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MCO 2.0 - Is Retail Dying?

Datuk Wira Ameer Ali Mydin, Vice President, Malaysia Retail Association

26-Jan-21 07:47

MCO 2.0 - Is Retail Dying?

The second Movement Control Order caused much confusion among retailers, some of whom were allowed to open while others were not. But were retailers on the whole better prepared to face temporary closures this time around, or has it hit them harder than ever? For insight, we speak to Datuk Wira Ameer Ali Mydin, President of the Bumiputera Retailers Organisation and Vice President of the Malaysia Retail Association.

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Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Noelle Lim, Roshan Kanesan


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