By PhilStar
Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. (Metro Retail) recorded a net income of P917.3 million in 2022 as economic activity picked up in the country.
This was a significant turnaround from a P318.1-million pandemic-driven loss the prior year.
The 2022 net...
What is real impact? How will you know if you have made a meaningful impact? These are simple questions and yet overwhelming. The veracity of these questions will make you think if you have done enough or given back...
By Inside Retail Asia
Swiss-based running brand On has launched its first pop-up store in Singapore, as part of its strategy to expand in the Asia market.
The 1335sqft store, located at Wheelock Place on Singapore’s Orchard Road, will display footwear...
By Inside Retail Asia
US egg sandwich chain Eggslut is set to expand into Hong Kong, the brand’s fourth Asian market after Japan, South Korea and Singapore.
The exact launch date has not yet been disclosed. However, Eggslut’s first Hong Kong...
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What do you think retailers are scared of the most? Is it irrelevance? Lack of varieties to offer to their customers? Or is it in particularly being dominated by technology also known as online retailing?
The thing about online retailing...
By Manila Bulletin
In a bid to make grocery shopping easier and more fun for digital natives, Philippine retailer Puregold announced that customers and TikTokers can now “add to cart” household essentials via Puregold’s TikTok Shop.
Puregold opened a shop in...
Building a customer-centric business truly brings success in every retail organization. Whatever challenge a business may encounter, if it focuses and take into heart every customer’s satisfaction, it will surely stand, thrive and flourish in the years ahead.
That is...
By Manila Bulletin
Yes, the long wait is over! Bath & Body Works just opened today, Feb. 14, 2023, at the upper ground level of SM Megamall. The store opened at around 5 p.m. with customers lining up outside the...
By Inquirer
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno hailed the passage on third reading at the House of Representatives last Nov. 14 of a bill related to imposing the value-added tax (VAT) on digital transactions, saying this would level the playing field...
Retail has overcome different crises over the years which made it one of the most resilient industries ever existed. However, that doesn’t mean retailers weren’t caught off guard when one of the most appalling challenges came – the COVID19...