MANILA — More than 500,000 registered new business names from March 2020 to January 2021, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said Thursday, with retail via internet or online selling leading at 87,223 and retail selling in sari-sari stores at 68,241.
Marcelina Alcantara, regional director of DTI NCR said this shows Filipino resilience after the COVID-19 pandemic led to hundreds of thousands of Filipinos being displaced from jobs.
“Kami sa DTI ang outlook namin is generally positive kahit nitong pandemic kasi nakita namin ‘yung mga na-assist namin, sabi nga resilient. ‘Yung willing talaga silang bumangon,” Alcantara said.
Alcantara said 35,908 of the 500,000 were mobile food delivery services while 19,156 were businesses that had to do with apparel retail, and 19,534 were retail sale of food products. (ABS-CBN News)
