Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Philippines, updated continuously by our newsroom.
The Philippines is a developing country in which nearly 70 per cent of healthcare spending goes to the private sector. This combination means that for most Filipinos, medicines are expensive. But a regulatory shift has boosted the use of generics — cheaper…
SM Malls shopping centres – now a 56-strong network across the Philippines – have evolved into sustainable structures that are proving to be valuable investments in the event of the frequent natural disasters which strike the nation. In the last few years, SM…
The Calata Corporation has made significant strides within the agricultural industry in The Philippines. In fact, the country has grown significantly within this sector and it is now one of the most diverse and innovative in the region. Agriculture is the…
The first Charming Charlie in the Philippines is scheduled to open Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015. The Houston-based women’s jewelry and accessories retailer has opened as many as 55 U.S. stores each year, and expanded to Dubai in 2015. The first Charming Charlie in…
Prada Philippines has reopened its high profile boutique in the Greenbelt Ayala Center in downtown Makati, Manila. The expanded and renovated store inside the prestigious mall was designed by architect Roberto Baciocchi, covers a total area of approximately…
The three-year extension ends in July 2018, and will see Scientific Games supply POSC with 1,500 new WAVE lottery terminals by the end of the year. “Scientific Games has demonstrated a strong commitment to our systems technology over the last decade, and we…
Swedish furniture and homewares retailer Ikea wants to ramp up its Southeast Asian store rollout. The next two markets in its sights are the Philippines and Vietnam. But in some key markets, finding suitable locations for its large format stores is proving a…
Portuguese multi-brand retailer Sonae has expanded its international activity to Asia by opening its first two Zippy stores in the Philippines. The Sonae brand of children’s clothing and nursery products has signed a franchising agreement that includes…
Philippines fashion retailer Golden ABC says it plans to open 125 new stores in the Philippines and across Asia in 2016. According to CEO Bernie Liu, 100 stores will open in the company’s home market and a further 25 will open in other Asian countries,…
The newly opened SM Seaside City Cebu is SM’s third largest mall in the country measuring 430,000 sqm in gross floor area. And the property developer SM Prime describes the mall as one of the Philippines’ most picturesque, showcasing not just architectural…
After India, the next market to get Microsoft’s latest offerings, the Lumia 950 and the Lumia 950 XL, is the Philippines. Both handsets are set to hit retail in the region starting December 14th (via Windows Central). The Lumia 950 carries a ₱28,990 (about…
Something big was coming and people could see the signs. Some jeepneys were painted with announcements of an unveiling to come, not to mention that eye-catching red hanger stationed right at the grounds of The Terraces. Sure enough, it was unmistakable that…
BlackBerry announced the availability and full features of Priv by BlackBerry, the first-ever BlackBerry smartphone powered by Android in the Philippines. Priv is available at a suggested retail price of PHP 45,000 inclusive of local taxes. It will be…
Philippines-based Jollibee Foods is actively searching for at least two more established fast food or QSR restaurant chains to boost its brand portfolio. Jollibee chairman Tony Tan Caktiong says the company will pay up to $100 million for each investment and…
The Philippine high street is getting a facelift, as retail titans hope to benefit from Southeast Asia’s most reprobate customer spending area during this Christmas. The nation’s biggest supermarkets including Ayala Corp., JG Summit Holdings Inc. and SM…
SM Prime Holdings Inc, the Philippines’ largest mall operator and one of Southeast Asia’s biggest integrated property developers, announced on Thursday another milestone—growth to 7.3 million square meters in local retail space portfolio—as it unveils its…
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