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Firms to add $18.4b in value, 22,200 skilled jobs with Enterprise Singapore help last year
Enterprise Singapore also helped 23,500 enterprises to upgrade, digitalise and achieve business continuity amid the pandemic.PHOTO: ST FILE
PublishedFeb 5, 2021, 11:30 am SGT
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The new Amazon training programmes would cover capabilities like listing optimisation and customer service.- AFP
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The Government has a five-pronged strategy to promote Singapore s status as a regional and global e-commerce hub, Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said on Thursday (Jan 28).
He said Singapore firms must position themselves to take advantage of e-commerce opportunities as consumer behaviour during Covid-19 indicates a permanent shift towards online shopping.
He noted that online sales in Singapore as a proportion of total retail sales value had risen since the start of 2020, from 5.8 per cent in January to 14.3 per cent in November.
SINGAPORE - Enterprise Singapore (ESG) is in active discussions with Amazon on new training programmes to equip local small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sell overseas via the e-commerce giant.
The programmes would cover capabilities like listing optimisation, customer service, and international demand generation, Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said on Thursday (Jan 28).
The initiative is part of a five-pronged strategy to promote Singapore’s status as a regional and global e-commerce hub.
“The borderless world of e-commerce presents fresh opportunities that are up for grabs by all who are willing to try. Technology is neutral. Businesses that can master it faster and better, win,” said the minister in a speech at Amazon’s South-east Asia Online Seller Summit.