The New Normal in Hong Kong - Consumption Trends July 2021
Changing consumption patterns.
Looking at consumption trends, we see that a slowly increasing number of people (now 48%) declare using mobile payments to avoid unnecessary contacts (a stabilizing trend after a December 2020 peak) while a third now declare having purchased groceries online in the past month. Over two in three meanwhile declare having visited a shopping mall (64%) and 62% have eaten out at a restaurant in the past four weeks.
Meanwhile 45% declare having socialized with friends and family in person in the past month, up from 35% in April and 41% in May. 19% have also gone to the theatre or movies in June (against 15% in May).
