Hong Kong as the battleground of retail, literally

Two items of Hong Kong news that caught my eye recently:

1. From the Standard, “Versace’s crossover with H&M hit town yesterday causing chaos at several stores and landing two security guards in hospital…Just before the shop opened, a South Asian woman was involved in an argument with two security guards after others in the line accused her of queue-jumping. Minutes later she returned with four muscular South Asian men who beat up the guards and fled. The guards were taken to hospital.”
2. From M.I.C. Gadget’s coverage of the iPhone 4S launch in Hong Kong, “According to a witness mentioned about the dispute between the Hong Kongers and the South Asian, there were two Hong Kongers were warned by a South Asian man (whom believed to be a boss of the gang of South Asian) that everyone else to leave the queue or he would call hundreds of South Asian men to chase them away. Some queuers were frighten by the South Asian, and a queuer finally called the polices.”

(Via @penguinsix. Also check out his coverage of the “cattle pens” set up for those lining up for the launch of the iPhone 4S in Hong Kong.)