Apple Inc. sold twice as many of its Apple Watches in the device's first year as iPhones in the smartphone's debut year. Yet the smartwatch is dogged by a perception of disappointment that seems prema ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-25
Burglars broke into a luxury home along Shek O Headland Road on Thursday morning, carting away expensive watches and other valuables. The compound, known in the area as "the secret village of the rich ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-22
... ss luxury watches fell 16.1 percent in March, with sales to Hong Kong tumbling as much as 37.7 percent, according to data from the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH. [Chinese version中文版] - Con ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-22
... s such as watches and jewellery and beauty and cosmetics. Local forwarders and transport companies were given the lowest scores on the smiling index. Explaining Hong Kong's low score, association chie ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-08
... for Swiss watches, have been depressed as China's economic slowdown and anti-corruption campaign have hurt spending by mainland Chinese, which shows no signs of rebounding, Reuters reported. Zenith, t ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-18
... the world watches the US presidential candidates wrestle with issues of protectionism, immigration, global public health, climate change and international cooperation, we should ask what aspect of Ame ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
... g opulent watches for their dogs (and posting the pictures to social media), holding orgies. But above all, fuerdai seem to exemplify the social and economic canyon that's opened between China's privi ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
... welry and watches estimated to be worth about HK$140,000 in total, according to Apple Daily. The burglary took place at Conway Mansion on Conduit Road in Mid-levels West. - Contact us at english@hkej. ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-04
... rnational watches are 33 percent to 83 percent more expensive in China than overseas. By contrast, price difference in garments, perfumes, bags and shoes is less than 30 percent. Meanwhile, the most a ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-15
... sines and watches and more than US$83 million in cash, Xinhua said. The alleged scam underscores the risks in China's fast growing and loosely regulated wealth management product industry, with many p ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-03
... 3 started Watches & Wonders, branching out from the two biggest trade shows in Switzerland, the SIHH in Geneva and Baselworld. The group is in talks with exhibitors on the future format of the sho ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-21
... owers and watches from time to time and would even chauffeur for her. During examination periods, Wong would arrange X and his son to study at a vacant flat in Tin Shui Wai. The girl and her mother at ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-20
... ence that watches most of their video on the internet. On the political front, Chinese President Xi Jinping has said publicly that he wants to build a stronger sports culture in China to improve the c ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
... on’t wear watches as they have their mobile phones.” He said many Swiss-based watch makers struggled to survive by giving up making quartz analog watches and focusing on automatic ones. “They went bac ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-07
... welry and watches plunged 20.6 percent while that of cosmetics and drugs was down 7 percent. Raymond Yeung, senior economist at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, said even domestic consumption ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-05
At a table at the Star Ferry pier in Tsim Sha Tsui, people are handing bags to visitors from the mainland. They do not contain free tickets to Disneyland or discount coupons to buy watches and jewelry ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
... gaze and watches as a light comes on in a row through the glass windows, and he thinks he remembers everything. There were the chandeliers, the lavish headpieces, the tablecloths draped in pleasant, ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... s selling watches or jewelry, and consumers don’t want or need to buy more. Although the tourism industry worries about falling visitor numbers, many Hong Kong citizens openly welcome it. The fact is ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
Luxury products continue to bear the brunt of an extended retail slump due to falling numbers of visitors to Hong Kong. Watches and jewelry are among the hardest hit. Their sales declined 17 percent i ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-15
