DTI taps major
retailers
for MSME
development
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ABS-CBN
opening first
experience store
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The Philippines:
A rising star in
Asian retailing
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Retail Giants, Industry Players gather for 23rd NRCE
The Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) recently
organized the biggest and longest running retail
industry event in the country at the SMX Convention
Center Manila.
The National Retail Conference and Stores Asia Expo (NRCE) - the
PRA’s flagship program - is a two-day event that was attended by
retail owners, CEOs, top level executives, exhibitors, VIPs and
New PRA board of directors
elected for term 2016-2018
Santos is the new PRA president
With the recent national elections, the PRA also recently
welcomed a new board of directors for the term 20162018 during its 2nd Quarter General Membership meeting
held at Novotel Hotels & Resorts in Araneta Center Cubao,
Quezon City.
This year’s board consists of 14 reelected directors and a new addition
in the person of Goldilocks’ Chairman Freddie Go. The 15 directors
industry stakeholders all over the country. The annual NRCE has
been the platform for bringing together the key movers and shakers
of retail and its allied industries.
For more than 20 years, the two-day conference and exhibit has
served as the venue for productive networking with the latest
updates and developments in the local and international retail
scene. It has established itself as an institution for discussing issues
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are Blim’s Lifestyle Group’s Samie
Lim, Central Books’ Ma. Alegria
S. Limjoco, Cinderella’s Arthur G.
Coronel, CMG Retail Inc.’s Chan
Kok Bin, Federation of Asia Pacific
Retailers Associations (FAPRA)
Chairman Lorenzo C. Formoso,
Goldilocks’ Freddie Go, Mercury
Drug’s
Vivian
Que
Azcona,
Penshoppe’s Bernie H. Liu, Picture
City’s Paul A. Santos, Robinsons
Malls’ Frederick D. Go, Shopwise’s
Bienvenido V. Tantoco III, SM
Retail Inc.’s Jorge T. Mendiola,
Sportshouse’s Mars C. Chua, Toby’s
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