Hong Kong, China

Footwear in Hong Kong is largely supported by the athleisure fashion and fitness trends, along with an ongoing stream of limited edition collections and innovations. This is also continuing to push up unit prices overall. Key limited edition and ...

All sub-categories in womenswear were in current value declines in Hong Kong in 2019, with the exception of women’s underwear. An overriding reason for declines seen in sales in Hong Kong, across various categories, is disruption caused by the ...

Hong Kong is developing a strong culture of fitness, which is evidenced by performance apparel and performance footwear seeing the least sharp declines. The number of gyms in Hong Kong grew 36% between 2009 and 2017, and since then gyms have also ...

Menswear is following a similar pattern to womenswear in Hong Kong in 2019, with almost all sub-categories seeing negative current value figures. Only men’s tops and men’s underwear showed any positive growth, with the strongest declines seen in ...

Hats/caps sees the smallest decline in apparel accessories, thanks to hats/caps complementing athleisure and streetwear fashion trends. In fact, we have seen caps play a part in crossover collections, such as seen with the Valentino X Undercover ...

Both sheer hosiery and non-sheer hosiery saw negligible declines in 2019, with non-sheer hosiery declining the least by a very small percentage. Generally, hosiery is going out of trend due to both climate and fashion factors. Global warming caused ...

Apparel and footwear show declines (or no growth) in value across all categories in Hong Kong 2019. Jeans sees the steepest decline and hosiery sees the smallest impact with no growth recorded. The overall reason for this is disruption caused by the ...

Childrenswear is performing better than womenswear or menswear in Hong Kong in 2019. Despite still seeing declines in value, these are smaller in comparison and particularly so in baby and toddler wear. In addition to a stronger need for repeat ...

Declines are seen in jeans due to such apparel not being of high fashion in Hong Kong. Once reason for this is the athleisure trend for casual and sports-inspired apparel, and another is the fact women in Hong Kong tend to favour dresses, skirts and ...

Demand for self-service cafeterias in Hong Kong remains stable but low, with a limited number of players providing this format as a dining option. Consumers are not well educated about this type of restaurant, and tend to prefer places with a certain...

2019 was an extremely challenging year for full-service restaurants in Hong Kong. The ongoing trade war between the US and China, as well as a slowing global macro-economy, were already taking their toll on the foodservice industry. However, the ...

Cafés/bars suffered greatly from the social unrest and protest movement that shook Hong Kong during much of 2019. Neighbourhoods with a high density of outlets, such as Central, Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui, were particularly prone to protests, and...

2019 was a challenging year for street stalls and kiosks in Hong Kong. Anti-extradition bill protests, which then turned into pro-democracy, anti-government protests, rocked the city in the second half of the year. Inbound tourism numbers fell to ...

Environmental concerns, as well as transparency and ethical conduct, continue to be an area of focus for limited-service restaurants in Hong Kong. Fairwood has, for example, been distributing its “Care for Seniors” cards, which are discount coupons ...

Consumer spending on consumer foodservice declined across the board in 2019. This resulted from a weak economic performance, due to a global slowdown linked to the US-China trade war, with fears of an impending recession, along with social unrest ...

With Hong Kong’s shopping paradise status still firmly rooted, despite the social unrest witnessed in 2019, the foodservice industry has been increasingly looking for ways to integrate into the retail landscape. In addition, rising rental costs have ...

Despite the challenging market conditions, vending continued to post positive current value growth in 2019 thanks to innovations and the increasing integration of smart technologies. Packaged drinks remain the leading product in vending and this is ...

In summer 2019, the controversial extradition bill sparked a series of anti-government movements and civil unrest. Weekly protests discouraged the arrival of tourists as they were uncertain of their personal safety amid the civil disobedience. In a ...

There was no presence of hypermarkets in Hong Kong at the end of the review period, nor is there any data to suggest its entry over the forecast period....

Department stores in Hong Kong faced a challenging year in 2019. Trade tensions between the US and China continued to weigh on the business environment as well as slowing global economic growth. The anti-extradition bill protests that took over the ...