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Japanese convenience store operators are shrinking the size of their outlets in Indonesia amid growing competition from local rivals. But the strategy of pursuing profitability over scale runs the risk of downsizing the companies out of the market. In…
SM Retail of the Philippines has reported a 6.5 per cent increase in sales over the first nine months of the year to PHP145.3 billion (US$3.1 billion). Profit rose 21 per cent to PHP4.6 billion (US$98.2 million). Reviewing its operating divisions over the…
PT Sumber Alfaria Trijaya Tbk (Alfamart), an Indonesia based convenience store chain operator, is planning to expand its footprint in the Philippines to about 160 stores by the end of this year. The move is expected to help strengthen the company’s presence…
Sumber Alfaria Trijaya, the operator of the Alfamart comfort retailer chain, plans to open between 100 and 120 new shops within the Philippines via its subsidiary Alfamart Retail Asia, as a part of the corporate’s regional enlargement plan. The corporate has…
Sumber Alfaria Trijaya — the operator of Alfamart, Alfamidi, Alfa Express, and Lawson minimarkets — plans to raise Rp 2.5 trillion ($193 million) from selling bonds to the public and from the sale of new shares to affiliated companies, in order to pay back…
Indonesian c-store format Alfamart is making steady progress in the Philippines after local retail giant SM Group entered a joint venture. Alfamart operates some 8500 convenience stores in Indonesia and now the brand is expanding into Philippines, where the…
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