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Retailing

Retailing
Latest news and features on retailing with a particular focus on Hong Kong, mainland China and Asia, covering consumer goods and services, retail strategies, shopping habits, sales results and trends.
The Shanghai K11 shopping centre is cutting rents to keep tenants in place. Photo: Shutterstock
China property

Luxury malls in China adjust to market reality amid dip in consumer spending

Mall vacancy rates in Beijing stood at 10.6 per cent last year and 9.5 per cent in Shanghai, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

Icons and Influencers

Q&A | Quiet luxury, Vietnam style: Lam Gia Khang’s Gia Studios

Banking & finance

Chagee, Miniso shrug off US delisting concerns amid Trump tariff war

Apple

Apple’s supply chain under pressure from tariffs amid price hike speculation

The new tariffs will not hit iPhones assembled in China, but price hikes are expected with the iPhone 17 series this year.

The iPhone 16 displayed at an Apple Store in Shanghai on April 10. Photo: AFP
Apple

Apple stores see rush of iPhone shoppers ahead of US tariffs

The atmosphere feels like the busy holiday season, store employees say, as panicked customers splurge on Apple products.

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s office segment to see faster turnaround than retail: Morgan Stanley

‘We think the Hong Kong office market is not structurally impaired,’ Morgan Stanley’s Praveen Choudhary says.

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Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Innovation and fresh strategy keys to lifting battered retail sector

Those who manage to stay ahead when the market and consumer behaviour are changing fast stand a better chance of thriving.

Hong Kong’s retail outlets have been struggling for months, Photo: Nora Tam
E-commerce

Trump tariffs, ‘de minimis’ exemption end challenge China’s e-commerce merchants

The policy changes affect many of China’s 120,000 online exporters, whose major market is the United States.

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Music

Can Japan’s growing fan culture move the dial for consumer spending?

Fans of bands, anime characters, mascots and online entertainers in Japan may spend as much as US$23 billion a year.

Hong Kong property

Exclusive | Hong Kong online broker rents shop in one of the world’s costliest retail strips

Futu could be paying HK$1.2 million (US$154,000) per month in rent, a steal compared to the HK$8.6 million in monthly rent that Burberry paid in 2018.

Renovation work at the venue of the former Transformers Ark restaurant on Russell Street, Causeway Bay on March 26, 2025. Photo: SCMP
China manufacturing

China’s factory activity speeds up on export boost, Caixin PMI shows

But China’s macroeconomic policies must be ‘more proactive and decisive’, with immediate implementations, to support a recovery, economist says.

A worker welds at a steel-processing factory on Saturday. China’s factory activity showed signs of speeding up in March. Photo: Xinhua
China economy

My Take | Labubu proves Hong Kong IP and Chinese manufacturing are a recipe for success

The blind-box retailer’s mass-market toys based on cute Hong Kong designs are fuelling its international rise – and setting a template.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong retail sales drop for 12th straight month in February, down by 13%

Some analysts expect weak sentiment to continue throughout 2025 amid changing consumption patterns among mainland tourists, other factors.

Alibaba

Alibaba’s AI crackdown: Taobao says e-commerce images must be ‘realistic’

Taobao’s initiative aligns with China’s broader regulatory efforts to address the misuse of generative AI.

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Taobao and Tmall Group is targeting the use of AI-generated product images that deceive buyers across all its platforms. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s battered retail sector about to turn around: UBS, JLL

UBS revises its 2025 forecast to flat from a 5 per cent decline, while JLL sees signs of stabilisation as Shenzhen shopping craze cools.

Tourists shop at a gold shop on Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, on February 14, 2025. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong

The hottest new openings in Hong Kong, March 23-29

From a home-grown boba brand’s new Kennedy Town outpost to hearty sandwiches at LMO Freshly Baked, here’s this week’s hottest spots.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong brands urged to emulate success of Chiikawa and Chow Tai Fook collaboration

City’s consumers revelled in a gold bracelet and coin collaboration between China’s largest jewellery retailer and Japanese anime sensation.

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US-China relations

Editorial | Walmart’s bid to force China to pay Trump tariffs is unacceptable

Chinese suppliers with already razor-thin margins should not have to bear the costs of Washington’s trade war.

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US supermarket giant Walmart is attempting to shift the burden of US tariffs onto its Chinese suppliers.. File photo: AP
Consumer protection in Hong Kong

Raging Sea Horse threatens to sue Hong Kong watchdog over low mattress score

Hong Kong bedding company gives Consumer Council hard time over score in ‘unfair’ mattress testing.

China consumption

Chinese economists call for wider social safety net to nurture consumption

With trade becoming a less reliable source of growth, Chinese academics have recommended demand-side measures to spur domestic spending.

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China consumption

China’s retail sales rise as consumption takes centre stage amid tariff blitz

January and February saw a 4 per cent increase in retail sales, stirring hopes domestic consumption can make up for a shortfall in exports.

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People shop at the Miniso flagship store in Shanghai, China. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong consumer watchdog receives 12 complaints over Deliveroo membership

London-based Deliveroo will cease operating in Hong Kong on April 7, with the loss-making platform selling certain assets to rival Foodpanda.

Deliveroo will pull out of the Hong Kong marker on April 7. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong property

Nicholas Tse, Stanley Ho’s family face falling property value amid market slump

Macau tycoon Stanley Ho’s family is selling a site in Tsim Sha Tsui, while actor Nicholas Tse’s shop in Central rented out at a big discount.

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Hong Kong property

Swire Pacific earnings drop 85% as Hong Kong property slump hits projects, assets

Earnings at Cathay Pacific stabilised while the group switched its focus in the beverage business to Thailand and Laos from the US market.

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China property

China’s commercial properties unloved as foreign funds sell for fourth year

Cumulative net selling from 2021 to 2024 amounted to US$11.2 billion, surpassing net buying in 2019 to 2020.

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People hang out at The Bund as the financial district of Pudong is seen in the background in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
US-China trade war

China summons Walmart executives for talks in wake of Trump tariffs

Officials met representatives of the US retailer to discuss its treatment of Chinese suppliers following the imposition of import duties.

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China’s Ministry of Commerce is holding talks with Walmart executives over claims the company is passing off the costs of US tariffs to domestic suppliers and consumers. Photo: Sam Tsang
Alibaba

Video | How Alibaba.com is betting on AI to transform e-commerce

In an interview with the South China Morning Post, Alibaba.com president Zhang Kuo discusses the next big shift in global trade: AI.

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China economy

Opinion | China’s 5% GDP target: where will the growth come from?

Beijing needs a change in public expectations to boost confidence and open the floodgates of consumer spending to drive up the economy.

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