The 10^th Philippine Business and EntrepreneursExpo is set this August 29 -  September 1, 2019, Megatrade Hall, SM Megamall.

Despite the high inflation rate, the Philippine Business and Entrepreneurs remain bullish.

In the Philippines, SMEs are defined as any enterprise with 10 to 199 employees and/or assets valued from P3 million to P100 million. SMEs and micro enterprises combined make up 99.6% of establishments in the country (Rappler).

The 2016 List of Establishments of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recorded a total of 915,726 business enterprises operating in the Philippines. This was 1.64% more than the 900,914 business establishments reported in 2015. Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) account for 99.57% (911,768) of the total establishments, of which 89.63% (820,795) were microenterprises, 9.50% (86,955) were small enterprises, and 0.44% (4,018) were medium enterprises. Large enterprises made up the remaining 0.43% (3,958) (DTI). 

The increase of Small and Medium Enterprises in the country is noticeable. As technology platforms are contributing to the fast growth and birth of new entrepreneurs.

The increased of online users in the country pushed the business to establish their online presence.

SMEs followed this practice. As some SMEs are now generating sales from their online activities.

However, the recent National Retailers Conference and Expo revealed that companies must combine online and offline strategies.

The Offline Strategies pertain to traditional media and other promotion mix available.

The online and offline strategy assures that the Integrated Marketing Communication are implemented in the companies, more so with SMEs who needs more human interaction with clients to gain wider awareness.

The 10^th Philippine Business and Entrepreneurs Expo 2019 promises to provide more lead generations, business partners and sales conversion to partner-companies that will join the exhibition.

As for the consumers and target market of the event, they will benefit from wider business categories that they can choose to partner.

Second, they will benefit from the various conferences lined-up in the event.

The 10th Philippine Business and EntrepreneursExpo 2019 is already a decade old, and continuously find was to add value to exhibitors and visitors.

The goal of the event never changed, to be a promotion platform where buyers and sellers meet in order to expand business and stimulate entrepreneurship in the country.

Exlink Management and Marketing Services Corporation is the producer and organizer of the event. For more information and partnership, visit www.philippinebusinessentrepreneursexpo.com or email info@exlinkevents.com. You may also call tel. no. 633-0153.