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—
Minister of Trade (
Minister of Trade
) Budi Santoso responded to the statement by the Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Muhaimin Iskandar alias
Uncle Imin
who says minimarkets and modern retail have killed micro, small and medium businesses (
MSMEs
).
Budi believes that there is now a partnership pattern that allows large retail stores and small businesses to coexist.
“Now there is a partnership pattern. In the early days, this issue used to come up. Remember when it came up?
convenient store
?At that time there were a lot of issues like that
like that
“Then the government, the Ministry of Trade, created a partnership pattern between retail models and grocery stores,” said Budi when met at the Ministry of Trade, Central Jakarta, Friday (7/11).
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According to him, this partnership pattern is a way for grocery stores to survive amidst the expansion of large retail networks.
In this scheme, modern retail supplies necessary goods to grocery stores at more competitive prices.This way, local stores can still sell at healthy margins.
“The partnership pattern is that the retail model supplies products to grocery stores to be sold of course at lower prices. So in the end the grocery stores that enter the alleys are still alive because they get goods too,” he said.
Budi added that the partnership pattern being implemented now is not limited to the supply of goods.The government together with retail players are also providing guidance to small shops, especially in terms of business management and marketing strategies.
“The partnership pattern up to now is not just about supplying goods, but also the management method
displays
, financial management.”And we are not only with the retail model, we are also providing guidance to MSMEs and grocery stores so that they are not left behind,” he explained further.
He said similar training was also carried out at people’s markets, including online sales training so that small traders could adapt to changes in people’s consumption patterns.
“Including the people’s market, right?
teach
how to sell
online
like what, so you don’t miss it either.This means he has a physical shop, but can also sell online
online
,” he said.
Budi revealed that the Ministry of Trade is also collaborating with technology companies such as Meta Indonesia to help MSMEs understand how to sell via digital platforms.
“Yesterday we also met Meta (Indonesia), so what next
teach
MSMEs are a way of selling through their services.So the shop will still exist,” he said.
Responding again to accusations about the dominance of modern retail, Budi believes that the most important thing is to look for patterns so that all parties can need each other and develop together.
“In principle, we are
want
how they live side by side, need each other.Yes, we will look for patterns later,” he said.
Budi also assesses that the dynamics between large retailers and small shops is part of the transformation process that occurred when modern retail emerged, and is now also occurring between trade.
offline
and
online
.
“This is also what happened in
offline
–
online
.It used to transition to modern retail with grocery stores.Well, this is a transformation process, one of which is if
offline
–
online
through
hybrid
.Grocery stores have also started looking.We have a lot to do,” he said.
Previously, Cak Imin said that giant retailers entering villages had killed the people’s economy and MSMEs.
“We understand very well that giant retailers are entering our villages, even killing the people’s economy, including killing MSMEs,” said Cak Imin at the One Year Community Empowerment: First Steps in National Transformation event in Central Jakarta, Tuesday (28/10).
He said that large retail expansion was a threat to the growth of small and medium businesses, and appreciated regional heads who limited the spread of modern shops in their areas.
As a step to empower the people’s economy, Cak Imin is encouraging the formation of the Red and White Village/Subdistrict Cooperative (Kopdes) so that it becomes a new economic force for the community.
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