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Orders placed on LazMart Philippines, usually scheduled for next-day deliveries, now take one to two weeks to arrive. Staffing is also a problem for many delivery services in heavily-quarantined markets. Many workers in the Philippines had decided to stay home just as panic buying set in before the lockdown. Filipino consumers flocked to supermarkets to … Read more

For those such as Zalora, the motivation is clearly survival—and not just for the duration of the lockdown. As a Zalora supplier put it, “A pandemic-induced recession will likely push consumers to tighten their belts”. The supplier requested anonymity for fear of upsetting the company. But for the likes of Grab—which was expanding to grocery … Read more

That will certainly ring a bell for HOOQ, which has felt the presence of Netflix since 7 January 2016, when it switched on its service in 130 new countries overnight. Its worldwide reach excluded only China, Crimea, North Korea, and Syria. “Netflix sprang it on everyone by launching overnight. No one knew it was coming,” … Read more