Electricity consumers are set to break away from traditional utility monopolies next week, as regulators lower the threshold for market contestability to let households and small businesses choose their own power suppliers. Starting June 26, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will reduce the...
Sy-led conglomerate SM Investments Corp. has assured its customers and stakeholders of its continued commitment to maintaining rigorous data privacy standards as a core component of corporate governance. The conglomerate highlighted that its subsidiary, SM Retail, received the NPC Seal of...
Metro Retail Stores Group Inc.(MRSGI), the Gaisano-led retail chain, expanded its footprint in Eastern Visayas with the launch of a new multi-format branch in Biliran province, part of its strategy to capture consumer demand outside the country’s major urban centers. The newly opened Metro Naval...
The Quezon City government, through the Quezon City Health Department (QCHD) in partnership with SHAPE Asia, is advancing efforts to promote healthier food environments through a workshop with retail stakeholders in support of a proposed Healthy Food Retail Ordinance. SHAPE Asia is a regional...
MPower, the retail electricity arm of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), has partnered with Calamba Medical Center (CMC) to support the healthcare institution’s growing energy requirements through a reliable and flexible electricity supply. In a statement on Tuesday, May 26, MPower said the...
Metro Manila’s retail sector is posting a measured post-pandemic recovery as mall vacancies continue to decline, although rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East threaten to dampen consumer spending and delay a full rebound in the industry, according to property consultancy Colliers...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is optimistic that it will secure commitments from major manufacturers to hold off on price adjustments for the coming month, even as some companies are already pushing for hikes amid rising logistics costs. The DTI earlier reached a deal with makers of...
Gaisano-led Metro Retail Stores Group, Inc. (MRSGI) is planning to open a total of 14 Generika Drugstores within its Metro Retail stores as part of its strategy of boosting revenues through synergies with partners. In the first quarter this year, the firm said it launched the pilot rollout of...
Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. (RRHI), the multi-format retailer controlled by the Gokongwei family, is seeking to exit the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) by July 28, 2026, provided its controlling shareholders can consolidate enough shares to trigger a voluntary delisting. The company has filed a...
Gokongwei-led Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. (RRHI) reported a 35.6 percent drop in attributable net income to ₱489 million in the first quarter of 2026 from ₱760 million in the same period last year. The firm said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange that its lower earnings are...
Gokongwei-led Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. (RRHI) has declared cash dividends amounting to ₱2.13 billion or ₱2.00 per share to all stockholders—including those who will choose to sell their shares in a tender offer prior to the firm’s planned delisting. In a disclosure to the Philippine...
Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. will hold its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 9:00 A.M. As permitted by its By-laws, the Annual Meeting will be conducted via remote communication through Microsoft Teams. Stockholders may join the meeting through the following link:...
