A guessing game went viral online and at Kai Tak Stadium during Blackpink’s three concerts in Hong Kong, with two-dish-rice and other street food such as egg tarts and pineapple buns among the top items that fans speculated the lead singer of the K-pop girl group would eat on stage. In the end, it was…
Mainland Chinese tourists coming to Hong Kong on Saturday and Sunday made it a record-breaking weekend for this month, driven by K-pop girl group Blackpink’s shows, while the figure was just 2 per cent below New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day footfall. Hotel and retail industry leaders said on Monday the three-day concert series…
Fans flocked to catch the final leg of Blackpink’s world tour in Hong Kong, with shops reporting around a 30 per cent boost in business from concertgoers. Kai Tak Sports Park turned into a pink-dotted sea of fans on Saturday, as attendees in matching outfits or waving the band’s signature lightsticks filled the venue and…
Shares of Chinese toymaker Pop Mart rallied nearly 10 per cent on Tuesday morning after the company announced its first share buy-back in nearly two years, following a decline from last year’s peak. Pop Mart’s Hong Kong-listed shares rose to HK$198.70 as investors welcomed the move. The stock remains below last year’s closing level of…
The financial regulator has approved the London Stock Exchange to operate a new type of a private stock market, created to win more business from private firms and inject new life into the UK stock market. The system is called Pisces, the “private intermittent securities and capital exchange system”.Julia Hoggett, chief executive of the London…
If you’re bored of the unadorned silk dresses and plain white linen sets that supposedly whisper wealth and status, then you’re not alone. Restrained dressing under the guise of trends like quiet luxury and East Coast summer has produced stifling guidance against bold silhouettes, loud colors, and quirky accessories. But Damson Madder embraces joyful maximalism…