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Shopee Career Jumpstart Series: Helping Accelerate Tech Careers

By 2025, the Philippine internet economy is expected to grow by 30% annually to reach USD28 billion. In order to sustain such sizable growth, developing young, tech-driven talents will be key. In fact, the DTI has recognized the increasing need to upskill and reskill Philippine talent as one of the main priorities for the 2022 Philippine E-commerce Roadmap. As a means to support the digital economy boom, this April 2022, Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, is launching its first-ever Career Jumpstart Series, a curation of virtual open houses designed to train young tech leaders with career-building skills. 

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AutoDeal Steers PHL Automotive E-Commerce Forward with 13th Insights Report

The automotive industry is going through a state of a massive change from connectivity, electrification, and digitization of the customer experience. Customers expect seamless digital experiences not only from eCommerce but also when buying a car, where they expect a personalized and multi-channel journey.

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Lazada celebrates 18 women eCommerce entrepreneurs across
Southeast Asia

Held in conjunction with International Women’s Day, Lazada hosted the second edition of the Lazada Forward Women Awards 2022. Adding four new award categories this year, a total of 18 women entrepreneurs owning successful businesses on Lazada were recognised across seven award categories. 

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#SupportLocalMSMEs: SM Southmall’s StartUp Market Opens

From health & wellness to home & lifestyle essentials and baked goods, participating businesses offer locally-produced and eco-friendly varieties that include hand-made, authentic artisan leatherware from Enoch; exquisite flower arrangements and scents from Acrewoods Floral & Aroma; hand-poured soy candles and home aromatherapy by Sevetenna Scents; multi-surface, copper-made disinfectant sprays pioneered by Blue Vitriol; eco-conscious household and lifestyle alternatives made of chemically-engineered bamboos from The Bamboo Company; native handcrafted pieces of rattan, pandan, and other locally-sourced materials from Adelina Home; fragrant, high-quality raw materials for soap-making by Zanjois; and half-baked chocolate chip goodness and recipes from Cookie Dude. 

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P&G Philippines Erica Cabayan: Why More Women Leaders and Allies Matter at Work

More women in the workplace are championing work and personal life balance, advocating for equality and inclusion, and role modeling the aspirational careers that are possible when these are achieved.

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Shopee Recognizes Top Sellers For Operational and Marketing Excellence

As the e-commerce industry rapidly grows, so do the avenues and opportunities for digital MSMEs to stand out. With this need to adapt quickly, Shopee recently held its Shopee Seller Operations Excellence Awards to recognize sellers who performed exceptionally during Shopee’s mega sales and campaigns in the final quarter of last year.

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MERALCO Recognized for Outstanding Service Amid Pandemic

The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) emerged as one of the top companies in the Philippines on service excellence, leveraging both digital and traditional customer channels despite the challenges brought about by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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SM Supermalls Prioritizes MSMEs in SM Startup Package Offering

The recent launch of SM Supermalls’ SM Start-Up Package has ignited new hope and inspiration for MSMEs in the country, most especially those affected by the pandemic and prolonged lockdowns.

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The SM Startup Package: 100 Small business owners invited to set up shop in SM malls

It has been almost two years since the pandemic brought Filipino life and many livelihoods to a screeching halt. According to a 2020 Asian Development Bank (ADB) study of 1,804 Philippine MSMEs, 70.6% were forced to temporarily close with 66.2% reported to have temporary staff cuts during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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MSMEs Demonstrate that e-commerce is for Everyone in Shopee

The current global situation brought about significant lifestyle changes: more people are working from home, consumers are shopping online for their convenience, and business owners are transitioning to online and e-commerce platforms to stay afloat. Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, shares three sellers who found success online with Shopee and how they are preparing for the much-anticipated 9.9 Super Shopping Day.