Jakel Group managing director Datuk Mohamed Faroz Mohamed Jakel agrees. “We did not expect that the response would be this good for Hari Raya,” he says. Traditionally, Hari Raya sales have translated into one of the best months for retailers, apart from Chinese New Year and year-end sales. Mohamed Faroz says that, last year, Hari Raya sales were down 60% from 2019, whereas 2021 sales are down 20% from 2019. “We are still not doing as well as we did in 2019, but we did manage to clear our Hari Raya stock from last year.

Source: The Edge Markets May 19, 2021 08:12 UTC