<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179941736881189828</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:43:59.235-08:00</updated><title type='text'>METRO DEPARTMENT STORES &amp;  SUPERMARKET</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>fan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06980367652867322283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179941736881189828.post-7807421247500098398</id><published>2009-12-09T15:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-09T15:18:16.681-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Take mobile e-commerce seriously</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;From the Cebu Sunstar:&amp;nbsp; The growth of peer-to-peer or person-to-person  trading sites like Sulit.com.ph, AyosDito.ph, 88db.com.ph, OLX.com.ph,  Multiply.com, eBay.ph, among others, has allowed Filipinos from all the country  to trade with each other. As you can scan through the various payment options,  Globe GCash and Smart Money are in majority of these seller pages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyone who has not looked into these two payment platforms in the past should  think again. With mobile broadband becoming affordable and a growing number of  Pinoys surfing through the mobile phone, there is a new opportunity to market  and position the selling of product or service focusing on this growing user  segment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Globe GCash Glick (https:/ gcashclick.delbrosonline.net/), in partnership  with courier company Delbros, now allows online sellers and buyers to trade with  each other with ease. The system ensures buyers and sellers that a product  ordered is received in good condition and in accordance with what was indicated  online. In addition, payment is already secured prior to shipment, allowing  proper transfer of funds after the delivery process.&amp;nbsp; Continue reading here &lt;a href="http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/toral-take-mobile-e-commerce-seriously"&gt;http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/toral-take-mobile-e-commerce-seriously&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also read my blog on sending money&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://mysendmoney.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mysendmoney.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And my blog on Business Ideas &lt;a href="http://philippinebusinessideas.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://philippinebusinessideas.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9179941736881189828-7807421247500098398?l=metrogiasano.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/feeds/7807421247500098398/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/12/take-mobile-e-commerce-seriously.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/7807421247500098398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/7807421247500098398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/12/take-mobile-e-commerce-seriously.html' title='Take mobile e-commerce seriously'/><author><name>fan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06980367652867322283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179941736881189828.post-2231681284890791269</id><published>2009-12-06T14:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-06T15:04:45.134-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Business trend slowly shifts to online selling</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;My comment:&amp;nbsp; But major players like SM, Ayala, Metro, Robinsons, Island Souvenirs, CDR King and many others haven't seen the light yet in my opinion and missing a major business low cost opportunity&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="field-content"&gt;&lt;span class="head6"&gt;&lt;a class="contentpagetitle" href="http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/tech-times/7054-chinas-online-sales-soar-in-jan-sept-govt"&gt;China's  online sales soar in Jan-Sept: govt&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(wonder why no news like this in  Philippines?)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Philippine Star CEBU, Philippines - Despite lots of  business spaces now made available around the city, the advent of the internet  has made online selling now the fast growing trend in the business  community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is due to the free advertising and no need to pay for space  rentals said Tina Tan, an online business seller who sells ready-to-wear clothes  and accessories through the web.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tan said that doing business online has become very popular and since  the budding of social networking sites, it makes their jobs easier and gives  them a chance to have a wider market.&lt;br /&gt;According to Tan, business through  online is very easy especially for those that have other things to do like  students like her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She said that all they have to do is add as many contacts as they can,  preferably people they know so that they would not be scammed, and immediately  they have instant customers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Val Carla Vergara, a new online business player, said that she shifted  to online selling because it is a new strategy for small business players like  her who wants extra income but does not need to invest on a huge capital.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vergara said that there are so many small business players that are  using the net right now for their businesses but the competition does not worry  her despite having the same kinds of products like RTW’s, accessories, and  toys.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She said that just like any other kind of business, it depends on the  marketing strategy of the online shop owner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vergara explained that she sells her products cheaper than those sold  in malls and she puts the difference of the prices in her site so that the  customers would be able to see how much money they will be saving if they buy it  from her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She said that unlike stores in malls and also from other online  entrepreneurs who has fixed prices, she lowers her prices if the customers ask  for a discount and she also does this if her clients buy three or more  products.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But according to some like Armida Aguilar, a college student,  the pictures are not enough for her to buy a product online. Aguilar said that  despite online selling becoming a fad today and saves the shoppers time from  going around places looking for clothes, she still chooses to go the  conventional way pf shopping because she wants to make sure that she the quality  is worth the money she is paying.&amp;nbsp; Continue reading here  http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=530097&amp;amp;publicationSubCategoryId=108&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9179941736881189828-2231681284890791269?l=metrogiasano.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/feeds/2231681284890791269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/12/business-trend-slowly-shifts-to-online.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/2231681284890791269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/2231681284890791269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/12/business-trend-slowly-shifts-to-online.html' title='Business trend slowly shifts to online selling'/><author><name>fan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06980367652867322283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179941736881189828.post-6527625771270637395</id><published>2009-11-26T14:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T14:38:05.535-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Online Retail Thriving: 8% Growth Expected This Holiday Season but are Philippine merchants taking note?</title><content type='html'>&lt;style&gt;&lt;/style&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;From the NY Times In its State Of Retailing Online 2009 report,  Forrester Research reported that the vast majority of Web retailers were not  only profitable in 2008 - in a recession - but also that their overall level of  profitability grew.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My commment;&amp;nbsp; But has Philippine merchants noticed  the trend and are they adapting to sell worldwide?&amp;nbsp; Here is a area for growth  and expansion and Filipino merchants need to take note.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The  e-commerce market is expanding, due to a combination of factors. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also  brick-and-mortar businesses are migrating more of their operations online. We  also have technology advances to thank: better recommendations technology,  social media, the emergence of mobile commerce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E-commerce Continues to  Grow, Despite Economy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the State Of Retailing Online 2009 report,  Forrester Research reported that retailers saw their Web divisions grow by 18%  in 2008. Given that Forrester described 2008 as "one of the worst years ever" in  retail, that's significant growth in online retail activity.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Continue reading here  http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2009/11/23/23readwriteweb-online-retail-thriving-8-growth-expected-th-45446.