SM StartUp Market launches 2nd batch of MSMEs in SM City Fairview inquirer.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from inquirer.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
With the pandemic, industries have shifted from ‘business as usual’ to ‘business unusual’, operating under several constraints yet finding ways to innovate, adapt and push towards critical recovery.Corporations like SM Investments Corporation (SM Investments) have helped boost national recovery by ensuring essential support to the health sector as well as businesses within and beyond its ecosystem.
It is said that because of this, it is in SM’s DNA to enable and inspire small businesses like the one it once was. This October 15, not coincidentally Tatang’s birthday, SM launched The SM StartUp Package, which aims to provide small online businesses the valuable support they need so they can set up their own shop in an SM mall. This is available to the first 100 digital-based MSME owners who currently don’t have a shop inside SM or any other physical store in general.The package offers features such as start-up friendly rental rates and use of kiosks or carts free of charge; marketing assistance to give the brand free exposure in SM online assets and ad spaces inside malls; financial assistance with BDO; and mentorship from SM experts on operations and marketing.