The SM group’s retail and hotels units are seeking to boost sales by enhancing their customer experience strategies in response to consumers’s preference for personalized shopping and lifestyle experiences. A recent 2025 global consumer trends report by experience management firm Qualtrics...
Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc., a member of the Gokongwei Group, has reacquired 22.2 percent of the company’s stock from GCH Investments Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of DFI Retail Group, for ₱15.77 billion. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, RRHI said it has reacquired 315.31 million...
Having witnessed the formidable private sector support that Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ma. Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga garnered during the launch of her “Forests For Life: 5M Trees by 2028” campaign earlier this year, it came as no surprise that the “Save From...
Gaisano-led Metro Retail Stores Group, Inc. (MRSGI) announced a change in leadership with the retirement of Manuel C. Alberto as president and chief operating officer and the appointment of Joselito Orense to take his place. After serving as President and Chief Operating Officer for seven years,...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said the pork industry requested the withdrawal of the maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) on pork amid challenges in compliance. In an interview on Thursday, May 15, Laurel said the industry is struggling to comply with the pork limit...
The issuance of GBonds, a variant of retail treasury bonds (RTBs), through e-wallet GCash by the national government has been postponed from December last year to the second half of 2025. National Treasurer Sharon P. Almanza said during a financial literacy seminar held last week in Milan, Italy,...
The maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) on pork, implemented to lower retail pork prices, is set to be lifted by the Department of Agriculture (DA) as the agency seeks to revise the policy to crack down on low compliance. In an interview on Wednesday, May 14, Agriculture Undersecretary for...
Gokongwei-led Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. expects to benefit from higher reciprocal tariffs between the U.S. and its trading partners, as it may eventually lead to oversupply and higher margins for dry goods. “We think the imposition of higher U.S. tariffs on its trading partners could lead...
Mall vacancy is projected to return to pre-pandemic levels this year as foreign retail brands strive to capture the interest of a populace that still prefers shopping inside physical malls, according to a report by property advisory firm Colliers. In its first quarter Metro Manila retail report,...
Gokongwei-led Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. is seeing a recovery as its customers are now making bigger purchases at their wide array of stores that includes supermarkets, appliances, pharmaceuticals, and fashion/apparel. “This year is off to a strong start, with the ongoing recovery in basket...
SM Store Makati SM Investments Corp.’s retail arm, SM Retail Inc., reported that its efforts to tap into the rapidly growing Gen Z demographic as a new consumer market is bearing fruit. Data from the SM Store, the department store business of SM Retail, reveals a 13-percent increase in in-store...
Gaisano-led Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. (MRSGI) reported a 1.4-percent dip in net income to ₱609.42 million last year, from the ₱618.02 million earned in 2023, due to non-cash charges driven by its ongoing expansion program. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the firm...
