Hong Kong's retail sales by value rose by 3.8% in August from a year earlier, the fourth consecutive month of gains. Sales increased to HK$30.3bn ($3.89bn). In July, retail sales rose 1.8% compared with the same month a year before. In volume terms, August retail sales increased by 3.2% from a year earlier, compared with a revised 0.9% rise in July. For the first eight months of 2025, the value of total retail sales declined by 1.9% compared with the same period in 2024, and volume fell 3.1%.

Visitor arrivals in August surged to 5.15mn, up 15.7% from the same month a year earlier, according to Hong Kong Tourism Board data. Mainland Chinese visitors accounted for 4.22mn of these arrivals, a 15.4% increase year-on-year. That compared with 3.51mn in July, 2.61mn in June and 3.12mn in May. Sales of jewelery, watches, clocks and valuable gifts jumped 16.4% year-on-year in August after a revised 8.9% rise in July. Sales of clothing, footwear and allied products increased 2.8% year-on-year in August following a 0.1% rise in July