ifc mall spruces up retail premises with life-size tropical paper creatures

Ifc mall has collaborated with local papercraft artist Stickyline to launch a papercraft tropical rainforest installation, featuring six life-size tropical creatures to spruce up its retail premises.  Founded in 2011 by local papercraft artists Mic Leong and Soilworm Lai, Stickyline specialises in paper art and has created countless artworks such as installations, giant sculptures and stage productions using folding and layering techniques.

Stickyline has created six types of rare tropical animals in a unique tropical rainforest installation-  the tapir, two golden lion tamarins, the crocodile, the jaguar, the sloth and two gorgeous toucans.Created using folding, layering and joining techniques as well as a clever combination of different paper, these sculptures are aesthetic representations of the animals. Also created with paper, the rainforest installation is a great opportunity for visitors to learn more about each animal’s lifestyle and other fun facts, said the mall.

In addition to its eye-catching rainforest installation and animal sculptures, ifc mall has also launched a limited-time Instagram filter that enables visitors to experience the rainforest’s vibrant sunsets and perennial drizzle. Participants can even spot two hidden creatures for Instagrammable photos.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s retail sales have had a turbulent time, dropping in June from a year earlier, while the value of online retail sales has slightly increased compared to the same month last year.

According to the Census and Statistics Department (C&SD)’s latest figures on retail sales released on 2 August 2022, the value of total retail sales in June provisionally estimated at HK$27.7 billion, decreased by 1.2% compared with the same month in 2021. The revised estimate of the value of total retail sales in May 2022 decreased by 1.6% compared with a year earlier. For the first half of 2022, it was provisionally estimated that the value of total retail sales decreased by 2.6% compared with the same period in 2021.

Out of the total retail sales in June, the online sales accounted for 8.2%, with the value of online retail sales in that month provisionally estimated at HK$2.3 billion, increased by 0.5% compared with the same month in 2021. The revised estimate of online retail sales in May 2022 increased by 2.9% compared with a year earlier. For the first half of 2022, it was provisionally estimated that the value of online retail sales increased by 24.0% compared with the same period in 2021.

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