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9179941736881189828-6527625771270637395?l=metrogiasano.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/feeds/6527625771270637395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/11/online-retail-thriving-8-growth.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/6527625771270637395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/6527625771270637395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/11/online-retail-thriving-8-growth.html' title='Online Retail Thriving: 8% Growth Expected This Holiday Season but are Philippine merchants taking note?'/><author><name>fan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06980367652867322283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179941736881189828.post-8534748208408344148</id><published>2009-11-16T14:14:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T14:14:36.171-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Internet supermarket booms in bad times, Selling online a golden opportunity for Filipino business</title><content type='html'>&lt;style&gt;&lt;/style&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;- The Internet global supermarket is booming because  people and businesses are looking for bargains and new outlets in bad times, a  new report says.&amp;nbsp; (My comment, Philippines has a golden opportunity for big and  small businesses to embrace this technology and sell sell sell to the world.&amp;nbsp;  Example is the recent Pacquiao rumble where people wanted to buy tshirts, and  much more and where were the Filipino merchants like Island Souvenirs online,  seems they and others are missing a golden opportunity)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/lifestyle/11/12/09/sale-pacquiao-souvenirs-increase" target="_BLANK"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Sale of Pacquiao souvenirs  increase&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;And the this great global shopping mall can only  expand rapidly as mobile phone use explodes, the Chinese get involved and  advertisers jump in, the OECD forecasts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;But the e-trade revolution is being held back by  hidden frontiers, ranging from concerns over privacy of personal information,  language problems, delivery costs and taxation and regulation barriers.&lt;br /&gt;As  the Christmas spending spree, vital to many retailers and manufacturers around  the world, gets under way, the OECD also highlights other worries for  consumers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;For example, Santa Claus may never turn up with the  goods, or the purchases may be defective, or payment details may be  stolen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;These are among the obstacles to increased  cross-border trade, paradoxically even within the European Union, which the  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development lists in a report on a  conference under the heading: "Empowering e-consumers."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;The report found that the financial crisis had  breathed new life into electronic commerce, with sales rising in Europe, the  United States and China at a time when the store-based retail sector struggles  as consumers' disposable income shrivels.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;"The financial and economic crisis appears to be  giving a e-commerce a boost as consumers search for ways to reduce expenditures  by purchasing items online," the OECD said, adding: "The savings can be  substantial."&lt;br /&gt;It cited a study showing that shoppers in Britain, Germany and  France can save 17 percent by buying electronics goods, DVDs and clothing on  online trading platforms rather than in physical stores.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;In the United States on-line sales for 80 retailers  rose an average of 11 percent in the first quarter of the year, according to  another study.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;One site, Craigslist, is forecast to report sales of  100 million dollars this year, a 23 percent increase from 2008. Another  platform, Amazon, had net sales of 177 million dollars in the first quarter  alone, up 24 percent from the first quarter 2008.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;The OECD cites a study by the Forrester research group  predicting that western European consumers will buy 123.1 billion euros' worth  of goods online by 2014, for an average annual growth rate of 9.6  percent.&lt;br /&gt;China too has experienced a jump in online retail activity. The  online auction and retail website of the country's leading e-commerce company,  Alibaba Group, reported a 131 percent rise in transaction volume in February  compared with a year earlier.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Helping to spur electronic commerce is the growth in  mobile phone use. The number of mobile phone subscribers grew at an average rate  of 30 percent a year from 1993 to 2007 in the 30 industrialised economies in the  OECD.&lt;br /&gt;But the OECD warned that the future of e-commerce is not entirely  secure, maintaining that its fate "depends for a large part on the level of  confidence that consumers have in on-line shopping."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;It noted that half the cross-border complaints and  disputes filed with the European Consumer Center Network stemmed from purchases  made over the Internet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;"Delivery problems and dissatisfaction with the products  purchased were the leading reasons for the complaints, accounting for 75 percent  of the total," the OECD said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Customers voiced dissatisfaction with non-deliveries,  misrepresentation by online retail sites and difficulties contacting  merchants.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;While the Internet may have made it easier to buy  products from foreign businesses, consumers have shown themselves to be  reluctant to do so, according to the OECD, which cited language barriers, higher  shipping costs, regulatory barriers and scams and misleading practices as key  constraints.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Last year 33 percent of EU consumers purchased  products online but only 7.0 percent bought goods from another country, the  report said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;While many countries have e-commerce laws and  regulations, such practices risk becoming outdated given the speed at which new  products and services are created.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;The study found that most countries, apart from the  United States, do not have specific regulations to protect the privacy of  children.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;It said many online retailers ask consumers to confirm  their age simply by ticking a box, with no follow-up measures to ensure that the  information is accurate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Another area of growing concern for the sector,  according to the OECD, is the use of behavioral techniques that track a  consumer's purchasing habits in order to tailor advertising to his or her  interest.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;But there is little doubt about the economic impact of  online advertising. A recent study cited by the OECD found that the contribution  to economic activity of online advertising amounts to 300 billion dollars in the  United States. The US online advertising sector directly employs more than 1.2  million people.&amp;nbsp; Continue reading here &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/technology/11/16/09/internet-supermarket-booms-bad-times"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/technology/11/16/09/internet-supermarket-booms-bad-times&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9179941736881189828-8534748208408344148?l=metrogiasano.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/feeds/8534748208408344148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/11/internet-supermarket-booms-in-bad-times.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/8534748208408344148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/8534748208408344148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/11/internet-supermarket-booms-in-bad-times.html' title='Internet supermarket booms in bad times, Selling online a golden opportunity for Filipino business'/><author><name>fan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06980367652867322283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179941736881189828.post-8688982643066521150</id><published>2009-11-04T13:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T13:47:21.229-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I just received this promotion in my email this morning.  Are Philippine merchants/malls missing a great free advertising tool by email?</title><content type='html'>&lt;style&gt;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;div class="posRel"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Why couldn't Philippine Department stores, or Malls have a  similiar online email every week for their&amp;nbsp; promo customers or those that enter  its many promotions that&amp;nbsp; collects names and email addresses?&amp;nbsp; A valuable free  tool is not being used here by most Philippine Merchants.