IT product retail sales up 15% this year<\/p>\n
The sales of Information Technology (IT) solutions and
\nservices for the retailing sector in Indonesia is predicted to
\nreach US$80 million this year, an increase of about 15 percent
\nfrom around US$70 million last year.<\/p>\n
Pawan Murari, the retailing unit chairman of PT Sejatibina
\nDelta Informatika (SDI) Technologies, said that next year the
\nsales would also grow at least 15 percent. More than 70 percent
\nof the sales would be for hardware and the rest for software.<\/p>\n
SDI, an IT solutions and services provider, was founded in
\n1995 and has expanded to Australia, France, the U.S. and India.<\/p>\n
\"Actually the IT market for the retailing sector here is very
\npotential. There are 60 local retailers here. But most of them
\nhave not yet applied to the IT solutions and services,\" he told
\nThe Jakarta Post on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Pawan said that the local retailers had not realized the
\nimportance of using that kind of technology in doing their
\nbusinesses. As a result, they cannot compete with the foreign
\nretailers, which have been flourishing during the last few years.<\/p>\n
He cited the example of Carrefour, which had been in operation
\nhere for four years but could compete with Matahari that has been
\noperating in Indonesia for 70 years. \"This is because Carrefour
\nhas applied the IT solutions and services from the beginning of
\nits operation. While the local retailers only do their retailing
\nbusinesses traditionally,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said that if the local retailers failed to use the IT
\nproducts then they would lose to the foreign ones, whose numbers
\nwill increase as Tesco from France, Casino from France and Giant
\nfrom Malaysia will enter Indonesia this year.<\/p>\n
According to him, by using the information technology the
\nretailers can actually cut their storing costs by 30 percent,
\npurchasing and selling costs by 15 percent. --JP<\/p>",
"url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/it-product-retail-sales-up-15-this-year-1447893297",
"image": ""
},
"sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
"sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}