KPS Video Express - All of Our Articles and Resources

KPS Video Express (金獅影視快線) was a major Hong Kong retail chain, selling and renting VHS tapes, LaserDiscs, Video CDs, and later DVDs. They also sold computer software. It opened in 1981, expanded throughout Hong Kong and later Taiwan, before collapsing in 1998 from combined pressures from regulator changes, high prices from distributor oligopolies, and the Asian Economic Crisis.

This is a list of all of our articles, research, and resources about KPS Video Express.

Why did KPS Video Express Fail? Rewinding Failure in Hong Kong's Video Market

A forensic breakdown of how one of Hong Kong’s biggest 1990s retail empires collapsed under the combined weight of distributor power, the 1997 Copyright Ordinance, undisciplined megastore expansion, the Asian Financial Crisis, rampant piracy, and a fatal loss of consumer trust after its coupon “burn.” The article argues that KPS wasn’t undone by a single mistake but by multiple structural shocks compounding at once, a slow‑motion failure that marked the end of Hong Kong’s physical‑media era.

Link: https://www.bulsuk.com/2025/12/why-did-kps-video-express-fail.html

KPS Video Express: A Hong Kong Institution

An initial introduction to what KPS Video Express was, and how this research project started.

Link: https://www.bulsuk.com/2011/01/kps-video-express-hong-kong-institution.html

The Long Lost Logo of KPS Video Express

How we recreated the logo of KPS Video Express, which was thought to be lost

Link: https://www.bulsuk.com/2010/12/long-lost-logo-of-kps-video-express.html

KPS Video Express Receipts and Terms of Service

Scans showing two surviving examples of receipts issued by KPS Video Express when renting or purchasing media

Link: https://www.bulsuk.com/2011/06/kps-video-express-receipts-and-terms-of.html

The History of KPS Video Express - Wikipedia Article

A copy of the original article I wrote for Wikipedia.

Link: https://www.bulsuk.com/2011/01/the-history-of-kps-video-express.html

KPS Video Express Membership Card Recreated: Welcome back to the 1990s

A recreation of the KPS Video Express membership card, and documentation of the different versions throughout the years.

Link: https://www.bulsuk.com/2025/11/kps-video-express-membership-card.html