Published July 1, 2021, 11:37 AM
Metro Retail Stores Group, Inc.(MRSGI) has partnered with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and various entrepreneurs and organizations to support their products through a succession of events that celebrate Filipino diversity and spirit of service amid the pandemic.
The company has devoted a selling area in two of its flagship supermarket branches Metro Market!Market! in Taguig City and Metro Ayala Center Cebu to feature various home-grown brands and products. This initiative is dubbed as
Bayanihang Metro x Go Lokal!
Go Lokal!,a free market access platform for Philippine micro,small,and medium enterprises (MSMEs) initiated by the Department of Trade and Industry in collaboration with selected retail partners, continues to reach a wider market. Since its inception in 2016, the program has partnered with 20 retailers, rolled out 144 stores nationwide, and assisted 788 MSMEs of which 352 became regular suppliers of partner retailers. To da
Published December 31, 2020, 5:30 PM
Local businesses drive an important force in a country’s progress. Apart from contributing to economic growth in terms of revenues and taxes, they help in parading local pride by ensuring that a wide range of products such as various delicacies and crafts are available to consumers.
When the pandemic struck, almost freezing everything Filipinos used to do in their daily lives, among those greatly impacted are the Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs). According to a study published by the Asian Development Bank released in September of this year, 70.6% of MSMEs in the Philippines temporarily halted their operations following the announcement by the national government of a stringent lockdown in March.