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="posRel"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="width: 600px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td align="middle" valign="top" width="600"&gt; &lt;table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 600px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/index_ENU_HTML.htm?WT.mc_id=2009-11-04-10-00" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="The wish list" border="0" height="640" src="http://www.aldi.us/us/media/newsletter/091030_toy/main1.jpg" style="height: 467px; width: 408px;" width="600" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/index_ENU_HTML.htm?WT.mc_id=2009-11-04-10-00" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="toys" border="0" height="585" src="http://www.aldi.us/us/media/newsletter/091030_toy/main2.jpg" style="height: 581px; width: 410px;" width="600" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/index_ENU_HTML.htm?WT.mc_id=2009-11-04-10-00" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Happy ALDI days" border="0" height="125" src="http://www.aldi.us/us/media/newsletter/091030_toy/main3.jpg" style="height: 126px; width: 398px;" width="600" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 600px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td width="600"&gt; &lt;span style="color: #192d8c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;span style="color: #192d8c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;*Available while  quantities last. 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Are Philippine merchants/malls missing a great free advertising tool by email?'/><author><name>fan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06980367652867322283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179941736881189828.post-2134151843318116326</id><published>2009-10-31T15:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-31T15:31:05.293-07:00</updated><title type='text'>METRO DEPARTMENT STORES 32 JVC P25,998 until Nov 15, 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;METRO DEPARTMENT STORES 32  JVC P25,998 until Nov 15, 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/appliance.html" mce_href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/appliance.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;http://www.metrogaisano.com/appliance.html&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/appliance/tv2.jpg" mce_href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/appliance/tv2.jpg" rel="lightbox[entertainment]" title="JVC LCD TV 32in."&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="120" mce_src="http://www.metrogaisano.com/appliance/tv2_thumb.jpg" src="http://www.metrogaisano.com/appliance/tv2_thumb.jpg" width="120" /&gt;LCD TV 32″&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt; until November 15, 2009&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Best buys in LCD TVS Cheap Philippines Cheapest Price on  LCD TVs Philippines &lt;a href="http://lcdtvphilippines.blogspot.com/" mce_href="http://lcdtvphilippines.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://lcdtvphilippines.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Tags: philippines, prices, Philippine LCD TV Best buys,  recommendations, where to buy, buy, Philippine lcd TV, lcd television products  directory, lcd television, lcd television products, buy lcd television, online  lcd television product detail of lcd television manufacturers. supply, company,  import, export, sell, wholesale, Manufacturers, suppliers, factory, 19 lcd, 21  lcd, 32 lcd tv philippines, 42 lcd tv, metro department stores, MAKRO 19, 999  METRO, Robinsons Appliances, SM appliances&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9179941736881189828-2134151843318116326?l=metrogiasano.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/feeds/2134151843318116326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/10/metro-department-stores-32-jvc-p25998.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/2134151843318116326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/2134151843318116326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/10/metro-department-stores-32-jvc-p25998.html' title='METRO DEPARTMENT STORES 32 JVC P25,998 until Nov 15, 2009'/><author><name>fan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06980367652867322283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179941736881189828.post-109689138687711348</id><published>2009-10-26T03:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T03:31:48.051-07:00</updated><title type='text'>WHERE DID ALL THE TOMATOES GO HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://images.google.com.ph/imgres?imgurl=http://www.vuatkerala.org/static/eng/advisory/agri/vegetables/tomato/images/tomato%2520intro.jpg&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://www.vuatkerala.org/static/eng/advisory/agri/vegetables/tomato/index.html&amp;amp;usg=__22bnof9eWGJzuqivk-Uja5ktUwc=&amp;amp;h=1118&amp;amp;w=800&amp;amp;sz=176&amp;amp;hl=tl&amp;amp;start=6&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;tbnid=LdFRvjQvqVbgFM:&amp;amp;tbnh=150&amp;amp;tbnw=107&amp;amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtomato%26hl%3Dtl%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1" mce_href="http://images.google.com.ph/imgres?imgurl=http://www.vuatkerala.org/static/eng/advisory/agri/vegetables/tomato/images/tomato%2520intro.jpg&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://www.vuatkerala.org/static/eng/advisory/agri/vegetables/tomato/index.html&amp;amp;usg=__22bnof9eWGJzuqivk-Uja5ktUwc=&amp;amp;h=1118&amp;amp;w=800&amp;amp;sz=176&amp;amp;hl=tl&amp;amp;start=6&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;tbnid=LdFRvjQvqVbgFM:&amp;amp;tbnh=150&amp;amp;tbnw=107&amp;amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtomato%26hl%3Dtl%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="150" mce_src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:LdFRvjQvqVbgFM:http://www.vuatkerala.org/static/eng/advisory/agri/vegetables/tomato/images/tomato%2520intro.jpg" mce_style="border:1px solid;" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:LdFRvjQvqVbgFM:http://www.vuatkerala.org/static/eng/advisory/agri/vegetables/tomato/images/tomato%2520intro.jpg" style="border: 1px solid;" width="107" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"&gt;The Philippines has suffered a terrible weather problem with almost continous rain or cloudiness for the past few weeks.&amp;nbsp; But what I can't understand is why the buyers for SM, Robinsons, Ayala, Metro grocery stores can't find alternative suppliers for a temporary solution rather than having store shelves empty of red tomatoes.&amp;nbsp; In USA the buyers find supplies all over the world to make sure they meet customer needs.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; What is the problem here?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"&gt; If there is no stock in country then Taiwan, Australia, Thailand, New Zealand or even South Africa or Mexico or South America must have supplies that can be flown in to meet the lack here of so many different vegetables.&amp;nbsp; If there is a source here in country it is not meeting the need for any I repeat ANY supermarket here in Cebu. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"&gt;I assume Manila stores are suffering similiar lack of supplies.&amp;nbsp; The government should step in and relax the standards until the supplies return to normal and the buyers should use sources like I easily found by searching Australian tomatoes.&amp;nbsp; The customers want tomatoes and other vegetables and I assume the buyers could find alternative sources until this crisis is resolved as we get all kinds of other offshore dry goods, why not tomatoes and other vegetables?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tomatoes-australia.com/" mce_href="http://www.tomatoes-australia.com/"&gt;http://www.tomatoes-australia.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9179941736881189828-109689138687711348?l=metrogiasano.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/feeds/109689138687711348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/10/where-did-all-tomatoes-go-here-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/109689138687711348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/109689138687711348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/10/where-did-all-tomatoes-go-here-in.html' title='WHERE DID ALL THE TOMATOES GO HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES?'/><author><name>fan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06980367652867322283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179941736881189828.post-7726341257746000632</id><published>2009-10-25T20:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T20:53:37.162-07:00</updated><title type='text'>LCD TV Best buys in the Philippines</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="content"&gt; &lt;div class="snap_preview"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;METRO DEPARTMENT STORES 32  JVC P25,998 until Nov 15, 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/appliance.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.metrogaisano.com/appliance.html&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/appliance/tv2.jpg" rel="lightbox[entertainment]" title="JVC LCD TV 32in."&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="120" src="http://www.metrogaisano.com/appliance/tv2_thumb.jpg" width="120" /&gt;LCD TV 32″&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;until November 15, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read  more at my blog on LCD Best Buys in the Philippines&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://philippinestuff.