Uniqlo to open online store
Japanese global apparel retailer Uniqlo will officially launch its online store on July 16.
The online store will be available both in the UNIQLO website and in its mobile application.
The launch will be accompanied by an online live event through Uniqlo’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/UNIQLO.PH/) on the said date.
Apart from the usual register and login, wish list, and shopping cart, the official online store launch will feature services aimed to enhance customers’ shopping experience.
These services include the availability of LifeWear items in XS to 3XL sizes; nationwide delivery ; scan feature, click and collect option and pay in-store options.
P&A Grant Thornton to chair PICPA regional council
Mhycke Gallego, P&A Grant Thornton Advisory Services Partner and Knowledge Management head is the incoming chair of the Metro Manila Regional (MMR) Council of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) for fiscal year (FY) 2020-2021. Gallego is also the incoming vice president for Public Practice of PICPA, the national organization of certified public accountants.
Gallego has been actively involved in PICPA for several years, including being President of PICPAs Northern Metro Manila Chapter in FY 2014-2015, and chair of the National Committee on Voluntary Quality Assurance Review in FY 2018-2019.
Cebu Doctors’ University boosts digital learning
Globe myBusiness has partnered with the Cebu Doctors’ University (CDU) to digitally transform learning, so students can attend classes while they stay safe at home.
Globe’s center of excellence in Education, has tapped some of the most recognized Learning Management System (LMS) providers in the world to help institutions transition to digital classes while maintaining social distancing guidelines. Through an LMS, educational institutions can create, administer, and document educational courses online.
For CDU, Globe myBusiness designed the exclusively-owned CeLO+, also known as the CDU/Continuous Education/Electronic Learning Online and More. It is a custom-made system built from the Brightspace Learning Management System, which enhances teaching success and learning outcomes outside the four walls of a classroom.
Brightspace offers an easy-to-use interface that allows educators to design courses, create engaging content using images or videos, and develop quizzes or surveys to measure progress. The system can also track attendance, present the class list, and send updates and announcements to students.
CDU also availed of free, unli Internet connectivity via GoWiFi services that can be used by the faculty when conducting online classes at school; electronic access system through Managed Radio-frequency identification (RFID) that will monitor time and date of entry of skeletal force in the school; telephony system that allows the school to have multiple phone lines embedded in one system, and broadband services from Globe.
Cloud services from Eastern
Eastern Communications believes that adopting digital transformation is a strategic approach for businesses during this time, and even beyond.
Eastern Communication said companies should also look deeper into investing in cloud technologies more than ever. Cloud is an on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage, available over the internet that allows work efficiency and collaboration within the organization.
This can prevent organizations from disruptions even in challenging situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
For years, Eastern Communications has been supporting businesses to harness the potential of digital innovation. This includes encouraging cloud first strategy.
Eastern Cloud, for example, is one of the company’s ICT solutions that aims to foster work efficiency and agility in a secured environment.
Infobip launches contact center solution
Infobip, a global cloud communications company, recently launched Conversations, a new contact center solution enabling businesses to integrate the world’s most popular communications channels.
Conversations is the scalable digital cloud contact center solution that delivers omnichannel support to customers through a single interface for customer service agents.
Conversations enables agents to access customer data, behavior, and conversation threads from different communication channels to deliver personalized and contextualized support. It also provides businesses with analytics to track customer activity and monitor agent performance, so they can identify any challenges and make the necessary adjustments to optimize working practices or workloads for improved overall performance and customer experience.
Conversations can be used with Answers, Infobip’s chatbot building platform that builds, tests, and deploys artificial intelligence and keyword-based bots. These chatbots can then be managed by Conversations, giving agents more time to focus on resolving complex queries.
Infobip’s contact center solution is a general tool for enterprises in the banking, utilities, logistics, e-commerce, retail, and consumer industries to boost competitiveness.
UnionBank to disburse 2nd tranche of SAP
Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) has been appointed by the government as one of six financial service providers (FSPs) that will enable the electronic payment of the second tranche of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) subsidies for Filipinos hardest hit by the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis.
A multilateral agreement signing was conducted on June 30, 2020 among the six financial providers namely UnionBank, GCash, PayMaya, Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., Robinson’s Bank and Starpay, and the Department of Social Welfare and Development and Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) at the DSWD head office in Quezon City.
Under the MOA, LBP — which is serving as the main depository bank – will download funds to the FSPs’ funding accounts maintained with its Batasan branch or in other financial institutions based on the instruction and payroll documents provided by DSWD within 24 hours from receipt of payroll documents.
FSPs will credit the emergency subsidies into the beneficiaries’ restricted transactional or nominated accounts within 24 hours upon receipt of the funds from LBP.
UnionBank was allocated 1.36 million beneficiaries from the 7.124 million total number of SAP recipients — the largest among the three participating banks and the third biggest allotment among the six financial service providers.
Go Motion sets Re-Visions webinars
Production house Go Motion is launching a free webinar series called Re-Visions starting on July 22.
The webinar sessions will focus on helping businesses and artists understand how the video creation and production industry can still be operational during this unprecedented time.
The series will showcase various insights generated from actual firsthand experiences of industry professionals and guests, as well as real pandemic testimonials from creators and artists who managed to be productive while staying safe amid the months-long lockdown. The first session will discuss the adjustments on doing remote video production, remote creative process, directing video production remotely, and tools that one should use in a remote setup.
Go Motion aims to share its leaders’ and managers’ perspectives on how brands, creatives, and production can be done safely and successfully, coming from the agency’s experience to sustain its business operations as the Luzon-wide lockdown was implemented last March. Go Motion shares how they ensured the safety and well-being of its employees and partners amid the lockdown and how the restrictions have impacted the industry greatly.
