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Politically
Protesters initiate shop boycott campaigns as an
alternative to express their political views.
By Cynthia Sit
olitics is integrated into our daily lives that even our consumption boycott movement because economy
pattern is impacted amid the anti-government movement. Protest- is the government’s most vulnerable
Pers and several online campaigners call on HongKongers to boy- spot. They urge consumers to spend
cott pro-government companies, which are identified as “blue stores”, to less on Fridays and Sundays and
pressurise the government into responding demands raised during the boycott pro-government businesses,
anti-extradition law amendment bill (anti-ELAB) movement. Exercising naming some high-profile enterpris-
the power of consumer choice by boycotting businesses that support es such as Maxim’s, Swire, Best Mart
the government has become a strategy to sustain the movement. 360 and MTR malls. Shops are tar-
geted based on actions that they have
Advocating the change of consumption pattern taken in response to the recent pro-
to bring political empowerment tests and political stances that their
Bye Buy Day HK, one of the online action groups initiates the shop owners have publicly stated.
