The conversations about how the pandemic has changed the way retailers do their business continue, especially since retailers still face significant shifts amid the ‘never normal.’ In a virtual event, ‘Retail Reimagined: How Technology Changes the Game of Retail in 2022,’ hosted last January by the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) and co-presented by SAP SE (NYSE: SAP), Gabriel Lorenzo Santos, Industry Business …

More Filipino creatives continue to make a name for themselves beyond Philippine shores. Inside Out animated film co-director Ronnie Del Carmen, Netflix’s Trese writer Budjette Tan and illustrator Kajo Baldisimo, and thespian Rachel Ann Go are just some of the talents who have been celebrated around the world in recent years. According to data presented by Paolo Mercado, president of …

Recently, more companies are embracing sustainability as an integral part of their business. Business leaders consider sustainability a strategic priority for their businesses since long-term business viability can be achieved by improving efficiency, reducing waste and carbon footprint. It also helps that by remaining relevant to its stakeholders, having sustainable business practices can help improve brand image and generate wider brand …

As the number of COVID-19 cases goes on a downward trend and the vaccination program continues, property stakeholders address stronger buying appetites in regions outside Metro Manila.  Growing from the Global Crisis Demand for properties for sale on Lamudi showed a slight uptick at the start of pandemic-induced restrictions last March 2020, highlighting the importance of having a safe home …

Manila Water marked another milestone as it finished 2021 with 13.7B Php in capital expenditures (CapEx), beating the 10.7B Php record in 2020 despite the continued challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the highest CapEx record since the privatization of water service in the East Zone in 1997. Major components of the investment are the construction of new …

HID Global, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, today announced its latest release of the HID® FARGO® HDP6600 printer under the HID FARGO brand, the most trusted name in ID card printers. Built on six generations of proven retransfer technology and the fastest retransfer printer on the market today, the HIDFARGO HDP6600 high-definition printing and wasteless lamination solution delivers reliable, high-volume, high-quality card and …

The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has approved loans totaling P30.96 billion as of end-January 2022 to help cooperatives and local businesses recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Through the I-RESCUE (Interim REhabilitation Support to Cushion Unfavorably affected Enterprises by COVID-19) Lending Program, LANDBANK has supported a total of 687 borrowers, composed of 462 micro, small and …

The Department of Trade and Industry-Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (DTI-FTEB) reported a threefold increase on retail value of confiscated products in the National Capital Region (NCR) from January 1 to February 28, 2022.  A total of 7,551 pieces of uncertified products, with a retail value of Php1,401,189.05, were cracked down by the DTI-FTEB through random inspection activities for the first …

Rolls-Out DITO Auto Pay and DITO Advance Pay with DITO Level-Up Packs for one year anniversary Atty. Adel Tamano, Chief Administrative Officer of DITO Telecommunity; the newest telecommunications player in the country, announced this morning that DITO has just reached 7-million subscribers, right in the middle of celebrating its anniversary month.  “We are pleased to inform our countrymen that DITO …

To help address the depleting supply of blood needed by those with medical emergencies, SM Foundation and SM Supermalls reactivated its annual bloodletting donation drive campaign that will run until March 18, 2022 in select SM malls nationwide. In partnership with the Department of Health-Philippine Blood Center (DOH-PBC) and Philippine Red Cross (PRC), this social good effort provides venues for …