Digital policies, where art thou?
Out-of-touch policies and low ease-of-business hold back a total digital revolution in Pakistan
Panellist says shift to digital technologies has become increasingly important as it helps in cutting the cost and time faced by traders. PHOTO: AFP
KARACHI:
Like any other country across the globe, Pakistan saw a dynamic digitalisation growth after the pandemic struck the world. We saw every country making new innovations, policies and regulations thereafter to support the sudden but swift shift that corporations and businesses went through. A similar speedy transition was also seen in Pakistan. However, one thing in Pakistan was different from the rest of the world: the knowledge of policy maker’s about digital platforms.
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Retail sector adopting technology
Without automation, it will be increasingly difficult for businesses to meet customer expectations. PHOTO: FILE
LAHORE:
Pakistan’s retail sector is on its way to induct new technology in daily operations in a bid to modernise the conventional back-end operations and processes in the manufacturing, warehousing and distribution value chains.
According to retailers, the need to upgrade the system by adopting cutting-edge technology is the only way they can grab a larger slice of the rapidly growing e-commerce ecosystem.
As e-commerce transactions increased manifold during the lockdown, many retailers realised the operational deficiencies present in their e-commerce platforms.