Going to a restaurant for a casual dinner, we look for “bang for the buck”. But after 5 months of the anti-extradition bill campaign, we now consider yellow or blue, even for a meal. Besides fighting on the front lines, money is a weapon in our daily struggle. Some people have launched a consumer campaign to buy at yellow stores and boycott blue shops, hoping to support businesses of the same ilk in this economic doldrums. Politics have encroached on the hitherto apolitical HK business scene. How are businessmen coping? Are political stances now integral to market considerations?