Jakarta, July 9 -- Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Minister Maman Abdurrahman emphasized that modern retail chains, cooperatives, and small grocery stores should complement one another in fostering a healthy business ecosystem rather than being viewed as competitors.

"The government wants all business players to strengthen one another so that no perception arises that the presence of one business model undermines another," he said here on Thursday.

He explained that many MSME products have already entered the supply chains of modern retail businesses. Going forward, the government will continue to curate MSME products to enable more of them to be marketed through minimarket networks.

Regarding the long-standing issue of a ...