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Blood-Spattered Malls Seek Rebuilding After Covid-Inflicted MCO Retail Carnage

Tan Hai Hsin, Group Managing Director, Retail Group Malaysia

03-Sep-20 07:17

Blood-Spattered Malls Seek Rebuilding After Covid-Inflicted MCO Retail Carnage

The April to June 2020 period was the worst-ever for Malaysian retailers, in its worst-ever quarterly performance thanks to a Movement Control Order (MCO) brought on by Covid-19.

With spending patterns potentially changing in ways that could well be permanent in nature, how will retailers rebuild after a period that can only be described as a “bloodbath”?

Tan Hai Hsin, Group Managing Director, Retail Group Malaysia, discusses.

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Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Khoo Hsu Chuang, Wong Shou Ning


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Tags:  MallsretailMCOeconomycovid-19





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