Domestic cosmetic industry survives, even increases, during COVID-19 pandemic | INSIDER

Domestic cosmetic industry survives, even increases, during COVID-19 pandemic | INSIDER

In nearly the past three years, businesses have juggled to survive amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. When the pandemic hit the world hard, including in Indonesia, governments imposed lockdown, restricted people’s movement and consequently limited operational hours of shopping centers. This policy, eventually, affected retail industry as well as cosmetic industry. The adaptation of the … Read more

Southeast Asia’s Internet Giants Bet on ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’

Some of Southeast Asia’s largest internet companies are trying to boost their revenues with an old-fashioned business: lending. Buy now, pay later services have picked up pace in Southeast Asia as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Grab Holdings Sea Ltd. and GoTo Group are all offering their customers short-term loans to help them pay … Read more