Adrian Ho was inspired to trade in luxury watches due to his 18 year passion for collecting vintage timepieces. Like many other retailers, his efforts are helped by global ecommerce platforms that create export opportunities for micro, small and medium Enterprises (MSMEs): eBay, in his case.
SMEhorizon speaks with Ho...
Offering a deep dive into the evolving Southeast Asian ecommerce landscape, Netcore Cloud released its comprehensive report, "Ecommerce Mindscape SEA 2024." Featuring insights from key industry players, the report provides a roadmap for businesses to thrive in this rapidly growing market, projected to reach $180 billion by 2025.
As Southeast Asia's ecommerce sector witnesses exponential...
In today’s digital world, customer service expectations are evolving at such a fast pace. Fast response times, round-the-clock availability and omni channel service sits high on the wish list of today’s consumers when asked about customer service expectations. According to the latest e-Conomy SEA Report, Southeast Asia gained 400...
The Curtain Boutique was founded in 2012 as a two-man roaming team. Today, the pioneering local curtains, blinds and ziptrack retailer has become one of the top 100 fastest-growing companies in Singapore, with 70 employees, spanning across two showrooms and an operations HQ office.
According to Bruce Lee, Chief Operating Officer,...
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Singapore have had to pivot from their traditional brick-and-mortar operations and move online in the face of COVID-19 disruptions. Aided by global payment systems, some have managed to thrive and expand their reach overseas.
25% of online SMBs in Singapore reported a positive experience...
This past year has been especially challenging for SMBs in the region, with International Data Corporation (IDC) reporting 70.6 percent of micro and SMBs forced to temporarily cease operations due to the pandemic.
In response, TikTok has introduced Shop Local Saturday, an initiative to support small and medium businesses (SMBs)...
New precinct-level digital initiatives and an SME Centre have been launched to help Chinatown businesses grow their business by attracting more visitors, with dedicated efforts to target the younger and digitally-savvy crowd.
New Digital Initiatives
COVID-19 has impacted Singapore’s tourism businesses and precincts, following a significant drop in visitors in 2020...
Having had enough of being over-charged for poor quality durians, dealing with dishonest durian vendors, and eating in hot and unhygienic conditions, durian lover Jay Lee founded Kungfu Durian with a mission to provide quality durians, at reasonable and transparent prices, in a comfortable ambience.
However, as the COVID-19 situation...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) have launched the linkage of Singapore’s PayNow and Thailand’s PromptPay real-time retail payment systems.
The linkage is the culmination of several years of extensive collaboration between MAS and BOT, both countries’ payment system operators, bankers’ associations, and participating...
Razer Merchant Services has partnered with KK SUPER MART to enable Razer Cash for online Shopee purchases, in an effort to encourage e-commerce participation among the unbanked segments of Malaysians.
Razer Cash is a payment option that e-commerce customers can utilize to make cash payments for their online purchases by getting...
