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HKFP
24-04-2025
- Business
- HKFP
Thai dessert chain After You latest to exit Hong Kong amid ongoing retail slump
A Thai dessert chain has announced it will exit Hong Kong this weekend, three years after its foray into the local market, amid the city's ongoing retail slump. Thai chain After You said in a social media post on Tuesday evening that Sunday will be the last day of operations for its remaining Hong Kong branch at the Airside shopping mall in Kai Tak. 'Farewell! Thank you for your support since January 2022,' it said. 'Our last day in Hong Kong will be April 27, 2025. Though we're saying goodbye (for now!). We hope to see you again. Feel free to stay in touch. You're always welcome to visit us in Thailand anytime.' After You also said its Wan Chai shop on Lee Tung Avenue had already closed down, without disclosing when. The dessert chain opened its first Hong Kong store in Causeway Bay in 2022, before relocating to Wan Chai in September 2023. After You, known for its shaved ice and toast desserts, was a caterer for pop culture festival ComplexCon last month, according to the chain's and the organiser's social media posts. International brands exit Since reopening its borders and lifting pandemic curbs in early 2023, Hong Kong has been struggling to retain international brands. A spate of international food and beverage brands have exited the local market, including sandwich chain EggSlut. Last year, health product chain CR Care, Flash Coffee, Garrett Popcorn, lifestyle brand Paul & Joe, and DCH Food Mart shuttered in Hong Kong. Outback Steakhouse, an American chain, closed nine of its 19 branches, citing market conditions. After You's exit announcement comes after Hong Kong authorities said last month that February retail sales dropped by 13 per cent for the 12th straight month, compared with the same period last year. However, sales of food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco rose 0.7 per cent year on year.
South China Morning Post
23-04-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong retail slump claims another victim as Thai dessert shop deserts
Thai dessert chain After You Dessert Cafe will exit the Hong Kong market, closing its two shops after three years amid the city's continuous slump in retail sales. Advertisement 'Farewell! Thank you for your support since January 2022,' the company said in a social media post on Tuesday. 'Our last day in Hong Kong will be April 27. Though we are saying goodbye (for now), we hope to see you again.' The brand, known for its shaved ice treats and honey toast, entered Hong Kong during the Covid-19 pandemic with its first international branch, on Tang Lung Street in Causeway Bay. That shop closed in July 2022. The cafe's current shop on Lee Tung Avenue in Wan Chai has now closed, and its remaining location in Airside at Kai Tak will operate until Sunday. The exit comes as the city's retail sector remains mired in a downturn that is putting further pressure on the weak retail property market Originally established in Bangkok in 2007, After You rapidly expanded to more than 30 outlets in Thailand. The owner chose Hong Kong as its first overseas expansion 'because it is one of her favourite cities', according to its website. Advertisement Hong Kong's retail sales dropped for a 12th straight month in February, sliding 13 per cent to HK$29.4 billion (US$3.8 billion) from a year earlier, according to official data. Sales in the first two months of 2025 shrank 7.8 per cent from a year earlier as local residents spent a big chunk of their discretionary income across the border in Shenzhen and elsewhere.
