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- About 30,000 shops have newly embarked on
\na digitalisation journey from June 2020 to June 2021 by onboarding onto the foodpanda
\nshops<\/i><\/b> platform <\/li>\n- The number of SMEs on foodpanda grew by
\nmore than 430% within June 2020 to June 2021, making up almost half of the
\nshops listed on the platform<\/li>\n- Groceries, health and wellness, beauty and
\nelectronics SMEs are four core segments that have shown the most growth in the
\nnumber of shops onboarded in the past year<\/li>\n- With the new SMEs on the platform, orders
\nfrom small businesses grew 950% Y-o-Y over the past year, resulting in over
\n330% growth of foodpanda shops <\/i><\/b>as a vertical<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n <\/p>\nSINGAPORE –\u00a0Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0– 23 August 2021 –\u00a0As businesses prepare for a rebound in the
\npost pandemic world, Asia’s quick-commerce (q-commerce) pioneer, foodpanda<\/a>, has
\nremained committed to supporting SMEs across the region to embrace
\ndigitalisation. Almost 30,000 retail shops were onboarded on foodpanda
\nshops<\/i><\/b> in the past year, with SMEs making up almost half of shops that
\nhad gone digital. This marks the first step in helping SME businesses build a
\nstrong digital core, to become more risk-resilient and cater to their
\ncustomers’ new purchase habits.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/Images\/Thumb\/500x0\/171290\/foodpanda1.JPG#image-171290\")
<\/p>\nGrowing small businesses via foodpanda shops in Thailand<\/i><\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\nOnline and on-demand delivery platforms
\nhave helped retail stores and SMEs stay afloat during the pandemic, during a
\ntime where organic in-store traffic was affected due to lockdowns, foodpanda
\nhas provided shops a new channel to reach new, digital customers and still
\ngenerate new revenues. <\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\nUnlike traditional e-commerce, q-commerce
\nallows SMEs to have their goods delivered to customers on-demand in 15 to 30
\nminutes. With a digital platform to grow their business, SMEs can also tap into
\nservices like ads, listing boosting and run promotions to increase revenues. In
\nthe past year alone, the number of new SMEs embracing q-commerce increased by
\nmore than 430 per cent. This spike in SME growth contributed an overall growth
\nof more than 330 per cent for the overall foodpanda shops <\/i><\/b>business vertical,
\nwhich includes other retail and supermarket chains such as Tesco, 7-Eleven,
\nFamily Mart, Watsons and Guardian.<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\nGlobally, Delivery Hero, of which
\nfoodpanda is a subsidiary, reported on 12 August 2021 in its Q2 Trading Update<\/a> a 249% growth in orders for its
\nIntegrated Verticals comprising the q-commerce business, illustrating an
\nincrease in demand for grocery deliveries across the globe. GMV for the segment
\nalso more than tripled from just the year before.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/Images\/Thumb\/500x0\/171297\/foodpanda-2.jpg#image-171297\")
<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\nPartnering
\nlocal governments to digitalise traditional markets in Taiwan;
\nTaipei mayor seen here in support of\u00a0
\nfresh markets’ digitalisation efforts<\/i><\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\nCommerce 3.0: A launchpad for business scalability on a level
\ndigital playing field <\/b><\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n - The number of SMEs on foodpanda grew by