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Licensing Show creates cross-industry business opportunities

April welcomed the return of the HKTDC’s long-standing Hong Kong International Licensing Show (HKILS), which drew over 320 exhibitors and showcased an extensive array of more than 550 brands and licensing projects.

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Hong Kong brands pop up in Paris

Curated by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and supported by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels, the Hong Kong Pop-up Design à Paris pop-up shop attracted Parisian consumers, fashion journalists, trade buyers and bloggers alike.

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ARTSHION competition designs on display at HKTDC Design Gallery

13 creations by 10 Hong Kong Design Institute students and three renowned Hong Kong fashion designers, as part of the ARTSHION 2024 Painting x Fashion and Image Design Competition, are on display at the HKTDC Design Gallery in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

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Contemporary take on heritage

Young jewellery designers showcased their ability to blend Hong Kong’s heritage with a contemporary touch at the 25th Hong Kong Jewellery Design Competition. The seven winning designs were on display at the HKTDC Hong Kong International Jewellery Show, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC).

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Bright prospects for jewellery

Players in a buoyant industry flocked to Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s (HKTDC) twin jewellery shows, expecting strong sales over the next one to two years.

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Hong Kong designers spread wings

As a leading creative hub in Asia, Hong Kong is a natural design centre. And Mainland China, the factory of the world, is a natural outlet for Hong Kong’s design talents. China’s Anhui province, just inland of the Yangtze Delta, is eager to take on Hong Kong designs. The province is a rapidly growing smart manufacturing centre and Hefei is the site of the country’s first Advanced Technology Application and Promotion Centre.

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Studio creates reality 2.0

A Hong Kong start-up, which introduced its cutting-edge extended reality (XE) technologies at FILMART earlier this year, will return in the next edition on 11-14 March 2024 to showcase innovative solutions and extend its presence in Mainland China to serve surging demand.

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Design-led innovation enriches lives

Good design addresses everyday problems, enriching people’s lives. Such design meshes with technology to disrupt markets.

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CENTRESTAGE draws 7,700 buyers

Fashion industry players see Hong Kong as an ideal platform for launching brands and trading, and expect online sales to continue surging, a survey of apparel buyers and sellers shows.

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CENTRESTAGE

The eighth edition of our fashion highlight CENTRESTAGE returns to a fully in-person event for the first time in three years following the end of COVID-19 restrictions.

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Salon de TE

Salon de TE represents works at the height of industry acclaim, offering a premier showcase of prestigious luxury watch brands, and showcasing the pinnacle of time and everlasting style.

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Summer brings family fun

For many years Hong Kong families have marked one date in high-summer on their calendars, that being a day in Book Fair week; and recently two more events – Sports and Leisure Expo and World of Snacks – have ensured that it is a triple mark.

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Crafting a green Hong Kong

The HKTDC Design Gallery’s annual LoveHK exhibition has returned to Hong Kong and runs until 9 July, displaying more than 60 artworks made from everyday waste items such as coffee filters, wine corks, egg cartons, vegetable and fruit nets and glass bottles at its Wan Chai CEC shop.

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ChicHK wows Shenzhen shoppers

Hong Kong has long been a shopper’s paradise drawing people from all over the world for retail therapy and over the past two decades the fastest growing segment has been consumers from nearby parts of Mainland China.

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Digitisation brings liquidity to high-value market

In spring this year Hong Kong’s art community celebrated the end of travel restrictions by holding an “art spring”, with exhibitions and cultural events including Art Basel (main picture), Art Central, HK Walls and other art collective events at venues such as the Tai Kwun and the Fringe Club.

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