Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Philippine Shoppers’ Spending Spree Gives Retail Sector New Shine

Philippine Shoppers’ Spending Spree Gives Retail Sector New Shine

Remedios Soson, left, runs a street stall that sells snacks in Cebu City and must contend with new malls.
 PHOTO: TREFOR MOSS/THE WALL 

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Philippine high street is undergoing a face-lift, as retail giants look to capitalize on Southeast Asia’s most profligate consumer-spending sector.

The country’s biggest developers including Ayala Corp.JG Summit Holdings Inc. andSM Investments Corp. are spending billions on malls to ramp up their nationwide presence, while global brands such as Swedish retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB, which once ignored the Philippines, are suddenly arriving here in force.
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/philippine-shoppers-spending-spree-gives-retail-sector-new-shine-1448479985

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