Philippines

As an ageing population weighs on the growth prospects of the Japanese mass grocery retail (MGR) sector, local convenience store retailer FamilyMart plans to open around 600 outlets... 2012-01-27

Bearing out a continued strong growth momentum in both its domestic and international sales, Philippine food and beverage producer Universal Robina Corporation (URC) witnessed an 18%... 2012-01-09

Philippine dairy producer Alaska Milk reported a 2% growth in its sales for the quarter ending September 2011, reflecting improving demand conditions in the domestic dairy market in... 2012-01-03

Reflecting our expectations of a weakening consumption story in the Philippines, we are forecasting relatively weaker retail sales growth in 2012 as compared to 2011. Although the Philippine... 2011-12-29

We are more cautious on the near-term outlook for the Philippine confectionery sector than we are over the longer-term. As highlighted in an earlier article (see 'Softer Demand Conditions... 2011-12-28

Domestic demand conditions in the Philippines are expected to soften in 2012. While remittance growth has held up well in recent months despite a deteriorating external economic environment,... 2011-12-23

In the recent nine-month financial results of the Philippine alcoholic drinks companies, we observed a stark contrast between the performance of Philippine brewer San Miguel Brewery... 2011-11-23