Online shopping webinar on 8 May

With the unprecedented impacts of COVID-19, the world is facing one of the worst economic downturns in history. With half the world under lockdown, and consumer demand having fallen drastically, businesses – particularly the retailers – have had to take immediate steps to adapt to the sudden change in consumer behaviour. 

The Chamber Academy of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, together with Knowledge Partner KPMG and in partnership with the Sri Lanka Retailers Association (SLRA) and Facebook, will hold a webinar on the current topic of online shopping in Sri Lanka on 8 May at 10:30 a.m.

The eminent panel will include Rifka Ziyard, Director – Tax and Regulatory, KPMG in Sri Lanka; Charitha Subasinghe – President, Retail Sector, John Keells Group; Fauzal Hameed – Managing Director, Hameedia Group; Lahiru Pathmalal – Co-Founder/Director, Takas.lk; and Anand Tilak – Partner, Emerging Markets, Facebook. 

The session will be moderated by Kamaya Perera, Partner – Management Consulting, KPMG in Sri Lanka. 

The panel will discuss the retailers’ immediate measures taken to match consumer demand for essential items, impact on non-essential items, technological issues on e-commerce platforms, fulfilment and order management, immediate solutions for the current situation, online retail as a long-term solution to the post COVID-19, and much more. To register, please email [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected].