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The HKUST Li & Fung Supply Chain Institute accelerates the creation, global dissemination, and practical application of new knowledge and technologies for managing supply chains. Jointly established by international research university HKUST and supply chain industry leader Li & Fung, the Institute engages in collaborative research, exchanges, professional development and executive education to dr

iving real-world impact across the region and globally, while contributing to Hong Kongโ€™s development as a multinational supply chain management center.

We were honored to host Prof. Panos Kouvelis from Washington University for today's HKUST Li & Fung Supply Chain Institu...
04/09/2026

We were honored to host Prof. Panos Kouvelis from Washington University for today's HKUST Li & Fung Supply Chain Institute Seminar. His talk, "Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL): The Hidden Effects of Consumer Liquidity on Retail Prices and Inventories," provided compelling insights into how BNPL contracts reshape retail pricing and inventory decisions. Prof. Kouvelis demonstrated that while BNPL adoption generally drives up equilibrium prices, its profitability depends heavily on specific product and market characteristics.

Thank you to Prof. Kouvelis and all participants for a thought-provoking discussion. Stay tuned for more intellectual exchanges from the HKUST Li & Fung Supply Chain Institute!

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐Š๐”๐’๐“ ๐‹๐ข & ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ!We are thrilled to announce an upcoming seminar fe...
11/08/2026

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐Š๐”๐’๐“ ๐‹๐ข & ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ!

We are thrilled to announce an upcoming seminar featuring the distinguished Professor Panos Kouvelis from the Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis.

Date: 4 September 2026 (Friday)
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue: Room G003, LSK Business Building, HKUST, Clear Water Bay

In this session, Professor Kouvelis will explore the timely topic of "Buy Now Pay Later: The Hidden Effects of Consumer Liquidity on Retail Prices and Inventories." Motivated by the rapid adoption of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) contracts, the seminar will uncover how consumer liquidityโ€”a critical market frictionโ€”impacts retail pricing and inventory strategies. Join us to gain fresh insights into the long-term effects on retailer profit, product availability, and consumer surplus, and learn why BNPL financing might not always be a profitable choice for all retail markets.

Reserve your spot now ๐Ÿ‘‰: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/DrHfKN1i8k?origin=lprLink

You are also welcomed to join by zoom: https://hkust.zoom.us/j/93157485658?pwd=043J2YXtc7Q3koNumC2J9D37WOc1QE.1

PMI points to sustained growth in the sector in 2Q26. We project stable growth in manufacturing production. While slug...
23/07/2026

PMI points to sustained growth in the sector in 2Q26. We project stable growth in manufacturing production. While sluggish infrastructure and real estate investment as well as a global economic slowdown will weigh on Chinaโ€™s industrial production, the global AI boom and ongoing energy transition will continue driving the production and export of AI-related and green-tech products. https://ustlfsci.hkust.edu.hk/periodicals/pmi-quarterly-china-manufacturing-issue-65-july-2026

China & Weekly Update (26 June โ€“ 9 July 2026)โ€ข Chaohesuan NB enters Beijing with six stores opening at the same time...
22/07/2026

China & Weekly Update (26 June โ€“ 9 July 2026)
โ€ข Chaohesuan NB enters Beijing with six stores opening at the same time
โ€ข Tmall Global wraps up first phase of โ€œGlobal Origin Exploration Planโ€ with 243 overseas brands signing up
โ€ข Douyin E-commerceโ€™s sports sales up 38% yoy
โ€ข Tmall Global launches โ€œThailand National Pavilionโ€: 13 Thai designer brands enter China
โ€ข Meituanโ€™s Xiaoxiang Supermarket opens its first Hangzhou store
โ€ข Walmart China officially announces โ€œnext-generation storesโ€ in Beijing
โ€ข Nikeโ€™s revenue in Greater China for fiscal 2026 down by 11% yoy
โ€ข MINISO speeds up expansion of its โ€œMINISO LANDโ€ stores; expects to exceed 100 locations worldwide within the year
โ€ข IKEA continues to expand its instant retail business by launching on Taobao Flash
โ€ข CCFAโ€™s Top 100 Chain Brands 2026: Walmart ranks first, Freshippo second
โ€ข Nine departments including the MOFCOM issue guideline to accelerate innovative development of retail industry
https://ustlfsci.hkust.edu.hk/periodicals/china-retail-e-commerce-weekly-update-26-june-9-july-2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐€๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ?The digital transforma...
30/06/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐€๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ?

The digital transformation of the department store industry is entering deeper territory, with artificial intelligence (AI) applications emerging as a critical variable in breaking through existing bottlenecks and rebuilding core competitiveness. In terms of how seriously enterprises regard AI, the survey below shows that over 70% of respondents believed AI would have a transformative or significant impact on the retail industry: 35% considered the impact to be transformative, and 41.7% considered it significant, together accounting for 76.7% of respondents. Only 1.7% of surveyed enterprises believed AI would have limited impact on the industry.

This near-universal recognition signals that AI applications will shift from being an optional innovation concept to a mandatory industry imperative, and heralds the beginning of a new phase in the industryโ€™s digital transformation.

More at: https://ustlfsci.hkust.edu.hk/reports/chinas-department-stores-report-2025-2026

China & Weekly Update (12 โ€“ 18 June 2026)โ€ข JD MALL opens Shanghai Qibao store, reaching 30 stores nationwideโ€ข JD.com...
25/06/2026

China & Weekly Update (12 โ€“ 18 June 2026)
โ€ข JD MALL opens Shanghai Qibao store, reaching 30 stores nationwide
โ€ข JD.comโ€™s pet express service expands to 10 more cities including Tianjin and Langfang
โ€ข Henanโ€™s first JD Mall expected to open in October
โ€ข Vipshopโ€™s final 618 flash sale starts at 8:00 PM on 15 June
โ€ข Xianyuโ€™s door-to-door recycling service launches in 50 cities nationwide with one-hour service now available
โ€ข Taobao Flash works with catering partners to expand quality takeout delivery business
โ€ข Taobao launches in-app โ€œAI video callingโ€ feature to check prices
โ€ข JD.com opens 23 new offline stores during 618 shopping festival
โ€ข JD.comโ€™s โ€œBillion-Yuan Subsidiesโ€ renamed to โ€œSuper Subsidiesโ€
โ€ข Yonghui Superstoresโ€™ first โ€œHealthy Lifestyle Storeโ€ opens in Chongqing
โ€ข Pop Mart opens dessert brand POP BAKERYโ€™s first store
โ€ข CCFAโ€™s Top 100 Chain Brands 2026: Walmart ranks first, Freshippo second
โ€ข NBS: Retail sales of consumer goods up by 1.4% yoy from January to May 2026
https://ustlfsci.hkust.edu.hk/periodicals/china-retail-e-commerce-weekly-update-12-18-june-2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š'๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ?More at: https://ustlfsci.hkust.edu.hk/r...
23/06/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š'๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ?

More at: https://ustlfsci.hkust.edu.hk/reports/chinas-department-stores-report-2025-2026

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