Ministry Of Trade Invites Modern Retail To Open Branches At IKN: There Are Already Hotels To Hospitals

Ikn (intermediate)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) invites modern retail businesses to expand their business to the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), East Kalimantan (Kaltim). Considering that later there will be population movement to the area.

Head of the Trade Policy Agency of the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag), Kasan Muhri, said modern retail would be needed at IKN to fulfill the lifestyle of the people living in the new capital city later.

"In IKN, people need to eat and drink, and everything. But what about modern retail at IKN? Have you prepared or what?," said Kasan at the Gambir Trade Talk event, Wednesday, August 14.

Currently, continued Kasan, there are already hotel and hospital entrepreneurs (RS) who are expanding their business into the area. So, he hopes that modern retailers will follow other entrepreneurs who have invested in IKN.

The invitation was conveyed by Kasan in front of the General Chair of the Indonesian Retail Entrepreneurs Association (Aprindo), Roy Nicholas Mandey, who was also present at the Gambir Trade Talk event.

"How is this Pak Roy roughly? At IKN, it doesn't seem like modern retailers want to open. Hotels are already open, hospitals are open, education is open, even training centers for sports are open," said Kasan.

In addition to meeting the needs of the community, Kasan said modern retailers were needed to boost the economy in the new city. Moreover, he said, later there will be a business center in IKN.

"This is also part of creating new growth poles. There will definitely be activities including those in this modern retail," said Kasan.