One of the most frequently asked questions we receive from clients is which country they should look at when they are looking at new export markets to target. This month, we share some thoughts on this issue. The insights we share have been gathered from our own...
Many companies will have to deal with product registration issues when they look at selling their products in Southeast Asia. For example, companies need to register medical devices and pharmaceutical or retail healthcare products in each country in Southeast Asia. In...
The Ideal Customer When we ask companies who engage us for our business matching services who is their ideal customer in the target market they have selected, they usually describe who they typically sell to in their own home market. But we have learnt from experience...
Over the past 23 years, we have helped thousands of companies find distributors in South East Asia. When we sometimes ask the client if they have done their market research, some say “yes”, but then we later find out they really haven’t really looked into the...
The Philippines has grown into one of the most dynamic economies in Asia, with annual GDP growth exceeding 6% since 2012, driven by strong exports, robust domestic consumption and infrastructure expenditure. The archipelago of more than 7,000 islands is divided into...
The Philippines’ internet economy has grown remarkably from USD 2 billion in 2015 to USD 7 billion in 2019. Of the six largest South East Asian countries, the Philippines has the most room for growth: the internet economy makes up 2.1% of the country’s GDP currently,...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is the government agency responsible for the registration, licensing, regulation, and supervision of all corporations and partnerships organised in the Philippines, including foreign corporations licensed to engage in business or...