(Source: Inquirer.net | 22 May 2017) From the onset, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez has put micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) at the front and center of his advocacies as head of the department. But when you’re advocating for the demographic that accounts for nearly all, or 99.6 percent, of firms in the country, it may be ...

(Source: Business World | 12 May 2017) Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. (RRHI) rode on its expansion program and higher same-store sales to deliver a 27% increase in earnings in the first quarter of 2017, despite the impact of election-related spending that gave its bottom line a boost in the prior year. In a statement, the Gokongwei-led multi-format retailer said it ...

(Source: Manila Bulletin | 28 March 2017) Robinsons Department Store, in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) opens the first Go Lokal! store in Robinsons Place Manila. Robinsons Department Store, an affiliate of Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc., is the first mainstream outlet to launch Go Lokal!, a public-private collaboration between DTI and local retailer partners that aims ...

(ABS-CBN News | 20 March 2017) Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc., the retail holding company of the Gokongwei group, said its net income in 2016 grew 11.6 percent to P4.85 billion from P4.34 billion in 2015 on aggressive store expansion and recent acquisitions. RRHI in a disclosure to the stock exchange said 2016 consolidated revenues jumped 15.9 percent to P105.3 billion ...

(Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer | 4 July 2016) Gokongwei-led Robinsons Land Corp. has nearly tripled the footprint of its pioneering shopping mall in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, betting on rising affluence among Ilocano consumers. RLC announced on Monday the opening of a new lifestyle wing and business process outsourcing (BPO) offices in Robinsons Place Ilocos, bringing the gross leasable area ...

(Source: Inside Retail Asia | 2 May 2016) The company’s planned capital expenditures in 2016 is a 59 per cent increase from the P3.1 billion it spent in 2015. Robinsons Retail said expects to reach more than 200 stores in 2016 and would continue to explore merger and acquisition opportunities. “We have also gotten into a good start this 2016 ...

(Source: Rappler | 7 April 2016) Robina Gokongwei-Pe and Teresita Sy-Coson, scions of two of the country’s richest men, are among the 50 women on Forbes Asia’s Power Businesswomen 2016 list. This is the first time Gokongwei-Pe has been included on the elite list since its inception in 2012. Ranking 17th, she was cited for making Robinsons Retail Holdings the ...

(Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer | 31 March 2016) Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. said profit rose 21.9 percent to P4.34 billion in 2015, as more stores brought in the sales. In a stock exchange filing Wednesday, Robinsons Retail said in the fourth quarter alone, consolidated net income attributable to equity holders of the parent company grew 12.7 percent to P1.37 billion. ...

(Source: ABS-CBN News | 22 March 2016) Tycoon John Gokongwei Jr. is taking a step back from his business empire, turning over more control to his son Lance Gokongwei. Gokongwei promised last year he would retire once he hit 90 years old. His birthday isn’t until August 11, but he is already letting go of Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. (RRHI), ...

(Source: The Philippine Star,  by Iris C. Gonzales | Aug. 24, 2015) The country’s top three retailers, Ayala Land Inc., SM Prime and Robinsons Land, are expected to launch more shopping malls and account for the bulk of the new retail space this year through 2018 on the back of rising incomes. “By 2018, total pipeline is estimated to be ...