing near the top of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
Marks and Spencer (M&S) will close its outlet in Sha Tin New Town Plaza next month as the landlord has refused to renew the tenancy of the British multinational retailer, Apple Daily reported. The ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
When exactly did a simple modern convenience – the escalator – become a deadly hazard? We seem to hear about escalator malfunctions all the time, the latest being an unsettling incident at the Panda ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-02
I can hardly describe the sense of loss I felt when I discovered that the nearest McDonald's outlet from my home had downed its shutters for good. I was aware that Tseung Kwan O Centre was undertaking ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-29
A Hong Kong couple had a terrible scare over the weekend due to a malfunctioning escalator at a shopping mall in Tsuen Wan, adding to the recent series of such incidents in the city. Apple Daily cited ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-29
You can’t ignore Li Ka-shing’s influence in China, just as you can’t escape his business empire’s almost ubiquitous presence here in Hong Kong. Many landmarks on the mainland showcase the tycoon’s bus ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-24
Three life-size figures of People's Liberation Army troops in Cheung Sha Wan Plaza have failed to stir Hongkongers' patriotism but attracted criticism instead, some seeing them as an eyesore, Apple Da ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-24
