Globe myBusiness and Lazada introduced DigiMall which served as a re-imagination of the marketplace using a “digital” shopping mall

From L-R:  Lazada Philippines COO Jesus Diaz Sarabia, Globe myBusiness Director for Supply Chain – Segment Marketing Anne David, Globe myBusiness VP for Segment Marketing Debbie Obias, Globe myBusiness Senior Advisor Derrick Heng, Lazada Philippines Chief Business Officer Raymond Alimurung, and Lazada Philippines VP for Marketplace Hussein Khalid


Last April 11, Globe Telecom, through its micro, small, and medium enterprise arm Globe myBusiness, recently entered into a partnership with leading online shopping proponent Lazada Philippines. The event was held at Elias Restaurant and Central Square BGC.

I was able to do my online shopping from Lazada through Digimall. I received my orders the day after . It was fast and easy transaction. Lazada emailed and texted me regarding my orders through LEX. It was the fastest and accurate transaction that I have experienced through my online shopping.

Globe myBusiness is the preferred digital partner of entrepreneurs in terms of coming up with significant and relevant business solutions, and is one of the enablers of e-Commerce in the Philippines.  Availing Lazada through Globe myBusiness allows its customers to have premium placement ads on the Lazada homepage to promote their products and attract more buyers, with a chance to be featured in the Globe myBusiness Marketplace housed in the Lazada website. The subscription also comes with waived sales commission capped at P5,000/month.

This way, Globe myBusiness and Lazada would be able to help more SMEs expand their reach through online selling and provide a worry-free shopping experience to their customers. This also encourages aspiring entrepreneurs to look into the e-commerce space to promote their products or services using technology solutions from Globe myBusiness.

"We are very happy that Globe myBusiness has chosen to partner with Lazada in championing the success of our SMEs in this age of digital retail. We are positive that our marketplace service tools, trainings and digital solutions will revolutionize the way they do business. This marks the beginning of a bigger future for every entrepreneur," said Raymond Alimurung, Chief Business Officer for Lazada Philippines.

 “We believe in strength through partnerships – and strategic partnerships with other enablers help us turn this vision into a reality. This is why we partnered with Lazada Philippines to enable online sellers to bring their products to where the market is,” said Derrick Heng, Senior Advisor for Globe myBusiness.

He added:  “As more and more people turn to their phones and gadgets to shop online, there is a great opportunity waiting to be taken advantage of.  Lazada’s success is proof of this. To complement Globe myBusiness’ solutions, Lazada Philippines will enable them to reach the growing online market – creating our formula for digital success.  We are only just beginning but through this partnership, we can take great strides in bringing the future of retail today.”

Likewise, Debbie Obias, vice president of segment marketing for Globe myBusiness said that many entrepreneurs have already seen the advantages of Globe myBusiness solutions and how they have changed the way SMEs run their business. This time, she said Globe myBusiness wants to show that with an online store, profits are no longer limited by the number of customers that can physically visit a brick-and-mortar location.

“Anyone can sell across towns, municipalities, cities, and even across borders, removing all geographical limitations.  With this initiative, we hope to spur further interest among the entrepreneurs to try selling their quality products and services in a non-traditional way, which is through Lazada Philippines, and discover a new way of doing retail,” she said.



To showcase the partnership, Globe myBusiness and Lazada introduced the future of retail in the 21st century via the DigiMall which served as a re-imagination of the marketplace using a “digital” shopping mall.  Local quality products from Lazada merchants were displayed through an interactive set-up.

 

Apart from the DigiMall, Globe myBusiness Academy and Lazada earlier joined hands in providing a series of workshops and business consultations entitled, “AdvantEDGE”. This is a free learning session for all online sellers regardless of their type of business and includes a healthy exchange of knowledge and experiences to help participants understand mistakes and how to correct them. This is also aimed at making business management easier, all through the power of business solution products provided by Globe myBusiness.

Lazada.com.ph is part of Lazada Group which operates Southeast Asia’s number one online shopping and selling destination in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Pioneering e-commerce in the region, Lazada provides customers with an effortless shopping experience and retailers with simple and direct access to the largest customer base in the Southeast Asian region.



Sign up for Globe myBusiness The Plan to be part of the Globe myBusiness marketplace in Lazada today, visit, https://mybusiness.globe.com.ph/mobile/mybusiness-postpaid/.

What Makes Life Wonderful for Globe myBusiness

Globe myBusiness is providing business owners and their SMBs new products,
services and solutions that help them rediscover a world full of possibilities, opportunities, and brighter tomorrows. It’s one where business owners and their SMBs are able to do business with greater ease, with more efficiency at less cost, and attain sustainability and growth.

“We launched Globe myBusiness in support of business owners and their SMBs. We call it ‘Globe myBusiness’ as we endeavor to serve the owners and their businesses as if they were our own. It reflects the level of service we provide which is highly personalized and targeted. We are not a mere network provider to them but their business advisor in the most real sense.

Globe myBusiness Head Martha Sazon says that business owners and their SMBs comprise a “sophisticated” market that knows what it wants and how to get it. Globe myBusiness rises to the challenge of meeting the demands of this market by providing innovative, customized products and services and through the best customer service. “It all comes down to fulfilling our promise to our SMB subscribers. It’s ultimately about being their trusted business adviser and constantly delivering on that,” she explained.
“At Globe myBusiness, we listen to our customers’ needs and help them customize a suite of solutions and services designed to address their specific requirements. Globe myBusiness’ differentiator is the ability to understand and deliver on the needs of business owners and their SMBs in a way nobody else can,” said Martha Sazon, Globe myBusiness Head.

