Robinsons Retail

Retail Asia15/11/2018

“Significant challenges” across the Southeast Asian supermarket business are continuing to test Hong Kong-listed multi-format retailer Dairy Farm International. In a management statement discussing the company’s third-quarter performance – which did not include any figures – Dairy Farm said its businesses produced “mixed results” with a strong performance in health and beauty and good results […]

Retail Asia01/11/2018

Robinsons Retail Holdings has boosted net income by 9.8 per cent in the first nine months of this year, to PHP 3.8 billion (US$70.97 million). The improvement followed on from a 13.1 per cent increase in sales for the period, to PHP 91.8 billion ($1.71 billion) which the company said was due to “robust” same-store […]

Retail Asia19/08/2016

According to retail analyst IGD, the Philippines is one of the fastest-growing countries in Southeast Asia, with its GDP growth hitting 6.9% in the first quarter of 2016, and further strong expansion predicted on the back of robust domestic consumption, rapid urbanisation and rising wages. A young and increasingly skilled workforce also has a major […]

Retail Asia18/08/2016

Newly acquired stores Savers Appliances and The Generics Pharmacy have given Robinsons Retail sales and profits a boost. Sales increased by 18.5 per cent from Php21.6 billion to Php25.6 billion in the second quarter of 2016, on the back of sustained high single-digit same-store sales growth (SSSG) and sales from stores acquired this year. For […]

Retail Asia13/07/2016

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Global food and grocery specialist IGD visited Manila during the May 2016 presidential elections. Here IGD’s senior retail analyst, Jenny Li, examines what is giving the country’s retail sector such a positive outlook. The Philippines is one of the fastest growing countries in Southeast Asia, with its GDP growth hitting 6.9 per cent in the […]

Retail Asia16/06/2016

Robinsons Retail Philippines has announced it will add 200 stores, mostly convenience stores and supermarkets. The boost in its retail chain will add to its existing 1506 stores. For 2016, Robinsons Retail Holdings has earmarked P5 billion in capital spending, nearly 60 per cent higher than the P3.14 billion in 2015. Robina Gokongwei-Pe, president and […]

Retail Asia25/05/2016

Robinsons Retail has acquired a 51 per cent controlling interest in The Generics Pharmacy (TGP), the Philippines’ largest and fastest growing generics drugstore chain. The acquisition of TGP’s over 1800 stores, combined with South Star Drug, will take the retail drugstore network of the group to nearly 2200 stores nationwide, more than Mercury Drugstore’s 1000+ […]

Retail Asia19/04/2016

Two Asian retail leaders have been added to Forbes magazine’s annual list of 50 most powerful businesswomen in Asia – in The Philippines and Vietnam. They are Robina Gokongwei-Pe, the president and COO of Robinsons Retail Holdings, the second-largest multi-format retailer in The Philippines, and chairman/general director Cao Thi Ngoc Dung of Vietnam’s largest jewellery […]

Retail Asia11/04/2016

Robinsons Philippines has reported a 21.9 per cent increase in net income in 2015 to P4.3 billion ($90 million) on the back of same-store sales growth and sales from newly opened stores. Same-store sales growth for Robinsons Retail Holdings grew 4.1 per cent in 2015, exceeding the 2-3 per cent consolidated same-stores sales target for […]

Retail Asia08/09/2015

Robinsons Retail Holdings, the Philippines-based department store operator, has taken a 90 per cent stake in home appliance chain Saver’s Appliance Depot. Saver’s operates 24 stores in Central Luzon and eight in Cagayan Valley Robinsons Retail president and COO Robina Gokongwei-Pe says partnering with Saver’s will strengthen and expand its exposure in the consumer electronics […]

Retail Asia12/08/2015

Japanese discount retailer Daiso has won the right to use its name in the Philippines after a hearing in the Supreme Court. In a final ruling just issued, the court has blocked Filipino company Japan Home Center from using the trademark Daiso, confirming an earlier ruling by the Court of Appeals. The judges ruled that […]

Tag: Robinsons Retail

SEA gives struggle to Dairy Farm International

Robinsons Retail income raised by nearly 10 per cent

Philippines grocery retail market ‘stands out in Asia’

Acquisitions boost Robinsons Retail sales

Philippines: the rising star of Asian retailing

Robinsons Retail Philippines eyes 200 stores

Robinsons Retail takes control of The Generics Pharmacy

Asian retail leaders in Forbes most powerful businesswomen

Robinsons Philippines income jumps 21.9 per cent

Robinsons Retail takes control of Saver’s

Daiso wins Manila court battle