Can 'buy now, pay later' help Singapore's retailers bounce back?

THE rest of 2020 and beyond will be an uphill battle for Singapore's battered retail industry.

Now in recovery mode as consumers once again head to the malls - albeit tepidly - it will be a slow recovery at best.

A walk down Singapore's shopping belt of Orchard Road, for example, shows just how badly the pandemic has hit the city's retailers.