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/lcd-tv-best-buys-in-the-philippines/"&gt;http://philippinestuff.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/lcd-tv-best-buys-in-the-philippines/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; 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font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div id="text"&gt; &lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: small;"&gt;I oftenA model for SM,  Ayala, Metro, Robinsons to design the website and open new franchise  Aldais&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;wonder why the stores  here like Ayala, SM, Metro&amp;nbsp;and Robinsons and lots of their tenants don't use the  web more with most affluent shoppers here in the Philippines now having an  active online surfing with places like facebook and even TV getting online.&amp;nbsp;  Setting up a website or blog is so cheap and easy to change or update if someone  in authority made sure it happened.&amp;nbsp; And customers would apprciate the ability  to see complete lines of merchandise or specials for the week.&amp;nbsp; One store in the  USA and many parts of the world is Aldai and I wonder why they have not surfaced  yet here in the Philippines as they would be excellent for small store locations  with only limited items but quality at a low price.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SM does not even have a active  functioning website to assist its many customers in the stores it has in its  many malls and the contact information or maps online where their malls are or  the contact even for their management at their many malls.&amp;nbsp; That is really  strange seeing they are opening the Cyber Zones which is internet based.&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Strange for the largest mall leader in the  Philippines.&amp;nbsp; They should take a look at Metro's nice site and also  Aldai's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: black; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.metrogaisano.com/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/sitemap_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;http://www.aldi.us/us/html/sitemap_ENU_HTML.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: small;"&gt;The major malls and  department stores should seek&amp;nbsp; better to use the internet web sites and blogs to  make better use of their large purchasing power and get online in a big way and  possibly set up a new chain franchise with the Aldai chain.&amp;nbsp; It is becoming very  very popular in the States with low overhead with 2 or 3 employees handling a  whole store.&amp;nbsp; It would seem with people looking for a new viable franchise this  would be an excellent service and money maker.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: small;"&gt;Regardless, the major  department stores here need to examine their online presence as the world  changes and customers demand new and cheaper ways to market such as Aldai does  so well with emails to customers weekly, sales online, and a good layout that  the stores here could follow.&amp;nbsp; Even SM doesn't evan contact information anymore  for each store online and their addresses and maps.&amp;nbsp; I think it is a major  oversite that SM, Ayala, Robinsons, Metro need to address rapidly.&amp;nbsp; Read more  how Aldai does it below.&amp;nbsp; Lets have all the malls online with the same  information here in the Philippines......&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;the ALDI way: incredible value every  day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/sitemap_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;http://www.aldi.us/us/html/sitemap_ENU_HTML.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;The ALDI way of shopping has been  continuously honed and refined since our first store opened in Southeastern Iowa  in 1976. Committed to bringing food to customers at the lowest prices possible,  our early stores set up shop in small spaces and introduced shoppers to the  select-assortment concept, carrying only 500 select brand products. Compared  with other supermarkets, our stores seemed tiny. But ALDI found a niche with  Americans hungry for real value, and the chain grew rapidly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Over time, more products were added,  including more refrigerated and frozen foods. ALDI also began experimenting with  Special Buy items, to great success. More recently, Sunday hours were  instituted, and ALDI began accepting debit cards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Today, there are over 1,000 ALDI stores  in 29 states, from Kansas to the East Coast. And today’s ALDI store carries  about 1,400 regularly-stocked items, including fresh meat, and, in certain  locations, beer and wine. Though the original ALDI concept has been modified  somewhat to accommodate our ever-changing tastes and preferences, the core  concept remains: “Incredible Value Every Day.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Get your special buys or promos by email&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/service/newsletter_ENU_HTML.htm?WT.mc_id=2009-10-23-16-54"&gt;http://www.aldi.us/us/html/service/newsletter_ENU_HTML.htm?WT.mc_id=2009-10-23-16-54&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Special buys &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/offers_11_01_2009_ENU_HTML.htm?WT.z_src=main"&gt;http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/offers_11_01_2009_ENU_HTML.htm?WT.z_src=main&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Shopping smarter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/company/shopping_smarter_ENU_HTML.htm?WT.z_src=main"&gt;http://www.aldi.us/us/html/company/shopping_smarter_ENU_HTML.htm?WT.z_src=main&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Store locator&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/service/store_locator_ENU_HTML.htm?WT.z_src=main"&gt;http://www.aldi.us/us/html/service/store_locator_ENU_HTML.htm?WT.z_src=main&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Index of web links for Aldais&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;div id="left"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;ul class="first"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="offers" href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/2718_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;special buys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="more" href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/sitemap_ENU_HTML.htm#" id="plus_5B9B771BE6E9425BB21604DC4D35B12E" onclick="toggle_status('5B9B771BE6E9425BB21604DC4D35B12E');"&gt;&lt;img alt="Expand" border="0" src="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/layout_img/plus.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="more" href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/sitemap_ENU_HTML.htm#" id="minus_5B9B771BE6E9425BB21604DC4D35B12E" onclick="toggle_status('5B9B771BE6E9425BB21604DC4D35B12E');" style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Collapse" border="0" src="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/layout_img/minus.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="short" href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/offers_10_25_2009_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;special  buys from october 25, 2009 &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="parent_5B9B771BE6E9425BB21604DC4D35B12E" style="display: none; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none;"&gt;  &lt;ul class="sub" id="sub_5B9B771BE6E9425BB21604DC4D35B12E" style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9363_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Crofton  Stand Mixer &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9324_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Crofton  Buffet Server With Warming Tray&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9325_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Crofton  Convection Oven&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9330_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Crofton  Rotating Waffle Maker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9329_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Crofton  12-Cup Digital Coffee Maker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9327_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Crofton  Coffee &amp;amp; Spice Grinder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9326_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Crofton  Slow Cooker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9367_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Anchor  Hocking 3-Piece Baking Dish Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9366_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Anchor  Hocking 4-Piece Mixing Bowl Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9365_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Anchor  Hocking 2-Quart Batter Bowl With Lid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9364_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Kitchen  Living Stainless Steel Strainer Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9362_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Kitchen  Living Metal Bakeware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9361_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Kitchen  Living Baking Utensils&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9360_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Kitchen  Living Cookie Cutter Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9359_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Kitchen  Living Silicone Baking 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&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/company/shopping_smarter_3190_ENU_HTML.htm" target="_top"&gt;We´re Growing&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/company/shopping_smarter_3212_ENU_HTML.htm" target="_top"&gt;compare us&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/company/shopping_smarter_3216_ENU_HTML.htm" target="_top"&gt;more ways to save&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="infos" href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/service/store_locator_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;store  locator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;img alt="1,000 stores and growing!" border="0" src="http://www.aldi.us/us/media/company/others/subpage_photo_1000_stores.