Johnlu Koa is the Founder & CEO of The French Baker Inc and Lartizan. He brought in Chatime from Taiwan in 2010 as the Philippine franchisee. He is also responsible for the success of VAN LAACK, a mono-brand European chain of men’s and ladies’ clothing. He is currently director for government relations of PHILBAKING. He completed his BSBA and MBA […]
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East-West Seed was founded in 1982 in a small farm in Lipa City, Batangas. The combination of European seed technology and expertise, and local experience in entrepreneurship and tropical climate farming led to the first market-oriented vegetable breeding company in Southeast Asia. Challenges still abound in the agriculture industry; to wit, lack of infrastructure on effective irrigation water distribution, dependence […]
I was a judge in the final round of the recent 14th MarkProf Marketing Leadership Bootcamp Challenge — an annual event I co- founded with Ding Salvador, then ASEAN president of Johnson and Johnson. Since 2003, MarkProf annually searches for the 25 most promising young leaders from graduating college students who excel academically (grade point average of at least 85% […]
Bestselling sales author Emilio Macasaet III interviewed Chiqui Escareal-Go and myself during our book launch of ‘Principles and Practices in Marketing in the Philippine Setting’ in National Book Store Glorietta 1. Below is the transcript of the Q&A last Nov. 24, 2017. Q1 : In your experience, what have been some of the biggest misconceptions about marketing? Josiah: First, the […]
Globe market shares in mobile revenue have steadily climbed up from about 30% in 2008 to over 52% as of first half 2017. Globe Telecom President Ernest Cu, who joined Globe in 2008, shares the transformation of Globe. Q1: When you took over as president of Globe, the mobile market shares of Globe was at 30%. Then in 2011, your […]
Social media marketing is a part of digital marketing, where more and more marketing budgets are being shifted from traditional tri-media (TV/radio/print) to its advantage. In fact, some major advertisers have started reassessing their return of investment (ROI) in using movies or TV celebrities, where millions were spent in exchange for their pulling power. Some personalities have accepted too many […]
Dentsu Aegis Network is made up of ten global network brands in 145 countries – Carat, Dentsu, dentsu X, iProspect, Isobar, mcgarrybowen, Merkle, MKTG, Posterscope and Vizeum. Dentsu Aegis Network is Innovating the Way Brands Are Built for its clients through its best-in-class expertise and capabilities in media, digital and creative communications services. Dentsu Aegis Network Country CEO Donald Lim […]
Michael Jonathan Biscocho is the country head for Analytics & Insights of Procter & Gamble Philippines, a position that he assumed at the age of 26 years old. In this role, he sits in the Philippines country leadership team and reports to the P&G Philippines General Manager. He recently took on additional responsibility as Gillette Country Manager. He was recognized […]
Leni Robredo is the duly elected vice president of the Philippines. She won over her closest rival, Senator Bong Bong Marcos, with a slim gain of less than one percent of total votes while the number of her votes was over 4.4 million more than that of her presidential running mate, former Secretary Mar Roxas. Whoever had chosen Leni Robredo […]
Howell Cu is the founder and chairman of the CSGT Distribution Group of Companies. With over 20 years of sales, distribution and entrepreneurial experience, Cu was able to establish several multi-million companies distributing various products for local and multinational brand owners. Beginning with just 4 trucks and 12 personnel, CSGT Distribution has grown to having over 180 trucks and over […]