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Ma Ying-piu (Chinese: 馬應彪; 21 December 1860 – 15 July 1944) was a Hong Kong retailer and businessman. He founded the Sincere Department Store in 1900, the first Chinese-owned department store in China and is widely regarded as the "father of Chinese department stores".
A Sincere store in Central, Hong Kong, circa 1941. Founded by Ma Ying-piu on 8 January 1900 after returning from Australia [2] and partnership with others to form the first Chinese department store in then British Hong Kong. [3] Ma was inspired by his experience with retail stores in Sydney. [4] and modelled Sincere after David Jones. [5]
- 8 January 1900; 123 years ago
- HKD 458,410,000 (2011)
- 587
Aug 3, 2022 · Written By Curator Cat. Having a humble beginning didn’t stop Ma Ying Piu from becoming a self-made retail magnate. Determined to financially support Sun Yet-sen’s (Founder of modern China) vision to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, Ma started the first Chinese-owned department store, “Sincere”, in Hong Kong in 1900. He revolutionized how ...
Sep 29, 2022 · Ma Ying-piu started his department store business in Hong Kong after earning a fortune in Australia. Image: Wikimedia Commons. But he need not have worried. Sincere was an immediate hit. Staff estimated that 10,000 people entered the store on that first day alone. This was not because it was the first department store in Hong Kong.
Nov 5, 2004 · Chapter ends for a sincerely Chinese rags-to-riches story. Published: 12:00am, 5 Nov 2004. Were Ma Ying-piu, the father of commerce in China, alive today, he would be saddened. The Sincere company ...
Feb 25, 2018 · Posted Sun 25 Feb 2018 at 2 ... From left: Mark Jo, George Kwok Bew, Ma Ying Piu and Choy Hing. ... Samuel Hordern operated Sydney's largest department stores at the time including the four-storey ...
Ma Ying-piu was a Hong Kong retailer and businessman. He founded the Sincere Department Store in 1900, the first Chinese-owned department store in China and is widely regarded as the "father of Chinese department stores".[1]