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="text"&gt; &lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;All around the country, ALDI continues to  grow!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Thanks to over 18 million loyal customers, ALDI is proud  to be celebrating the opening of our 1,000th U.S. store! At a time when other  retailers are cutting back and the recession is deepening, we continue to build  new ALDI stores – now offering Incredible Value Every Day in 29 states  nationwide. And this exciting 1,000th store in West Haven, Connecticut brings  our common-sense solution to even more value-conscious consumers, just like you!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;For over 30 years, ALDI has been offering grocery  shoppers high quality products for a fraction of the cost – without having to  buy in bulk. And now more than ever, we’re giving you more ways to save –  without compromising quality! When you shop at ALDI, you can always count on  finding products that are consistently equal to or better than the top national  brands in quality and taste, for up to 50% less than at traditional grocery  stores. And our Double Guarantee ensures it! In fact, you can find almost all of  the items you need for your weekly shopping list at great ALDI prices every day  – including staples like fresh produce, milk, bread and eggs. Helping you save  an average of $115 a month on your family’s grocery bill!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Come see for yourself. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/service/store_locator_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Click here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt; to find a store near  you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Or to get the full scoop on our 1,000th store, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/media/company/company/1KReleasenationalFINAL.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;click here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt; to  read the press release.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tags:&amp;nbsp; Metro Gaisano Department Stores, Vicsal  Development Corporation, Metro Supermarket, Philippines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9179941736881189828-2821082119772523211?l=metrogiasano.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/feeds/2821082119772523211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/10/model-for-sm-ayala-metro-robinsons-to_25.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/2821082119772523211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/2821082119772523211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/10/model-for-sm-ayala-metro-robinsons-to_25.html' title='A model for SM, Ayala, Metro, Robinsons to design the website and open new franchise Aldais'/><author><name>fan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06980367652867322283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179941736881189828.post-2998262177068247064</id><published>2009-10-25T19:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T19:46:42.107-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h1&gt;The Metro Stores&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div id="list"&gt;         &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html#top"&gt;Colon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;|&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html#mandaue"&gt;Mandaue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;|&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html#ayala"&gt;Ayala Center Cebu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;|&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html#legazpi"&gt;Legazpi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;|&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html#lucena"&gt;Lucena&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;|&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html#marketmarket"&gt;Market!Market!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;|&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html#marquee"&gt;Marquee Mall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img alt="Metro Colon" height="168" src="http://www.metrogaisano.com/_images/s1.jpg" width="250" /&gt;       &lt;h2&gt;Metro Colon&lt;/h2&gt;Metro Colon, the first Metro store, started as a three-level store building in Colon Street in the heart of downtown Cebu City. Despite being located in the toughest retail arena in the Cebu province, if not in the entire nation, the Metro developed a huge following among the Cebuano consumers and was upgraded into a seven-level department store and supermarket after only two years in operation. The Metro Colon store has continuously been upgraded over the years to increase the size of its selling areas, maintain customer comforts and amenities, and to enhance its fresh and friendly atmosphere. At present, the store continues and remains to be the preferred shopping destination in downtown Cebu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="backtotop" href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html#top"&gt;[Back to Top]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;       &lt;a href="" id="mandaue" name="mandaue"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="Super Metro Mandaue" height="168" src="http://www.metrogaisano.com/_images/s2.jpg" width="250" /&gt;       &lt;h2&gt;Super Metro Mandaue&lt;/h2&gt;Metro Gaisano opened its second store in 1994 in Mandaue City, a City adjacent to Cebu City and is considered to be the industrial capital in the province of Cebu. The Super Metro Mandaue was built in the concept of a supercenter but with two added levels of department store spaces. The store’s spacious and spartan look enhances its feel of a store with a wide selection of quality goods sold at reasonable prices. The Super Metro is now the store of choice for shoppers in the Mandaue City and in the neighboring Municipalities in the North of Cebu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="backtotop" href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html#top"&gt;[Back to Top]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;       &lt;a href="" id="ayala" name="ayala"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="Metro Ayala Center Cebu" height="168" src="http://www.metrogaisano.com/_images/s3a.jpg" width="250" /&gt;       &lt;h2&gt;Metro Ayala Center&lt;/h2&gt;When the Ayalas of the famous shopping center in Makati City decided to develop the first planned commercial business district in Cebu City, they chose Metro Gasiano as its partner to operate the anchor department store and supermarket of its Ayala Center Cebu Mall. Rising to the challenge to team up with an established and reputable Manila-based mall operator, Metro Gaisano built its third store in 1994.&lt;br /&gt;The store now known as “Metro Ayala Center” is Metro Gisano’s biggest and best designed store, having commissioned a design team from North America to conceptualize the project. The Metro Ayala Center is a store, designed to cater to the discriminating taste of a growing upscale market in Cebu City that demands comfort and service but maintaining the quality and the competitive prices that is a trademark of a Metro Gaisano store. Metro Ayala Department store and Supermarket enjoyed favorable growth in patronage year on year and is now frequented by many tourists who find great value in shopping at the store.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="backtotop" href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html#top"&gt;[Back to Top]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;       &lt;a href="" id="legazpi" name="legazpi"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="Metro Legazpi" height="168" src="http://www.metrogaisano.com/_images/s4.jpg" width="250" /&gt;       &lt;h2&gt;Metro Legazpi&lt;/h2&gt;In 2001, The Metro Gaisano made a strategic decision to bring its brand and type of department store and supermarket out of Cebu. Legazpi City was chosen because of its ideal location south of Luzon and its accessibility to the population of the Bicol region comprising of the five provinces.