South China Morning Post
23-04-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong retail slump claims another victim as Thai dessert shop deserts
Thai dessert chain After You Dessert Cafe will exit the Hong Kong market, closing its two shops after three years amid the city's continuous slump in retail sales. Advertisement 'Farewell! Thank you for your support since January 2022,' the company said in a social media post on Tuesday. 'Our last day in Hong Kong will be April 27. Though we are saying goodbye (for now), we hope to see you again.' The brand, known for its shaved ice treats and honey toast, entered Hong Kong during the Covid-19 pandemic with its first international branch, on Tang Lung Street in Causeway Bay. That shop closed in July 2022. The cafe's current shop on Lee Tung Avenue in Wan Chai has now closed, and its remaining location in Airside at Kai Tak will operate until Sunday. The exit comes as the city's retail sector remains mired in a downturn that is putting further pressure on the weak retail property market Originally established in Bangkok in 2007, After You rapidly expanded to more than 30 outlets in Thailand. The owner chose Hong Kong as its first overseas expansion 'because it is one of her favourite cities', according to its website. Advertisement Hong Kong's retail sales dropped for a 12th straight month in February, sliding 13 per cent to HK$29.4 billion (US$3.8 billion) from a year earlier, according to official data. Sales in the first two months of 2025 shrank 7.8 per cent from a year earlier as local residents spent a big chunk of their discretionary income across the border in Shenzhen and elsewhere.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tay-K Sentenced To 80 Years In Prison For San Antonio Murder
Tay-K has received his punishment for the 2017 shooting that left a photographer dead in San Antonio, Texas. The 24-year-old rapper was sentenced to 80 years in prison. News 4 San Antonio reports the Arlington, Texas rapper was found guilty of murder earlier this week, and the jury delivered its sentencing on Tuesday (April 15). This trial was connected to the murder of Mark Anthony Saldivar, with whom the rapper connected with in 2017 for a photoshoot and attempted to rob at gunpoint, ultimately ending with him fatally shooting the photographer. The #SantanaWorld (+) artist is currently jailed at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice until further notice. 80 years is on the higher end of what his sentencing was originally predicted to be, as he was initially told he could face between five and 99 years. Had he been convicted of capital murder, it would have been a life sentence without parole. 'I do realize that while this is a lot of time, you're still alive. You can still better yourself,' District Court Judge Stephanie Boyd said, per KENS 5. 'But the complainant in this case is deceased, and you need to internalize that the complainant in this case is deceased. You're going to have to make changes.' The judge's message was resonant, as this was Tay-K's second murder trial in 6 years. In 2019, he was sentenced to 55 years in prison for a murder that took place during a home invasion in 2016. The murder and his subsequent effort to evade the police inspired his 2017 hit record 'The Race.' He was ordered to serve house arrest, but cut off his ankle monitor and fled from law enforcement ahead of his hearing for the 2016 murder. His latest single, 'The Race,' was part of his sole album #SantanaWorld (+), which was followed by the 2018 record 'After You.' Since then, Tay-K has not released any official new music, given the ensuing years of litigation and trials. Listen below. More from Tay-K Could Face Up To 99 Years In Prison After Latest Murder Conviction Tekashi 6ix9ine Pranked With Fake King Von Coffin PnB Rock's Murder Could've Been Inside Job, New Information Suggests
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tay-K Could Face Up To 99 Years In Prison After Latest Murder Conviction
Tay-K has now been handed his second murder conviction. The 24-year-old rapper may face up to 99 years in prison for killing a photographer while evading the police who were chasing him down for his first murder. The Long Beach, Calif.-born rapper has already been handed a 55-year sentence for his 2016 murder that took occurred during a home invasion. Ultimately, it was determined that he would concurrently serve a 30-year prison sentence for one of his three counts of aggravated robbery and 13 years each for the other two counts. Tay-K was 16 years old when this murder occurred. While he was supposed to be serving a house arrest sentence, he cut off his ankle bracelet and fled law enforcement ahead of the hearing for his home invasion. The controversial rapper infamously documented this story in his hit song 'The Race' in 2017. Watch the conviction and listen to 'The Race' below. In 2017, a warrant was issued for Tay-K's arrest in Bexar County, Texas. The Arlington, Texas native and a group picked up 23-year-old photographer Mark Anthony Saldivar for a photoshoot, but ended up robbing him at gunpoint for his camera. They ultimately killed Saldivar, according to Fort Worth-Star Telegram. Now, he has received his second murder conviction. While it is not a capital murder conviction, which would have meant an automatic life sentence, he is facing anywhere between five and 99 years in prison. Tay-K burst onto the music scene in 2017 with his track 'The Race,' which was part of his only album #SantanaWorld (+). 21 Savage and Young Nudy joined him on the remix to his hit record, and Maxo Kream appeared on the remix to 'I <3 My Choppa.' Tay-K shared 'After You' the following year and has been inactive musically since then due to his legal constraints. More from Tekashi 6ix9ine Pranked With Fake King Von Coffin PnB Rock's Murder Could've Been Inside Job, New Information Suggests Louisiana High School Senior Killed By Boyfriend In Apparent Murder-Suicide While Headed To Homecoming
