Whammies call for extended assistance for retailers to go online — Sofea Azahar | Malay Mail

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OCTOBER 19 — Luck seems to not be on retail sector’s side this year since the struck of the Covid-19 pandemic as various unfortunate circumstances in the country have resulted in downturns for this particular sector. Therefore, more e-commerce perks should be given to help revive the sector,...

Monday, 19 Oct 2020 08:52 AM MYT

This came with a reason that the retailers and shopping centres are not allowed to operate at full capacity during the recovery movement control order as part of the SOPs which has affected their performances. Due to this, most of the affected retail stores are asked to be shut down for appropriate preventive measures to be taken.that the shift in retail landscape since the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to lead to the closure of more than 51,000 retail stores in the next four to five months.

It is indeed a positive and encouraging move made by the managements of shopping malls to ensure the safety of shoppers by undertaking preventive measures such as complete sanitisation, proper disinfection and deep cleaning of areas infected by Covid-19. Besides that, it is important for businesses to leverage on technology, i.e. e-commerce because most people have adapted better to the new habits of shopping online and it does not require consumers to be physically at the retail stores all the time.

 

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