NEW YORK - Hong Kong demonstrations continue to disrupt business as usual for some American companies and shoemaker Vans is the latest to get tangled up in the protests.
The move sparked heated backlash across social media. Some called for a boycott of the skateboarding shoe brand popular with young people after it pulled the submission. While it didn't specify which designs it removed, the company said that"a small number of artistic submissions have been removed". Sneaker chain Dahood, which operates several Vans franchises in Hong Kong, wrote in a Facebook post on Oct 5 that it was suspending operations at three locations in the city"until further notice" because of"the controversy caused by the Custom Culture design competition held by Vans worldwide".