(Note: This Q&A was originally featured on March 27, 2015 with update provided on April 29, 2022) Cebuana Lhuillier is in the Guinness World Record as the largest chain of pawnshops in the world with some 3000 outlets, bigger than many banks combined, serving mostly – the ordinary “unbanked” population. Its president and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier was a recipient […]
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Steve Sy is the Founder and CEO of Great Deals E-Commerce Corporation, a pioneer and currently the Philippines’ largest provider of end-to-end ecommerce solutions to over 300 of the biggest manufacturers and country distributors in the Philippines. Great Deals was recently ranked by Inquirer and Statista as the fastest growing company in the Philippines, and by Financial Times as the […]
The concept of generic strategy was first introduced over four decades ago – where firms can choose to either be differentiated or low cost. Differentiation will likely involve innovation, while a low-cost strategy entails high productivity to scale, or from lower wages. Many countries offering lower wages naturally choose the low-cost path of being labor intensive, becoming a factory for others […]
We asked two top market research practitioners: NielsenIQ Managing Director for Myanmar, Vietnam and Philippines Patrick Cua, and Kantar Philippines President Gary de Ocampo, to share about consumer behaviors which they have encoded in 2021 and their implications in 2022. Here are their views: Q1: What key changes in consumer behavior have you encoded during the pandemic that were hardly mentioned in the […]
I have much to be grateful for the last two years: 1. I became a grandfather when my only daughter Tricia and her husband Rg brought my first grandson Leo into the world last April 2020. Now I am called JoeLo (my preference). 2. I retired from Waters Philippines and my youngest son Calel is now the CEO. He has […]
Cris Albert is the President and CEO of iSport Life, the sole distributor and master licensee of the iconic Italian brand FILA in the Philippines. Thanks to her leadership, the brand has continuously stayed up-to-date in its expansion, with new product categories and a growing e-commerce business that has seen it reach the top 10 in the Lifestyle and Sports […]
At the recently concluded 16th Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (YMMA), we asked three of the marketing rockstars to share about new business and growth strategies. They are Mariel Chavez, Brand Director of Procter & Gamble and YMMA Awardee for Brand Management, Kim Lato, CEO, Founder & President of Kimstore Enterprise Corporation and YMMA Awardee for Entrepreneurial Marketing, and Marvin Tiu Lim, Chief Growth and […]
Insular Life has been operating since 1910. It is the first and biggest Filipino life insurance company and the only mutual company in the Philippines, with total assets currently over P143 billion. It markets various insurance products (personal, life, educational, health, retirement, group, business) alongside investment and rider options. Nina Aguas is the executive chairperson of Insular Life. Prior to Insular […]
Neil Trinidad, currently Chief Marketing Officer of Lazada Philippines, won the Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (YMMA) in 2012. In this interview, he shares about the rapid growth of ecommerce. Neil will provide more inputs at the 12th Market Masters Conference on June 15-16, 2021. Q1: How are marketing and distribution evolving in your clients’ organizations? A1: The pandemic has accelerated the growth of […]
Union Bank of the Philippines is one of the ten winners of the 1st Mansmith Innovation Awards. In this interview, we asked UnionBank President and CEO Edwin Bautista about the thinking behind the multi-awarded digital transformation of the bank, which was their direction under his leadership even before the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr. Bautista will be speaking at the 1st Mansmith […]