HKFP lists retailers who have recently downsized or pulled out of Hong Kong. The article blames the 2019 protests and Covid, which spurred middle-class emigration and changed consumer habits – including a trend of leisure spending in far more affordable Shenzhen. Some F&B and other sectors have never recovered.
But will the victims be missed? Among them are the somewhat grotty supermarket chain DCH Food Mart, which I occasionally (as in maybe twice) bought things from. Then there is the MCL Plaza Hollywood cinema, Outback Steakhouse restaurants and CR Care health products stores, which were all places I vaguely knew of but never set foot in (NOKD). And then we bid farewell to Eggslut sandwiches, Flash Coffee, Garrett Popcorn and clothing/cosmetics outlet Paul & Joe – none of which I had ever even heard of. They sound trashy or at least ill-advised. The market is saturated with coffee and fashion brands. Anything called ‘Eggslut’ deserves to die. And how do you pay Hong Kong rents selling popcorn?
“And how do you pay Hong Kong rents selling popcorn?”
Have you ever checked the price of popcorn in Hong Kong cinemas?
According to Eggslut: “The long queues, the joy on our customers’ faces and every like and share on line – these moments will be forever in our hearts”.
Any company putting out PR crap like this definitely deserves to die.
NOKD – not on know diversion? It’s a new one to me, can anyone translate please? Also all this more affordable over in SZN rubbish, the exchange rate you get is awful. RMB8,000 tooth implant was charged to my Mastercard as HK$8,950.
Strewth! Even the Aussies are offended – blokes and sheilas alike!
https://www.marketingmag.com.au/featured/quirky-or-offensive-eggslut-denied-in-australia
Who goes to Shenzhen for dental implants??
Not Our Kind, Dear
@Mjrelje: that is still a whole lot cheaper than the 30,000 my HK dentist quoted.