Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT
[2] Recently, Government has given permission for e-commerce. Businessmen have also started taking preparations for running online businesses. They have increased manpower, expanded networks for running business online. It is expected that if online business can be run successfully, then the loss due to shut down of stores can be mitigated. [3] Hadi SA Chowdhury, General Manager (Head of Retail Operations) of Yellow Fashion, said that 70 per cent of the total production, planned for Eid; had been completed. Exhibition time was also near. [4] However, due to the coronavirus outbreak, our showrooms have been closed. Recently, the government has approved e-commerce. Now we are thinking how to run our business targeting online market. He further stated that, we used to do business for 40 days before Eid. This year, there shall be no business and 100% loss.
[5] However, if we can run online business then 5% loss can be mitigated. Moreover, we shall follow WHO guideline in delivering products ordered online.
[5] Sheikh Rahat Ayon, Assistant Manager (PR) of Snotex, said that everything is closed because of Coronavirus outbreak. “70 percent of our investment had already been made. Even if everything is closed, we have to pay the workers. Our income has stopped but our expenditure has not stopped. How many days can go like this?”, he added, reports Banglanews24.