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Without Tourists, Asia’s Vendors Turn to Facebook
Mom and pop retailers in Asia haven’t given up. They’ve turned to social media platforms to hawk their wares.
20 Jul 2020, 01:00 PM IST
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- Bangkok’s sprawling open-air Chatuchak market is a shadow of its former self. Coronavirus has emptied its thousands of tiny stalls and quieted its hundreds of narrow passageways, which usually teem with tourists sweating in the soupy heat. Some locals still venture there for essentials, but the famed shopping complex, which normally sells everything from rattan place mats to street fashion, is largely dese...
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