MARKET SPOTLIGHT

The leaders of a retail and delivery firm describe how they brought these ancient business models into the digital era.

11 August 2020

For the past decade Entrepreneur Day (E-Day), organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), has been a highlight on start-ups’ calendars in the city and beyond. More

Topics: Logistics & Supply Chain, Hong Kong, Retail Technology, e-commerce

Thailand beckons Hong Kong entrepreneurs

SMEs in the city eye expansion into Thailand as the two economies seek further business cooperation.

04 August 2020

As traditional earnings models are under pressure from a basket of challenges - including the COVID-19 outbreak and Sino-United States trade conflict - many Hong Kong small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are looking to diversify into emerging markets such as Southeast Asian countries. More

Topics: Association & Government, Thailand, Hong Kong, T-Box, trade

Traders flock to cyberspace

The COVID-19 outbreak may have put physical fairs on ice, but it is generating e-business opportunities and prompting the launch of virtual shows such as Summer Sourcing Weeks | Go ONLINE.

29 July 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is keeping many suppliers, exporters, importers, buyers and investors confined at home – and no intelligence, artificial or otherwise, will reveal when regular physical travel can resume. More

Topics: Association & Government, Hong Kong, e-business, trade

COVID the transformer

As the pandemic transforms businesses across the world, futurist Gerd Leonhard sees ample opportunities for start-ups to thrive in the ‘new normal’.

28 July 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought drastic changes for all businesses with sectors such as cruise liners going into suspended animation while others, such as entertainment, transform themselves with such innovations as drive-in concerts (main picture). More

Topics: Hong Kong, AI, Robotics

Self-driven scoops scour waters

A Hong Kong start-up is creating autonomous plastic gathering robot swarms which could clean up the world’s waterways.

21 July 2020

Plastic pollution in oceans, rivers, harbours and lakes has become a hot-button issue around the world, including in Hong Kong where most people live and work near waterways and see the problem every day. More

Topics: Environmental Protection, Hong Kong, e-business, start-ups

Start-up sector bullish on comeback

Many of the entrepreneurial individuals driving Hong Kong’s start-up sector remain undaunted by recent setbacks.

14 July 2020

Hong Kong’s start‑up scene was very much seen as riding high last year, a scenario viewed as set to fuel the innovation that is the lifeblood of the city. More

Topics: Association & Government, Hong Kong, start-ups, Innovation and Tech

Virtual fair, real business

For traders remaining homebound amid the current pandemic, there’s only one way to go – online.

07 July 2020

For hundreds of thousands of suppliers and buyers looking to continue with business despite COVID-19-induced travel restrictions, a convenient solution is at hand. More

Topics: Lighting Products, Electronics & Electrical Appliances, Hong Kong, Summer Sourcing Weeks, e-business

Solution for financial indigestion

Helping make sense of vast quantities of business information and data proves a hit with this start-up’s investors.

30 June 2020

Scanning reams of financial documents while sorting through bundles of data is an essential skill for anyone running a business – and Hong Kong fintech start-up Apoidea has won favour with investors by offering artificial intelligence (AI) solutions which take on this process. More

Topics: Finance & Investment, Hong Kong, AI, Fintech

Rapid reliable tests vital in virus fight

A Hong Kong genetics start-up has devised a low-cost solution allowing screening for COVID-19 carriers and counts UK football stars among its clientele.

23 June 2020

The rapid spread of COVID-19, which has infected more than eight million people across the planet and led to over 400,000 deaths, presents the world with an unprecedented health and economic challenge, especially to the frontline medical professionals risking their lives taking care of COVID-19 patients. More

Topics: Medical & Healthcare Services, Hong Kong, Home-grown Innovations, MedTech

Volatile environment favours start-ups

Nimble young firms took a chance to showcase their potential at the third Start-up Express.

16 June 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak is driving drastic overhauls of economies and business operating models worldwide. More

Topics: Association & Government, Hong Kong, start-ups, Start-up Express

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