This post was originally published on South China Morning Post.
It took the coronavirus pandemic to get Hong Kong to embrace e-commerce, but it looks like it’s here to stay, industry leaders say
Hong Kong finally jumped on the e-commerce bandwagon over the past year as social-distancing measures related to the Covid-19 pandemic kept residents at home, with industry leaders saying they expect the changes to stick – even in a post-coronavirus world.Speaking on Tuesday at the latest edition of the “Redefining Hong Kong Debate Series”, an online forum organised by the South China Morning Post, those in the sector said disruptions to bricks-and-mortar businesses appeared to have pushed…