Sazon pointed out that business owners and their SMBs are a very “sophisticated” market. They know what they want and how to get it. “It all comes down to fulfilling our promise to business owners and their SMBs – that through our team we can make their businesses better by helping them maximize our services. It’s ultimately about being a trusted business adviser and constantly delivering on that,” she explained.

One perfect example of how a partnership between Globe myBusiness and business owners and their SMBs can produce beneficial results is the case of restaurateur Happy Ongpauco. According to her, she is able to live a wonderful personal life while growing her business. And she has Globe myBusiness to thank for. As a result, she’s been a loyal Globe subscriber for 20 years already.

Restaurateur Happy Ongpauco is happy to share how using Globe myBusiness products and services allows her to live a wonderful life while achieving growth and sustainability for her businesses.
Restaurateur Happy Ongpauco is happy to share how using Globe myBusiness products and services allows her to live a wonderful life while achieving growth and sustainability for her businesses.
Happy still remembers the wonder she felt when she got her very first cellular phone from her dad. It was a postpaid handset from Globe. At that time, when cellular phones were not as common as they are today, the instant connections that Globe provided her added a different dimension to her life.

“Communication between family and friends became so much easier. And when my managers and staff got their own cellular phones, running my restaurants became more efficient. I was able to save on operating costs as we could exchange information more quickly and make decisions faster. We were also able to cut-down on the time and cost of transportation because face-to-face meetings became unnecessary in many cases,” said Happy.

The Happy Concept Group of companies is owned by restaurateur Happy Ongpauco. It is composed of restaurants, a catering service, a home spa and slimming service, and a bed-and-breakfast establishment. These include: World Topps; Hawaiian Bar-B-Que; Pamana Restaurant; the I Luv Backyard BBQ joint; Chef Happy’s Home Made Specialties and Catering Kitchen; My Happy Carts, which are themed food carts for kiddie parties; Boutique Bed & Breakfast; and Slim At Home.
The Happy Concept Group of companies is owned by restaurateur Happy Ongpauco. It is composed of restaurants, a catering service, a home spa and slimming service, and a bed-and-breakfast establishment. These include: World Topps; Hawaiian Bar-B-Que; Pamana Restaurant; the I Luv Backyard BBQ joint; Chef Happy’s Home Made Specialties and Catering Kitchen; My Happy Carts, which are themed food carts for kiddie parties; Boutique Bed & Breakfast; and Slim At Home.
Happy comes from a family of restaurateurs—they own the Barrio Fiesta Group of companies. She learned the ropes of running a restaurant by working in her family’s various outlets, which include Barrio Fiesta, Bakahan at Manukan, Singing Cooks and Waiters, Atbp., and Isdaan. She also studied to become a chef at the Culinary Institute of America.
So it was no surprise when she started her very first restaurant, World Topps, in Timog Avenue, Quezon City in year 2000. She had to borrow money to turn a 60-square meter space into her first restaurant concept which was all about serving global cuisine as rice toppings. In 2011, she opened a second World Topps branch and also a new concept restaurant, Bento Box.

Happy’s other businesses include three other restaurants: Hawaiian Bar-B-Que, Pamana Restaurant, and the I Luv Backyard BBQ joint. She also established the Chef Happy’s Home Made Specialties and Catering Kitchen, and My Happy Carts, which are themed food carts for kiddie parties. Those interested in availing of the services of any of Happy’s businesses should visit the website http://www.happyconceptgroup.com/

Despite having her own restaurants, she is still involved in the Barrio Fiesta Group. These past two years, she’s been busy with opening and taking charge of two Barrio Fiesta branches in Dubai, and one in Canada. She will open another branch in Qatar by the first quarter of 2014.

Happy has also expanded from the food business into the travel and tourism sector. She established The Boutique Bed & Breakfast, a seven-bedroom boutique hotel in Tagaytay. More recently, she put up Slim At Home, a mobile slimming clinic and spa that offers home services to clients. All of these enterprises are operated under the umbrella of her Happy Concept Group of Companies.

According to her, she has enjoyed the benefits of a wonderful life through the advantages that Globe myBusiness has brought to her businesses. “Thanks to the innovative and relevant products of Globe myBusiness, it’s much easier for me to run my business while also having the time and energy for my family and personal hobbies.”

Happy explained that her businesses benefitted greatly from the package of customized services that Globe myBusiness helps create for them. “The MySuper Plans that we got from Globe myBusiness help me, my managers, and my staff keep in touch constantly. In our businesses, we have a lot of people who use their mobile phones differently. Some rely on texting most of the time. Others need to make a lot of voice calls. And then we have people who need to use their smartphones for Internet browsing.

“The good thing about MySuper Plan is that we can choose different packages of features and services for the needs of different people in our organization. And because we only pay for the services we actually need, we are able to bring our telecommunications costs down.

Happy pointed out that Globe myBusiness provides her with 24/7 access to after sales support and customer service. “We’ve also been getting advice about Globe myBusiness products and services through various touchpoints. I get all these through our dedicated Globe myBusiness account manager, or via Globe Stores, the hotline, website, Twitter or Facebook.” Happy has also been doing transactions with Globe online, whether for purchasing products and services or paying their Globe bills.

“I just love the way I am able to access Globe myBusiness whenever, wherever and however I want.” she said. “For me, Globe myBusiness consistently delivers its promise. I can always count on them to help us with both our personal and business needs. I can truly say that they are our trusted business adviser,” she added.

Happy Ongpauco and Globe myBusiness. Partners for life. Wonderful.

Like Happy, you too can discover the wonderful life as you grow your business through the products, services, and excellent customer support of Globe myBusiness. To know more, call the dedicated hotline 730-1288; email (mybusinesscare@globe.com.ph); visit its Web site at mybusiness.globe.com.ph; or follow their official Globe myBusiness Facebook Page and Twitter (Twitter @GlobemyBusiness)