Capital: Manila | Area: 300 000 km² | Population (2021): 112.5 mio | GDP (2021): € 333.4 bn
Shift in consumer spending
AllHome sales down almost 11 per cent in the first quarter
Philippine home improvement retailer AllHome Corp. saw revenues fall 10.9 per cent in the first quarter as it noted a slowdown in renovations. The company reported sales of 2.921 bn Philippine pesos (PHP, EUR 48.73 mio)…
No revenge spending in the retail
AllHome sales fall in 2022
AllHome Corp., a Philippine home improvement retailer, reported a 12.3 per cent drop in sales for 2022 as it failed to shake off a slew of challenges …
Sustainability in question
Global House's Philippines move banks on economic growth and rising prices
Thai retail company Siam Global House’s drive to enter the Philippines is hinged on the country’s strong …
Record year 2022
Wilcon sales buoyed by renewed construction activity in the Philippines
Double-digit growth in same-store sales resulting from the Philippines' post-pandemic recovery allowed the …
First two stores
Global House eyeing 2024 entry to the Philippines
Thai home improvement retailer Siam Global House is looking to launch operations in the Philippines by 2024 even as it ramps up …
Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia
Global House announces expansion in the region
Thai retail group Siam Global House wants not only to expand to the Philippines, but also to enlarge its footprint in countries …
In a bid to expand market share
Philippines’ Wilcon poised to add two more store formats
Wilcon Depot, the Philippines’ biggest home improvement retail chain, is set to add two new store formats to its two …
Regional report ESG: Southeast Asia (Part 1)
DIY retailers move towards sustainability ahead of reporting mandate
A review of the sustainability reports of seven home improvement retailers in Malaysia, Indonesia, …
Revenge spending phenomenon
AllHome sales drop 16.5 per cent on shift in consumer spending
Philippine home improvement retailer AllHome saw a 16.5 per cent erosion in sales for the third quarter as leisure …
Third quarter
Removal of restrictions, resumption of construction buoy Wilcon's sales
Wilcon Depot, the Philippines' top home improvement retailer, posted a 32.6 per cent rise in net sales in …
Philippines
Allhome trims Q2 losses on better foot traffic
Philippine home improvement company AllHome Corp tempered its sales loss in the second quarter on improved footfall. The company …
Philippines
Wilcon hits 'best quarterly sales' in the second quarter
Wilcon Depot Inc., the Philippines' biggest home improvement retailer, appears to have brushed off pandemic woes as it …
Expansion
Siam Global partners with Cosco in the Philippines
The expansion plans of the Thai home improvement retailer Global Siam in the Philippines are becoming concrete. The company has …
Joint venture
Siam Global wants to expand with top supermarket’s owner in the Philippines
Thai home improvement retailer Siam Global and Cosco have signed a joint venture agreement. The new …
Philippines
Wilcon eyes “emerging cities and provinces” in expansion
The Philippines’ largest home improvement retailer announces plans to open more stores outside the capital region of Metro …
100 stores within four years
AllHome sales up 15 per cent in 2021 as market sentiment improves
Philippine home improvement retailer AllHome disclosed a 15 per cent rise in sales for 2021 coming off a low base …
Despite lockdown
Philippines’ Wilcon ends 2021 with 21 per cent rise in sales
Wilcon Depot, the Philippines’ largest homegrown home improvement retailer, increased sales by 21 per cent in 2021 …
Philippines
Wilcon’s third quarter sales hit by new lockdown
A lockdown imposed during the third quarter to stem record high Covid-19 cases in the Philippines led to a slip in Wilcon Depot's …
Philippines
AllHome third quarter revenues down 2 per cent
Sales of Philippine home improvement chain AllHome contracted slightly in the third quarter as new lockdowns led to shortened …
Philippines
AllHome reports sales boost and eyes more freestanding outlets
Philippine home improvement retail chain AllHome posted a 39-per cent rise in sales in the first half of the year as …
Philippines
Wilcon financials surge on eased lockdown rules
Wilcon Depot, the Philippines' leading home improvement store chain, reported a surge in its finances in the first half of 2021 …
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DIY International 2/2021: from the Philippines to the Nordics
The Philippines was badly affected by the pandemic. How did home improvement retailers react to this situation? Our …
Philippines
New strategies for the new normal
In the Philippines, which were hard hit by the pandemic, home improvement stores have improvised for the situation with new marketing and new …
Philippines
AllHome posts 6.7 per cent hike in revenues for the first quarter
Philippines home improvement retailer AllHome posted a 6.7 per cent rise in revenues for the first quarter of 2021…
Philippines
Late sales pickup fail to lift Wilcon’s 2020 take
A belated pickup in sales failed to lift Wilcon Depot's financial results in a year characterized by constraints in public …
Philippines
AllHome revenues up 3 per cent in pandemic year
A slew of strategies implemented by Philippine home improvement retailer AllHome as a response to the difficult business environment…
Philippines
Philippine store numbers continue to grow
The Do It Best licensee Handyman plans to open 16 stores in the next 18 months in the Philippines, despite the impact of Covid-19 on store…
Consequences of the lockdown
Gardening blooms in the Philippines
For all the damage it has caused the business sector and the broader economy, the coronavirus-related lockdown that prevailed over the …
Philippines
Handyman sales move to online platforms due to lockdown
Home improvement stores Handyman Do It Best and True Value are seeing purchases shifting to online platforms in the …
Despite temporary lockdown
AllHome’s sales rise by 42 per cent in the first quarter
Philippine home improvement retailer AllHome's first quarter-income rose by 30.4 per cent despite the closure of …
Expansion in 2019
AllHome increases sales by nearly 70 per cent
The Philippine home improvement retailer AllHome doubled its net income in 2019 on the back of aggressive expansion and a rise in …
After two months
Philippines: home improvement shops reopen
Home improvement stores on the largest island in the Philippines reopened over the weekend after the strict and economically devastating …
Long-term target unchanged
Philippines: Wilcon Depot loses sales and profit
Wilcon Depot Inc., a Philippine home improvement and construction supplies retailer, posted a 32.1 per cent fall in its first …
Lockdown over Manila
Philippine DIY stores brace for impact of Covid-19
Home improvement companies in the Philippines warn that a prolonged disruption in business operations due to state-mandated …
IPO
Philippine AllHome chain has made its stock market debut
AllHome Corp., the Philippine home improvement retailer owned by Filipino billionaire Manuel Villar, has made its stock …
Home and garden retailing
The Philippine market is growing annually by almost nine per cent
Growth in the Philippines' home improvement industry will be faster in the next five years than it was from 2014 …
The Philippines
AllHome plans 45 new openings this year and next
The Philippine home improvement chain AllHome wants to increase its number of branches in this year still from 25 at the middle of …