Philippine Retailing Newsletters 2018 PRA Newsletter 2018 Q1

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE PHILIPPINE RETAILERS ASSOCIATION
PHILIPPINE
WWW.PHILRETAILERS.COM
1ST QUARTER 2018
PRA honors PH’s retail icons
Twelve of the biggest and pioneering names in the retail
industry who had been recognized by the Philippine Retailers
Association (PRA) over the years during its Outstanding Filipino
Retailers (OFR) Awards as PRA President’s Awardees were ​
honored during the launch of PRA’s commemorative ​
40th
anniversary ​publication.
​ he honorees or their family members gathered together last February 27 at the
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Makati Shangri-La Hotel as the PRA unveiled the coffee table book “Legends,
Lives, and Legacies.”
3 major malls introduce
cashless payments
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Surviving the retail revolution:
2018 will be a wild ride
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India relaxes FDI rules
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The publication highlights the success stories PRA President’s Awardees
including:
Mr. Henry Sy Sr. as the Father of Philippine Retailing
Mr. Fernando Zobel de Ayala as the Pillar of Philippine Retail Development
Mr. Jorge Araneta as the Pioneer of Philippine Retail Entertainment
Ms. Socorro Ramos as the Matriarch of Philippine Retail
Mr. John Gokongwei Jr. as the Champion of Retail Entrepreneurship
Amb. Bienvenido Tantoco Sr. as the Father of Luxury Retailing
Mr. Mariano Que as the Father of Health and Wellness Retailing
Mr. Samie Lim as the Pillar of Philippine Franchising
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PRA to help HS students
gain internship in retail
The Philippine Retailers Association, led
by President Atty. Paul A. Santos and PRA
chairman Lorenzo C. Formoso sealed a
partnership with the Phoenix Publishing
House (PPH) Foundation to help senior high
school students acquire work immersion
training from PRA member-retailers.
The Work Immersion Program is part of the K-12
program of the Department of Education to help
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