Singapore businesses speed up move into digital space

Many traditional food and beverage businesses, and even hawkers, rush to go online and create a presence. - Reuters

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The pandemic has accelerated the move to digital among small businesses as hawkers and retailers scramble to get online to stay afloat during the circuit breaker period, panellists said on Wednesday (May 13).

Yeo Hiang Meng, president of the Federation of Merchants' Association, Singapore (FMAS), at the webinar, said: "Many bricks-and-mortar businesses... have been disrupted during this period, but we also see this trend of business being done in the digital space instead.