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Face masks nilagyan ng SRP

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 16 08:27 PM

Nagtakda ngayong Huwebes ang Department of Health ng suggested retail price sa N-95 masks at iba pang mga produktong maaaring magsilbing proteksiyon sa mapanganib na abong ibinubuga ng bulkang Taal.   Read more »

Pagsuporta ni Duterte sa drug price cap ikinatuwa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 08:03 PM

Ikinatuwa ng Department of Health ang pagsuporta ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa nakatakdang pagpataw ng maximum drug retail price sa higit 100 gamot. Read more »

Millennial tech boss marries online, physical retail in Philippines

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 03 04:15 PM

The 27-year-old founder of Xpanse believes the Philippines will have the "perfect marriage" between physical and online retail, thanks to a deeply entrenched shopping mall culture and a young population that buys almost anything from digital channels from lipsticks to iPhones. Read more »

2020 seen as 'great year' for retail investors in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 11:58 PM

2020 is seen as a great year to begin investing, especially for retail investors in the Philippines. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 23, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 24 12:14 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Mga pamilihan dinumog ng last-minute Christmas shoppers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 24 09:44 AM

Humabol ngayong Disyembre 23 sa pamimili ang ilang konsumer ng kanilang ireregalo at ihahanda sa Noche Buena. Read more »

DTI monitors prices of Noche Buena products

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 03:09 PM

Consumer Protection Group Undersecretary Ruth B. Castelo leads the Department of Trade and Industry Special Market Monitoring on Noche Buena Products in Pasig City on Monday. Read more »

What do Gen Z shoppers want? Cute, cheap and 'Instagrammable'

Elizabeth Paton, Taylor Lorenz and Isabella Kwai, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 18 01:14 PM

For every Greta Thunberg and school-skipping climate change protester, there is another member of Generation Z buying inexpensive clothes on a smartphone.   Read more »

Galunggong prices may normalize by April 2020, says agri chief

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 17 06:54 PM

Prices of galunggong - which has soared to as high as P300 per kilo - may normalize by April 2020 once fishing season for the specie resumes, Agriculture Sec. William Dar said Tuesday. Read more »

Jollibee to open 1,200th store, first with 'dual-lane' drive thru in PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 16 08:49 PM

The new store located at SLEX has a dual-lane drive thru that will allow Jollibee crew to serve more motorists faster, the fast-food firm said.  Read more »

12-12: 'Wants' shoppers go online from noon to midnight

Michelle Ong, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 10:22 AM

Like "11-11," "10-10" and other double dates before it, "12-12" is expected to be an e-commerce event, said Xpanse Technologies CEO Josh Supan, whose clients include Philippine luxury retailer SSI Group. Read more »

Co-inventor of barcode dies aged 94

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 10 11:23 AM

US engineer George J. Laurer, who co-invented the barcode and helped to transform the retail world in the 1970s, has died at age 94. Read more »

'Karamihan ng mga Pinoy di nakabibili ng gamot dahil mahal'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 09:28 PM

Karamihan ng mga Pilipino ang hindi nakabibili ng mga resetang gamot dahil masyadong mahal ang mga ito, ayon sa Ulat ng Bayan ng Pulse Asia. Read more »

Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday: May your wallet win in the battle of discounts

Aneth Ng-Lim
Posted at Dec 02 11:02 AM

The famous sale weekend follows Thanksgiving Day and takes place on Nov. 29, a Friday, and spills over through Saturday and Sunday. Formerly a US shopping tradition, it has spread to other countries and continents so you may have seen Black Friday sale signs around the Philippines too, competing with all the noise around the SEA Games. Read more »

German Amazon workers strike on 'Black Friday'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 06:16 PM

The strike called by the powerful Verdi union is set to last until Tuesday morning and will also cover "Cyber Monday," another extravaganza of online discounts in what is a crucial sales period for Amazon. Read more »

Top US retailers absorb tariff pressure ahead of holiday shopping season

Nandita Bose, Reuters
Posted at Nov 28 10:42 PM

Prices for electronics sold online at top US retailers were up slightly heading into the critical US shopping season, but sites including Walmart Inc and Amazon.com Inc have held prices steady for many other popular holiday products despite the pressure from tariffs on Chinese imports. Read more »

Japan's retail sales post sharpest fall since 2015 as tax hike hits demand

Daniel Leussink, Reuters
Posted at Nov 28 10:25 AM

Japan's retail sales tumbled at their fastest pace in more than 4-1/2 years in October as a sales tax hike prompted consumers to cut spending, raising a red flag over the strength of domestic demand.   Read more »

Louis Vuitton group raises Tiffany bid to $16 billion: sources

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 21 10:15 AM

LVMH, the owner of Louis Vuitton, Dior and Moet & Chandon increased its bid for the storied New York-based company to around $130 per share from $120 per share, the sources said. Read more »

Biggest '11-11' shopping cart on Lazada PH worth P1.2 million

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 18 01:55 PM

Lazada said 1,141 sellers each tallied at least P1 million in sales, making them millionaires. It did not disclose the total value of goods sold during the 24-hour event, which was matched by rival Shopee. Read more »

SSI net income doubles in 3rd quarter, readies 2nd Shake Shack branch

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 02:55 PM

Net income attributable to shareholders grew 107 percent in the quarter ended September to P175 million. Net income for the first 9 months rose 42 percent to P521.3 million, SSI Group said in a stock exchange filing.   Read more »