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Retail Asia11/11/2016

StarHub has launched a new service that provides SMEs with the devices, software and technical support necessary to meet their IT needs at a monthly flat fee. The “device subscription service” was designed to help SMEs seeking to make a successful start quickly, raise productivity with an IT upgrade, or scale up operations by adding employees. […]

Retail Asia03/11/2016

The Communications and Information Ministry is trying to propel small and medium enterprises (SMEs) into regional and global markets, by providing free domain names to help them take advantage of the country’s growing e-commerce sector. The government will provide the free domain names to about 8 million SMEs in all parts of the country until […]

Retail Asia10/10/2016

The administration of Riau Islands city of Batam will facilitate the export of products manufactured by the Indonesian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to Singapore, an official has stated. “We are trying to facilitate (the export of products), because the products manufactured by the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises are being exported to some […]

Retail Asia13/09/2016

Indonesia is hosting the fourth Asian SME (small medium enterprise) Conference 2016, from Sept. 13 to 17 in Kota Kasablanka shopping mall in South Jakarta. Cooperatives and SMEs Minister Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga said the conference should facilitate SME players in strengthening their competence to face the global competition. “I hope SME players get optimally […]

Retail Asia22/08/2016

UOB Indonesia and Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) have joined forces to educate bankers with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a banker from UOB Indonesia has said. “A lot of these SMEs don’t have the right networks for distributors and suppliers and bookkeeping is essential,” UOB Indonesia business banking head Lawrence Loh said in Jakarta […]

Retail Asia16/08/2016

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia or Telkom will provide high-speed Internet access, from 10-100 megabytes per second (mbps) to support micro, small, and medium enterprises (SMEs). Telkom will also provide training programs and preparation for the Smart Business application as forum for SMEs to work together and promote their businesses. The program is part of Telkom’s partnership […]

Retail Asia06/04/2016

Japanese SMEs are being enticed to invest in the Philippines, where labor cost is competitive and a majority of workers are English-speaking. Spearheading the campaign are Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) and Resona Bank, a bank for small and medium enterprises in Japan’s Kansai and Osaka areas. To date, 55 Japanese firms have established their […]

Retail Asia29/03/2016

The revised de Minimis Threshold increases the limit to the United States from US$200 to US$800. Web-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) retail exporters in Singapore can now gain better access to the United States market with the revision of de Minimis Threshold. The revised de Minimis Threshold – the amount at which US import […]

Retail Asia24/03/2016

Vodafone India has outlined a strategy aimed at doubling its SME customer base in Bangalore, known as the Silicon Valley of India. Vodafone Business Services announced a three-pronged plan to increase its SME coverage in the state of Karnataka – particularly capital Bangalore (Bengaluru) – and across India. The three spokes of the strategy are […]

Retail Asia29/01/2016

Agus Mahram, secretary of the Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Minister, said that the his institution has set a cooperation with the Busan-Indonesia Center (BIC) in South Korea to promote Indonesian small and medium enterprises (SME). “100 Indonesian SMEs will partner with South Korean’s,” Agus said in Jakarta on Thursday, January 28, 2016. Agus […]

Retail Asia28/01/2016

As growth indicators such as commodities and oil test their lowest price levels for more than 10 years, the fear of deflation that gripped Japan for many decades is quickly becoming a global phenomenon. Even in the U.S., where economic growth is relatively strong, there is a noticeable lack of wage inflation in the face […]

Retail Asia05/06/2015

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In at present’s super-connected, always-on period, companies of just about any measurement can attain markets and clients past their borders with unprecedented ease. For a lot of SMEs, the speedy progress of cross-border e-commerce – tipped to be value USD2 trillion this yr within the B2C area alone based on Bigcommerce – makes the chance […]

Tag: #sme

StarHub launches device leasing service for SMEs

Indonesia provides free domain names for SMEs

Batam to facilitate SMEs export products to Singapore

Indonesia hosts Asian SMEs event

UOB Indonesia and ITB join up to train SME bankers

Telkom Provide Internet Support to SMEs

Campaign encourages more Japanese SMEs to invest in the Philippines

Singapore’s SME retail exporters can now gain better access to US market

Vodafone India aims to double SME base in Bangalore

South Korea to Promote Indonesian SME

E-commerce will boost smaller South Korean brands

Skilled Opinion: Making social media work for SMEs