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Article: BRIEFING - ASIA RETAIL - MAY 28, 2008.
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- May 28, 2008
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An executive briefing on retail for May 28, 2008, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities.
PHILIPPINE DRUGSTORES OFFER CONVENIENCE STORE ROLE TO SURVIVE
CEBU CITY - Small retail drugstores across the country have to convert their businesses into a combined pharmacy and convenience store to survive surging prices of basic goods and the strengthening of the peso, an industry leader said.
Josephine Inocencio, national president of the Drugstores Association of the Philippines (DSAP), said the income of drug stores has decreased as ...