Retail sales have flattened in Papua New Guinea in the past year. As a result, major retailers are shifting their focus to meet changing customer expectations, as CEOs reveal to Business Advantage PNG.
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Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea’s third-largest city and the centre of the country’s populous Highlands Region, is once again starting to receive attention from investors. Business Advantage PNG discovers why.
Imagine all the different items you need to source for a major hotel renovation. And then consider how you’d get them all to a remote part of Papua New Guinea.
This year, Papua New Guinea saw the launch of Jungle, an online market place for businesses of all sizes. Jungle’s co-founders share with Business Advantage PNG the challenges they’ve overcome and their views on the future of online retailing in PNG.
Inspired by her fellow entrepreneurs, Emstret Holdings CEO Vani Nades has launched Shopsmart PNG, an online marketplace for Papua New Guineans to ‘do business, irrespective of size’.
Toyota Tsusho (PNG) Ltd, better known as Ela Motors, is Papua New Guinea’s largest vehicle retailer, with a market share of around fifty percent. Its CEO, Mitsuyoshi Okutsu, discusses the impact of COVID-19, new investment plans and how technology is transforming the motor industry.
espite COVID challenges, last year was a ‘fairly extraordinary year’ in terms of growth for Papua New Guinea’s Brian Bell Group. Its CEO, Cameron MacKellar, during a Business Advantage webinar, revealed the company’s plan for 2021.
Health products company SkinnyMe Weightloss has built a business in Papua New Guinea that boasts 10,000 members.
Small businesses could be up and running with an ecommerce site in as little as a month, if they follow the advice of Robert Webber and Kaye Iling, the brains behind Food Pro PNG’s recent ecommerce launch.
Not even a pandemic could stop the new Gordons Plaza from opening. Brian Bell CEO Cameron McKellar talks to Business Advantage PNG about the challenges of launching in the times COVID-19.