Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Philippines, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Restaurant/bar/candy shop Sugar Factory American Brasserie has opened at Shangri-La at the Fort in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. The Philippines is home to the first Sugar Factory Asia outlet, with more regional markets on the horizon. Following a soft…
Thai and Filipino tuna exporters have accessed the market tariff-free for years. Vietnam’s tuna exports to Japan have steadily declined since 2013 due to exceptionally high tariffs, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers…
PLDT, together with its mobile arm Smart Communications, has signed a MoU with Huawei Technologies to jointly conduct research and development into 5G mobile technology. The goal of the partnership is to commercially launch 5G networks in in the Philippines…
In a statement, Philippines AirAsia said it will start offering twice daily flights from Manila to Boracay via Caticlan airport starting March 15, using the airline’s fleet of Airbus A320s that can accommodate up to 180 passengers. “It’s an exciting time to…
Cebu Pacific Air (CEB), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cebgo, recently accepted delivery of its third ATR 72-600 High Capacity aircraft. This is the first ATR 72-600 delivered for this year, bringing the airline’s total fleet to 58. The carrier also…
SM Aura Premier is currently the first and sole mall in the Philippines to achieve LEED Gold in the retail sector and the largest LEED retail project in the Philippines based on gross square feet. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)…
PLDT plans to expand the reach of its high-speed FTTH service by around 80% in 2017 to reach 4.4 million homes passed, the company announced. The expansion will see around 1.9 million new serviceable homes added to the network footprint, which reached 2.5…
Cebu Pacific, the country’s largest airline, said Friday it flew 19.1 million passengers in 2016, a 4-percent increase from the previous year on the back of its short-haul services. The airline said it set a new record for most passengers flown in a single…
In a statement, Cebu Pacific said the new high capacity aircraft as delivered to its wholly owned subsidiary Cebgo on Feb. 3. The new ATR 72-600 will be used for the two new routes to be launched on Feb. 15 — Manila to Masbate and Manila to Tablas. “We are…
An Indonesian boom sparked by growing economic stability and falling corruption and debt levels has helped Indonesians catch up and become better off than Filipinos in per capita income in recent years. That hasn’t surprised those following emerging markets…
Starting March 26, Philippine Airline (PAL) will launch its first direct flight from Manila to Doha. The service will operate four times a week, on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday on the A330. PR684 will leave Manila at 1:30pm and arrive in Doha at 6pm…
NEC Philippines signed a contract to provide digital terrestrial TV equipment for the People’s Television Network (PTNI), the public broadcasting service for the Republic of the Philippines. This contract supports the expansion of digital terrestrial TV…
The government will have a more strategic ICT push to enable technology adoption among organizations by 2021, research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts. In its latest forecast for the country, IDC Philippines noted that with a new dedicated,…
Japanese firms, especially those in the infrastructure business, are scrambling for a slice of prospective new businesses arising from Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s 1-trillion-yen (P440-billion) financing and investment pledge to the Philippines. This was…
New economic and trade opportunities are in sight with the opening of the Davao-General Santos-Bitung (D-G-B) Shipping Service, which is one of the target priorities for the Philippines Chairmanship of the ASEAN in 2017. Philippine Ambassador to Indonesia…
Cebu Pacific, the country’s largest carrier, is once again offering its popular piso fare promo. Its booking system page, however, was swamped with many visitors interested in the promo that it became inaccessible an hour after the promo rolled out. The…
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