Nestle, Danone see price hikes slowing after years of sharp increases

02/23/2024

LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) -Two of the world’s top consumer goods companies, Danone and Nestle, said on Thursday they will slow price increases in 2024 after two years of hikes that prompted many shoppers to seek cheaper alternatives for…

BSP survey: PH business, consumer confidence plunge due to economic woes

Inquirer.net 12/06/2018

DESPITE the onset of the holiday season, the confidence of Philippine businesses and local consumers are at their lowest levels in almost eight years — with the bearish sentiment expected to persist into early 2019 — no…

Homes with kids driving sales of fast moving consumer goods

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/04/2018

PRA-Cebu President Go says study results evident in Cebu’s retail market Households with young children are driving sales of fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) in the Philippines, a recent study showed. This also holds true in Cebu,…

Amazon and consumer confidence

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 05/10/2018

The opening of a customer service center by American online retail giant Amazon here in Cebu City is yet another feather in the cap for Cebu’s competitive business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. I hope, even if it’s…

Consumer groups seek probe of YouTube over ads for kids

AFP 04/09/2018

Consumer and activist groups called Monday for an investigation into Google-owned YouTube for allowing advertising to be targeted at children in apparent violation of US law. The organizations said that although YouTube claims that the site is…

Hike in consumer spending, demand for goods and services expected

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/21/2017

The passage of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) bill is expected to help improve the retail trade industry in 2018. With implementation of the TRAIN, which exempts workers with an annual income of P250,000…

No ban on consumer pyrotechnics in PH

Tricia Rodrigo 12/21/2017

  Three leading pyrotechnics distributors; Dragon Fireworks, Pyroworks and Grand Firefly Fireworks, joined forces to organize a press conference on December 20 in a bid to inform the public about the difference between the legal and safer…

CV Oct. inflation at 3%; consumer prices unchanged

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/07/2017

DESPITE an uptick in national headline inflation last month, consumer prices in Central Visayas remained unchanged in October compared to September this year. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released Tuesday showed that the regional headline…

Consumer-themed index launched

Inquirer.net 10/24/2017

FUND management firm First Metro Asset Management Inc. (FAMI) has teamed up with leading global index provider MSCI Inc. to create a new Philippine index for passive investors who want to build a portfolio that rides on…

Unexpected reasons why weight loss fails

Alex Pacquiao 10/17/2016

LET’S say you’re determined to drop that weight, and this time you’re doing everything right. You’re cutting fat-packed foods from your diet as much as you can. You’re feeding up on fresh fruits and veggies, whole-grain breads…

Central Visayas posts highest consumer price gain in March

Marites Villamor Ilano 04/05/2016

Consumer prices nationwide went up by an average of 0.1 percent in March mainly due to an uptrend in oil prices and transportation rates, government reported yesterday. Based on the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report posted on…

Consumer trends to consider

Vanessa Claire Lucero 12/31/2015

In developing products or drawing up marketing strategies for 2016, businesses would do well to consider 15 consumer trends. Charmaine Bautista-Pamintuan, chief marketing officer of the Inquirer Group, classified these trends into four pillars: Profile, Patterns, Perception,…

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