&lt;br /&gt;Metro Gaisano teamed up with Landco Inc., who put up the first planned commercial business district in the city and the first full-sized shopping mall, the Pacific Mall Legazpi. The Metro Legazpi is now the premiere department store and supermarket destination in the city with its large multi-level store, cool shopping atmosphere, colorful visuals, quality goods, reasonable prices and ample parking spaces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="backtotop" href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html#top"&gt;[Back to Top]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;       &lt;a href="" id="lucena" name="lucena"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="Metro Lucena" height="168" src="http://www.metrogaisano.com/_images/s5.jpg" width="250" /&gt;       &lt;h2&gt;Metro Lucena&lt;/h2&gt;The same partnership that brought the Pacific Mall and the Metro store in Legazpi City, Metro Gaisano and Lanco Inc. teamed up again to bring the same concept to a growing city south of Metro Manila, Lucena City. In 2003, Metro Lucena was built to be the anchor department store and supermarket of Pacific Mall Lucena.&lt;br /&gt;The Metro Lucena is a big, multi-level and colorful store that brings to the people of Lucena and its neighboring localities the same price, value, comfort, quality and convenience to its customers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="backtotop" href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html#top"&gt;[Back to Top]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;       &lt;a href="" id="marketmarket" name="marketmarket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="Metro Market!Market!" height="168" src="http://www.metrogaisano.com/_images/s6.jpg" width="250" /&gt;       &lt;h2&gt;Metro Market! Market!&lt;/h2&gt;When the Ayala’s started the development of its newest shopping center concept at the Fort Bonifacio, the business district that was billed and touted to become the next Makati City in the country, they integrated the concept of hawker’s haven into a mall to give shoppers value for their money and an outdoor wet market to make it a catch-all destination for everybody. Now the newest and most visited mall in Metro Manila, Market! Market! is the home of the sixth and most ambitious store of Metro Gaisano. Known as Metro Market! Market!, the store is the anchor department store and supermarket of the mall and is the biggest so far in the Metro Gaisano chain of stores.&lt;br /&gt;The store is envisioned to become a shopping and leisure destination in Metro Manila due to its superior atmosphere, comforts, quality merchandise and price value. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="backtotop" href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html#top"&gt;[Back to Top]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;       &lt;a href="" id="marquee" name="marquee"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="Metro Market!Market!" height="168" src="http://www.metrogaisano.com/_images/s7.jpg" width="250" /&gt;       &lt;h2&gt;Metro Food &amp;amp; Fashion @ MarQuee Mall&lt;/h2&gt;Metro Department Store and Supermarket is a name synonymous with shopping in the Visayas. Now with six stores which includes Cebu stores in Colon, Mandaue and Ayala Center, Legazpi City in Albay, Lucena in Quezon and Market! Market! in Bonifacio, Global City, Taguig. The seventh Metro store has chosen Angeles, Pampanga as its home. Known worldwide as the entertainment capital of the Philippines, Angeles City has become one of the most prosperous and business-friendly cities in the entire country.&lt;br /&gt;Joining the numerous classy restaurants, bars, discos and shopping outlets that keep the city an active and fun-filled place to be, Metro’s vision still remains the same: quality and variety of merchandise in a friendly atmosphere and at prices that are highly competitive and reasonable.&lt;br /&gt;Whether your shopping list consists of supermarket necessities or department store needs, or other items your heart may desire, Metro MarQuee Mall will be more than happy to accommodate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="backtotop" href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html#top"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="backtotop" href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html#top"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tags:&amp;nbsp; Metro Gaisano Department Stores, Vicsal  Development Corporation, Metro Supermarket, Philippines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/stores.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9179941736881189828-2998262177068247064?l=metrogiasano.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/feeds/2998262177068247064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/10/metro-stores-colon-mandaue-ayala-center.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/2998262177068247064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/2998262177068247064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/10/metro-stores-colon-mandaue-ayala-center.html' title=''/><author><name>fan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06980367652867322283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179941736881189828.post-8820204763492212808</id><published>2009-10-25T19:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T19:44:24.291-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Metro Gaisano Department Stores, Vicsal Development Corporation, Metro Supermarkets</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;The Metro  Gaisano Department Store and Supermarket (more popularly known as &lt;span class="blue"&gt;“The Metro”&lt;/span&gt;) was incorporated in 1981 and opened its first department store and supermarket in 1982. The store was founded by the late Sir Victor Gaisano, with the help of his wife, Mrs. Sally Gaisano, and four children — Margaret, Jack, Edward and Frank — who envisioned a department store and supermarket that will offer quality and a variety of merchandise in a friendly atmosphere and at prices that are highly competitive and reasonable. The Metro’s business operations was shaped and influenced by the combined experiences of the Gaisano Family in the retail industry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;In retail operations, Metro Gaisano now operates seven department stores with supermarkets namely: Metro Colon, Super Metro Mandaue, Metro Ayala Center, Metro Legazpi, Metro Lucena, Metro Market! Market! and Metro Food &amp;amp; Fashion @ Marquee Mall. The Metro Gaisano chain of stores has increasingly built an image of quality and value for price in terms of the merchandise it sells. It has an aggressive advertising and promotion strategy which calls for constant visibility in print, radio and television throughout the years. It enjoys the patronage of all types of customers and is the leading retail store in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Legazpi, Lucena &amp;amp; Metro Manila.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 align="justify"&gt;Vision&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;To become a world-class retail store and enjoy the process of attaining it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metrogaisano.com/profile.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.metrogaisano.com/profile.html&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tags:&amp;nbsp; Metro Gaisano Department Stores, Vicsal Development Corporation, Metro Supermarket, Philippines&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9179941736881189828-8820204763492212808?l=metrogiasano.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/feeds/8820204763492212808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/10/metro-gaisano-department-stores-vicsal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/8820204763492212808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/8820204763492212808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/10/metro-gaisano-department-stores-vicsal.html' title='Metro Gaisano Department Stores, Vicsal Development Corporation, Metro Supermarkets'/><author><name>fan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06980367652867322283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179941736881189828.post-2031576267196390743</id><published>2009-10-25T05:42:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T05:42:50.020-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A model for SM, Ayala, Metro, Robinsons to design the website and open new franchise Aldais</title><content type='html'>&lt;style&gt;&lt;/style&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt; &lt;div id="text"&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I often wonder why the stores here like Ayala, SM and Robinsons  and lots of their tenants don't use the web more with most affluent shoppers  here in the Philippines now having an active online surfing with places like  facebook and even TV getting online.&amp;nbsp; Setting up a website or blog is so cheap  and easy to change or update if someone in authority made sure it happened.&amp;nbsp; And  customers would apprciate the ability to see complete lines of merchandise or  specials for the week.&amp;nbsp; One store in the USA and many parts of the world is  Aldai and I wonder why they have not surfaced yet here in the Philippines as  they would be excellent for small store locations with only limited items but  quality at a low price.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;The major malls and department stores should seek to better use  the internet web sites and blogs to make better use of their large purchasing  power and get online in a big way and possibly set up a new chain franchise with  the Aldai chain.&amp;nbsp; It is becoming very very popular in the States with low  overhead with 2 or 3 employees handling a whole store.