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An ukay-ukay ( Tagalog pronunciation: [ˌʔuːkaɪ.ˈʔuːkaɪ] oo-ky-OO-ky ), or wagwagan (Ilocano pronunciation|wɐgˈwaːgɐn}} wəg-WAH-gən) is a Philippine store where a mix of secondhand and surplus items such as clothes, bags, shoes and other accessories are sold at a more affordable price. Items commonly sold at ukay-ukay's are ...
Sari-sari store. A sari-sari store, anglicized as neighborhood sundry store, [ 1] is a convenience store found in the Philippines. The word sari-sari is Tagalog meaning "variety" or "sundry". Such stores occupy an important economic and social location in a Filipino community and are ubiquitous in neighborhoods and along streets.
A Goldilocks Bakeshop branch (2009) On May 15, 1966, Chinese Filipino sisters, Milagros Leelin Yee and Clarita Leelin Go, and their sister-in-law Doris Wilson Leelin, opened the first Goldilocks store on a 70-square-meter (750 sq ft) space on the ground floor of a three-story building along Pasong Tamo Street in Makati and started with only 10 employees.
S&R Membership Shopping was established in 2001 as S&R PriceSmart, a franchise of American membership warehouse club chain PriceSmart. [ 1][ 2] The name "S&R" stands for American businessmen Sol and Robert Price, founders of Price Club and PriceSmart. [ 1] PriceSmart was the first major foreign retailer to enter the Philippine market since the ...
Bulul. Bulul, also known as bu-lul or tinagtaggu, is a carved wooden figure used to guard the rice crop by the Ifugao (and their sub-tribe Kalanguya) peoples of northern Luzon. The sculptures are highly stylized representations of ancestors and are thought to gain power and wealth from the presence of the ancestral spirit. [ 1]
Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop (formerly known as Agencia Cebuana) commonly known as Cebuana, is a Philippine -based pawnshop and the flagship brand of PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies. Jean Henri Lhuillier is the current President and CEO of Cebuana. Cebuana Lhuillier is a non-banking financial institution offering services such as pawn-broking ...
The Tboli people[ 2] ( IPA: ['tʔbɔli]) are an Austronesian indigenous peoples of South Cotabato in southern Mindanao in the Philippines. Tbolis currently reside on the mountain slopes on either side of the upper Alah Valley and the coastal area of Maitum, Maasim and Kiamba in the province of Sarangani. In former times, the Tbolis also resided ...
Makati Supermarket Alabang. Unimart. Citimart. City Supermarket, Inc. Dali Everyday Grocery. Ever Supermarket. Fisher Supermarket. Gaisano Capital. Gaisano G Market (Gaisano Supermarket under DSG Sons Group; not to be confused with G-Market in South Korea)