Modern retail is not a killer of Traditional Market

Singapore, (TVOne)

Indonesian retail merchants association (APRINDO) was concerned about the growing discourse that the modern retail market is a traditional market killer.

Tutum Rahanta Chief Executive of APRINDO said that traditional and modern market always be a dichotomy, as a result of traditional markets cannot compete to modern because of miss perception and he add the modern market is not the enemy of traditional markets. He argued it while visiting Tiong Bahru Market, Singapore, and Tuesday.

Tutum see that today there is a misperception that the traditional market loss competes with modern retail market. Selling prices of traditional market not necessarily higher than the price in traditional markets. He argued that improvement to enhance the competitiveness of traditional markets is to manage the traditional markets more professional

"If I were managing it, I will do like this," Tutum meant Tiong Bahru Market, a tradisoional market in Singapore.
Although Tiong Bahru Market is a traditional market, but the market looks like a mall with a clean environment maintained and there was no pile of garbage, then the visitors were comfortable to shop.
He argues for seeing the success of traditional market needs to have the impartiality of the government such as by providing rental price or the cost for renovation at an affordable price to small traders.

Often the traditional market traders are not able to rent a stall at the traditional markets that have been renovated because it was so expensive.

In addition, Tutum said the government support needs given to the management of traditional markets to be equal with the shopping malls for example in market cleanliness, and convenience of visitors.

One of the Tiong Bahru market traders in Singapore, namely Khoo Kai hooks opened a grocery shop "Khoo" said the hiring kiosk at a price of 250 Singapore dollars per month and able to reap profits from 500 to 800 Singapore dollars. (ANT)

Sources: http://www.tvone.co.id/berita/view/16163/2009/06/17/aprindo_ritel_bukan_pembunuh_pasar_tradisional/