&amp;nbsp; It would seem with  people looking for a new viable franchise this would be an excellent service and  money maker.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Regardless, the major department stores here need to examine  their online presence as the world changes and customers demand new and cheaper  ways to market such as Aldai does so well with emails to customers weekly, sales  online, and a good layout that the stores here could follow.&amp;nbsp; Even SM doesn't  evan contact information anymore for each store online and their addresses and  maps.&amp;nbsp; I think it is a major oversite that SM, Ayala, Robinsons, Metro need to  address rapidly.&amp;nbsp; Read more how Aldai does it below.&amp;nbsp; Lets have all the malls  online with the same information here in the Philippines......&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;the ALDI way: incredible value every day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/sitemap_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;http://www.aldi.us/us/html/sitemap_ENU_HTML.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;The ALDI way of shopping has been continuously honed and refined  since our first store opened in Southeastern Iowa in 1976. Committed to bringing  food to customers at the lowest prices possible, our early stores set up shop in  small spaces and introduced shoppers to the select-assortment concept, carrying  only 500 select brand products. Compared with other supermarkets, our stores  seemed tiny. But ALDI found a niche with Americans hungry for real value, and  the chain grew rapidly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Over time, more products were added, including more refrigerated  and frozen foods. ALDI also began experimenting with Special Buy items, to great  success. More recently, Sunday hours were instituted, and ALDI began accepting  debit cards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Today, there are over 1,000 ALDI stores in 29 states, from  Kansas to the East Coast. And today’s ALDI store carries about 1,400  regularly-stocked items, including fresh meat, and, in certain locations, beer  and wine. Though the original ALDI concept has been modified somewhat to  accommodate our ever-changing tastes and preferences, the core concept remains:  “Incredible Value Every Day.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--  --&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Get your special buys or promos by email&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/service/newsletter_ENU_HTML.htm?WT.mc_id=2009-10-23-16-54"&gt;http://www.aldi.us/us/html/service/newsletter_ENU_HTML.htm?WT.mc_id=2009-10-23-16-54&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Special buys &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;a 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Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Index of web links for Aldais&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;div id="left"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;ul class="first"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="offers" href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/2718_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;special buys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="more" href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/sitemap_ENU_HTML.htm#" id="plus_5B9B771BE6E9425BB21604DC4D35B12E" onclick="toggle_status('5B9B771BE6E9425BB21604DC4D35B12E');"&gt;&lt;img alt="Expand" border="0" src="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/layout_img/plus.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="more" href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/sitemap_ENU_HTML.htm#" id="minus_5B9B771BE6E9425BB21604DC4D35B12E" onclick="toggle_status('5B9B771BE6E9425BB21604DC4D35B12E');" style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Collapse" border="0" src="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/layout_img/minus.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="short" href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/offers_10_25_2009_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;special  buys from october 25, 2009 &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="parent_5B9B771BE6E9425BB21604DC4D35B12E" style="display: none; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none;"&gt; &lt;ul class="sub" id="sub_5B9B771BE6E9425BB21604DC4D35B12E" style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9363_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Crofton  Stand Mixer &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9324_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Crofton  Buffet Server With Warming Tray&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9325_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Crofton  Convection Oven&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9330_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Crofton  Rotating Waffle Maker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9329_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Crofton  12-Cup Digital Coffee Maker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9327_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Crofton  Coffee &amp;amp; Spice Grinder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9326_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Crofton  Slow Cooker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9367_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Anchor  Hocking 3-Piece Baking Dish Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9366_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Anchor  Hocking 4-Piece Mixing Bowl Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9365_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Anchor  Hocking 2-Quart Batter Bowl With Lid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9364_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Kitchen  Living Stainless Steel Strainer Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9362_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Kitchen  Living Metal Bakeware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9361_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Kitchen  Living Baking Utensils&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9360_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Kitchen  Living Cookie Cutter Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9359_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Kitchen  Living Silicone Baking Mat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9358_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Kitchen  Living Silicone Bakeware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9357_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Kitchen  Living 3-Tier Cooling Rack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9356_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Kitchen  Living Heat Resistant Glove&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9323_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Vanderwall  Desk and Bookcase Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9322_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Tevion DVD  Maker With Media Converter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9321_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Tevion  Wireless Keyboard and Mouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9320_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Tevion  9-in-1 Notebook Accessory Kit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9319_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Medion  Graphics Tablet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9318_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Barolo  Weather Station&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9354_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Carlini  Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9353_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Carlini  Baking or Butter Flavor Cooking Spray&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9352_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Baker's  Corner Signature Cake Mixes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9351_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Baker's  Corner Yeast Packet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9350_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Baker's  Corner Baking Sprinkles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9349_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Stonemill  Essentials Holiday Baking Spices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9343_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Golding  Farms Molasses&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9355_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Belmont  Premium 7" Layer Cakes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9345_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Belmont  Individual Brownie Cups&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9344_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Benton's  Maple Leaf Cream Cookies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9346_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Happy Farms  Flavored Cream Cheese&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9347_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Happy Farms  Deli Sliced Cheese&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9348_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Roseland  