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“Underperforming” subsidiaries and rising rent and labour costs are disturbing the chairman of Hong Kong-listed multinational retailer Dairy Farm International – but those factors failed to prevent a solid second-half year performance. Dairy Farm’s total…
Multi-format retailer Robinsons Retail Holdings is spending PHP18 billion (US$343 million) to acquire Dairy Farm’s Rustan’s Supercenters, which operates the upmarket Rustan’s department stores. Owned by the Gokongwei family, Robinsons Retail has more than…
Poor trading by Dairy Farm International’s Southeast Asian grocery business hit the company’s bottom line last year, with underlying profit falling 13 per cent. But every other one of the company’s divisions traded strongly throughout the year, according to…
Dairy Farm sales were described as “flat” in the third quarter to September 30. The Hong Kong-headquartered company said improved performances in health and beauty, Ikea, restaurants and Yonghui were offset by lower sales in the food and grocery division.…
FamilyMart Philippines convenience-store chain, partly owned by the Ayala and Tantoco groups, is up for auction. With about 70 stores, the Japanese chain has been offered to prospective investors in the past few months. Ayala Land and the Rustan’s group, via…
Hong Kong-headquartered multi-format retailer Dairy Farm International has celebrated its 130th anniversary with a strong set of results, with food, home furnishings and restaurants delivering higher profits. Total sales, including those of associates and…
Global food and grocery specialist IGD visited Manila during the May 2016 presidential elections. Here IGD’s senior retail analyst, Jenny Li, examines what is giving the country’s retail sector such a positive outlook. The Philippines is one of the fastest…
Weak performances in Singapore and Indonesia eroded underlying profits in multinational retailer Dairy Farm Group’s food division last year. Last week, Dairy Farm reported a 5 per cent overall increase in sales on a constant currency basis, but a 14 per cent…
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