Thailand’s live social sales on Facebook have surged more than 200% since February as people are hunkered down at home, with the trend likely to continue after the outbreak, says Shoplus, an artificial intelligence (AI) social sales provider from Taiwan. “With the lockdown and closure of retail shops, the company saw Thai online merchants increase […]
Read MoreThe management of the government’s preemployment card program revealed Wednesday that it had failed to persuade ride-hailing decacorn Gojek and online airline ticketing and hotel booking unicorn Traveloka to be its partners. The management’s executive director, Denni Purbasari, said her side had asked Gojek and Traveloka, valued at US$10 billion and $1 billion respectively, to […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, April 30 — Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today said that small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) will be given permission to operate soon during the movement control order (MCO). He said that the relaxation for SMEs will be accompanied by suitable standard operating procedures (SOP). “Yes, big companies are allowed to […]
Read MoreIf the COVID-19 situation worsens, 75 percent of companies will seek to cut human resource costs, a recent survey by HR consulting firm Talentnet Corporation has found. The company polled 172 enterprises in various sectors in March-April for the survey on HR practices to cope with the pandemic. The estimated changes in HR budgets will […]
Read MoreLocal livestock numbers have been reported to be on the rise, showing that local production will soon be able to increase supply to local markets, which currently still depend strongly on imports. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the Government has called to increase domestic production for local supply while the sector needs to fund and promote […]
Read MoreThe Office of Industrial Economics (OIE) has downgraded Thailand’s manufacturing production index (MPI) for 2020 to a record low of negative 6-7%, with industrial GDP contracting 5.5-6.5%. The drop is a result of the pandemic, the global economic slowdown, the declining export sector, weak domestic purchasing power and droughts. Thongchai Chawalitpichaet, director-general of the OIE, said […]
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