Premium Pork Sausage Patties&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9342_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Nebraska  Smoked Turkey Drumsticks or Wings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9341_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Sea Queen  Bay Scallops&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9340_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Sea Queen  Mussels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9339_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Priano  Lasagna Italiano&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9338_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Red Baron  Singles Deep Dish Mini Pizzas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9337_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;La Mas Rica  Handmade Burritos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9335_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Clancy's  Pretzel Rings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9331_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Clancy's  Cheddar Bacon Potato Skins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9392_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Fall  Foliage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="more" href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/sitemap_ENU_HTML.htm#" id="plus_114975E2A58445DA9083ABD7C1D75704" onclick="toggle_status('114975E2A58445DA9083ABD7C1D75704');"&gt;&lt;img alt="Expand" border="0" src="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/layout_img/plus.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="more" href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/sitemap_ENU_HTML.htm#" id="minus_114975E2A58445DA9083ABD7C1D75704" onclick="toggle_status('114975E2A58445DA9083ABD7C1D75704');" style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Collapse" border="0" src="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/layout_img/minus.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="short" href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/offers_11_01_2009_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;special  buys from november 1, 2009&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="parent_114975E2A58445DA9083ABD7C1D75704" style="display: none; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none;"&gt; &lt;ul class="sub" id="sub_114975E2A58445DA9083ABD7C1D75704" style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9412_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Nintendo  Wii System and Game Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9411_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Nintendo  Wii Fit Bundle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9410_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Fisher  Price Fun2Learn Smart Fit Playmat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9423_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Playhut  Pop-Up Tent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9424_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Hollylane  Fashion Doll House&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9422_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Mattel  Barbie Doll with Accessories &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9421_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Mattel  Barbie Playset&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9426_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Disney  Hannah Montana Doll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9429_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Disney  Glitter Princess Doll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9428_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Disney  Princess and Horse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9420_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Disney  Fairies 8" Fashion Doll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9427_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Disney My  First Friend Doll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9425_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Disney  Hannah Montana Guitar or Keyboard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9418_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;MushABelly  Snoozems or Fluffies Pillows&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9419_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Zizzle  Hand-Held Games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9417_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Lego City  Helicopter Transport&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9416_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Lego 3-in-1  Propeller Power&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9415_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Lego Star  Wars Hyena Droid Bomber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9413_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Star Wars  3.75" Action Figure and Vehicle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9414_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Lego Star  Wars Army Building Set&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9409_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Bakugan  Battle Pack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9408_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Bakugan 7  in 1 Maxus Drago&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/58_9406_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Transformers Movie  Voyager Figures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a 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&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/company/shopping_smarter_3190_ENU_HTML.htm" target="_top"&gt;We´re Growing&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/company/shopping_smarter_3212_ENU_HTML.htm" target="_top"&gt;compare us&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/company/shopping_smarter_3216_ENU_HTML.htm" target="_top"&gt;more ways to save&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="infos" href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/service/store_locator_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;store  locator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img alt="1,000 stores and growing!" border="0" src="http://www.aldi.us/us/media/company/others/subpage_photo_1000_stores.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--    &lt;map name="map" id="map"&gt;         &lt;area shape="rect" coords="2,2,185,170" href="" /&gt;         &lt;area shape="rect" coords="191,3,375,173" href="" /&gt;         &lt;area shape="rect" coords="383,2,563,170" href="" /&gt;         &lt;area shape="rect" coords="0,177,186,368" href="" /&gt;         &lt;area shape="rect" coords="191,177,375,365" href="" /&gt;         &lt;area shape="rect" coords="379,176,573,352" href="" /&gt;     &lt;/map&gt;--&gt; &lt;div id="text"&gt; &lt;h1&gt;All around the country, ALDI continues to grow!&lt;/h1&gt;Thanks to over 18 million loyal customers, ALDI is proud to be celebrating  the opening of our 1,000th U.S. store! At a time when other retailers are  cutting back and the recession is deepening, we continue to build new ALDI  stores – now offering Incredible Value Every Day in 29 states nationwide. And  this exciting 1,000th store in West Haven, Connecticut brings our common-sense  solution to even more value-conscious consumers, just like you! &lt;br /&gt;For over 30 years, ALDI has been offering grocery shoppers high quality  products for a fraction of the cost – without having to buy in bulk. And now  more than ever, we’re giving you more ways to save – without compromising  quality! When you shop at ALDI, you can always count on finding products that  are consistently equal to or better than the top national brands in quality and  taste, for up to 50% less than at traditional grocery stores. And our Double  Guarantee ensures it! In fact, you can find almost all of the items you need for  your weekly shopping list at great ALDI prices every day – including staples  like fresh produce, milk, bread and eggs. Helping you save an average of $115 a  month on your family’s grocery bill!&lt;br /&gt;Come see for yourself. &lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/html/service/store_locator_ENU_HTML.htm"&gt;Click  here&lt;/a&gt; to find a store near you.&lt;br /&gt;Or to get the full scoop on our 1,000th store, &lt;a href="http://www.aldi.us/us/media/company/company/1KReleasenationalFINAL.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read the press release.&lt;br /&gt;SM, Ayala, Robinsons malls, Metro malls &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9179941736881189828-2031576267196390743?l=metrogiasano.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/feeds/2031576267196390743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/10/model-for-sm-ayala-metro-robinsons-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/2031576267196390743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9179941736881189828/posts/default/2031576267196390743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metrogiasano.blogspot.com/2009/10/model-for-sm-ayala-metro-robinsons-to.html' title='A model for SM, Ayala, Metro, Robinsons to design the website and open new franchise Aldais'/><author><name>fan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06980367652867322283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
