“As our country continues to recover from the pandemic, e-Commerce remains to be the catalyst towards economic recovery and growth,” DTI director Christopher Lawrence Arnuco said.
E-commerce titan eBay unveiled on Thursday, July 14, its study on online businesses across the six Southeast Asian markets of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Online shopping site Lazada has announced its new brand proposition, Add to Cart. Add to Life., alongside the launch of LazLive+, a curated interactive live content series that brings together experts to share tips and skills with shoppers.
Recognizing the importance of e-commerce in facilitating cross-border trade in goods and services, the Philippines during the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva, Switzerland expressed its support for the extension of the moratorium on the imposition of customs duties on electronic transmissions until the next Ministerial Conference.
The country’s micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) need a more secure e-commerce infrastructure if they are to take advantage of the current boom in online selling, according to DTI-PTTC executive director Nelly Dillera.
Among the countries in SE Asia, consumers in Malaysia (72%) strongly favored the SMEs’ adoption of digital payment systems, followed by Singapore (68%) and the Philippines (68%).
Marking 10 years in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, e-commerce platform Lazada is throwing a big party and inviting shoppers to embark on their own personalized Lazada journey with the app’s Time Machine feature.
The government also warned that the practice of providing prices through private (or direct) messages to consumers or buyers is considered a violation of the Price Tag Law.
E-commerce dominated over other businesses during the entire pandemic period that began in March 2020, a top executive in the credit card industry said.
