The anti-reform exercise launched a strike, a slam and a strike yesterday, and traffic in Hong Kong, causing the public to “being striked
In the seven strike rally areas, many shops in the nearby shopping malls were closed for one day or closed early, and some non-collection malls also had individual shops closed. There are about ten shops in the basement of the first phase of the large shopping mall Telford Plaza, including the well-known brand cosmetics store Lancome. Most of the shops at the first phase of Popcorn in Tseung Kwan O opened at noon, but they closed early in the afternoon. Some clerk said that they were worried about traffic problems. At night, 80% of the shops closed. Some Legislative Council members revealed that in the last two weeks of July, many merchants’ business fell by 30%. It is estimated that the situation may be even worse this month.
Merchants fell 30% at the end of last month
In Tseung Kwan O District, most of the mall stores are open as usual, but individual shops responded with slams and posted notices. In the first phase of Telford Plaza in Kowloon Bay, the reporter observed at noon and found that about ten shops in the basement were not open, and most of the shops did not post notices. Among them, LEONA, a shop selling women’s underwear, posted a notice on the glass window, saying that “there was a day-to-day inventory, including 15 branches and department store counters for one day.” Most of the shops at Popcorn, Phase I, Tseung Kwan O There are still business, but the famous brands Agnesb., PANDORA, Hallmark and other shops are not open, but there is no notice. Only the chain sporting goods store CPU posted a notice saying that “the traffic is congested in various districts and it is safe for employees. Suspend business.”
A Lancome spokesperson replied to this newspaper that this was a temporary decision of the company
Yesterday, the entire Hong Kong branch closed early at 3 pm. A Kiehl’s spokesperson said that there were 30 branches in Hong Kong. In the morning, some of the shops did not open due to special traffic conditions. Later, the company decided to close the store at 3 am. The famous fast food fashion brand ZARA has seven stores located in the assembly area or adjacent to the assembly area, which is not open in the morning, and the remaining branches are closed early at 8 pm.
The Legislative Council’s wholesale and retail trader, Mr Stephen Siu, said that about 30% of his peers told him yesterday that many of his staff had to wait two to three hours to go to work because of the uncooperative movement in the morning. Therefore, many merchants began to close early in the afternoon. . He said that in the near future, whenever there are people marching, the merchants will lose at least 60% to 70% of the business, and they will lose all day business. “While the total retail sales in June fell by 6.7%, in the last two weeks of July, many merchants fell by 30%. It is estimated that the situation may be even worse this month.”