For a city that prides itself on being one of the world’s great shopping destinations, 2011 has been a stellar year for Hong Kong.

Major brands such as Apple and Hogan have already created much fanfare with the opening of flagship and a concept store here, respectively.

And the shopping landscape was extended further Tuesday as the Harvey Nichols brand welcomed shoppers into its 83,000-square-foot (7710 sq m] flagship in the city’s Pacific Place mall, set in the Admiralty district.

The mall is among the favored destinations for mainland Chinese visitors to the city — who on average spend around HK$7,500 on shopping during each overnight visit.

The shopping mall will by the end of 2012 also be home to a 21,000 square foot (1950 sq m ) flagship store for British brand Burberry.

The city’s high-end Landmark mall in the Central shopping district has also been busy loading up new clients inside a special “Men’s Mall” section of its complex.

That area now boasts the lines of Thomas Pink, Gucci and Valentino Men in 60,000 square feet (5574 sq m) dedicated to menswear, grooming and gadgetry.

China’s male shoppers spent some seven billion yuan (800 million euros) on clothes and accessories last year, as compared to the 2.8 billion (320 million euros) spent collectively on the same sort of items by Chinese women.

Next up for HK is the opening of a Rolls Royce showroom on November 10 as the luxury car brand looks to further its sales both here and on into the Chinese market.

Rolls Royce the company is hoping to move 800 cars in Hong Kong and China combined in 2011, making the region its largest market in the world.

Last year sales of the luxury vehicles reached 2,711 — a record since the carmaker came under the control of the BMW group in 2003.

Source: AFPrelaxnews – Photo: Shourouk Rhaiem