E-commerce in the Philippines is here to stay, with the market reaching a valuation of $17 billion in 2021 and with a market outlook of $24 billion by 2025, according to the International Trade Administration. One emerging e-commerce trend is the rise of conversational commerce, or c-commerce. C-commerce is how…
POWER WOMEN. The 'Womenpreneur' Trade Fair 2022 runs from March 18-31, 2022 at the Ayala Center Cebu. The trade fair showcases local products made by women business owners in Cebu. (Photo courtesy of DTI-Cebu) CEBU CITY - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Cebu has showcased 24 women-led micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) at the 'Womenpreneur' (women entrepreneur) Trade Fair 2022 here. The trade fair showcases a variety of products manufactured and distributed by these women entrepreneurs. Among them is Zee Pono of GRND UP Consumer Goods Trading, which sells homemade frozen products such as chorizo and longganisa. Pono, whose business was affected during the pandemic, is also a recipient of the DTI-Go Negosyo's Inspiring Filipina Entrepreneurs for 2022 award. "This is an initiative to support our MSMEs in the province towards their recovery from the pandemic and after the onslaught of typhoon Odette," DTI-Cebu provincial director Rose M