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Once you step out on the streets of Florence, I bet you'd find it hard to resist going on a shopping spree. Who could when confronted with temptingly exquisite Prada shoes and Gucci bags with price ta ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-03
China’s foreign exchange regulator has tightened its control over foreign exchange purchases in a bid to curb capital outflows. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) is stepping up scrut ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-04
The High Court sentenced a 54-year-old mainlander to nine years and eight months in jail after he confessed to robbing a hotel guest in Tsuen Wan last year. Yang Xingyun admitted to seven charges, inc ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-11
Last week, it was revealed that the Chinese government has approached several international public relations companies to work with Beijing in a program to improve China’s global image. This columnis ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-29
A number of global brands including Prada (01919.HK) and mass-market brands such as Uniqlo are cutting prices. Prada said last week that its net profit slumped 26.5 percent to 330 million euros (US$37 ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-15
Mainland customs officials seized about 6,000 Hermes, Prada and other luxury-brand goods worth about HK$440 million from suspected members of syndicates who used Hong Kong as their transshipment point ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-30
There is indeed something special about mainland tourists in this golden week holiday. On paper, there has been a 19 percent increase in the number of mainland tourists to Hong Kong -- above market ex ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-05
Luxury brands are pushing landlords in Hong Kong to lower store rents amid a sales slowdown in the city as Chinese tourists rein in spending. A spokeswoman for Prada told the Wall Street Journal that ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-21
A shoplifter hit a Causeway Bay luxury shop twice in a matter of minutes and made off with more than HK$10,000 (US$1,290) worth of merchandise. The missing goods were discovered the next day when the ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
It is maybe bad enough to confess that every Saturday I curl up with the House & Home property supplement of the Weekend FT for a voyeuristic glimpse inside the genteel lives of the global rich an ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-24
European high fashion retailers have been slashing prices in Hong Kong, attracting hordes of buyers. But the price cuts are not enticing customers from across the border. Reason: mainland retailers of ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
Prada SpA (01913.HK) plans to add 30 new stores this year, 24 fewer than last year, amid an uncertain environment in the luxury retail market, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Tuesday, citing t ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
Suffering from the uncertain global economic outlook and as fewer Chinese consumers consume luxury goods, many luxury giants, such as Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Prada, are struggling with slower growth ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
French luxury brand Chanel has slashed the prices of its handbags in Hong Kong by more than 20 percent from Tuesday, catching the attention of consumers. Long queues were seen outside the company's bo ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
When Guangzhou’s first low-tax shop opened on Friday in a downtown district, it attracted 5,000 people, many of whom queued for three hours. By lunchtime all the stocks of diapers and milk powder had ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
Luxury brands and jewelry retailers in Hong Kong are struggling to regain their growth as deep-pocketed mainlanders are shifting to other overseas destinations for their shopping expeditions. Firms su ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-29
Hong Kong's next batch of multi-millionaires are about to be minted thanks to a record Mark Six jackpot (HK$150 million) this weekend and a whopping 3T prize money (HK$30 million) as the horse racing ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-12
