Philippine Economy Talk

[uls]

dami pera mga tao

exceed pre-covid

[dr. d]

dami pera mga tao

exceed pre-covid

eerrr,
why the post, po?
what's this company all about?

[uls]

eerrr,
why the post, po?
what's this company all about?

who is SSI group?

SSI Group

what brands does SSI group distribute in PH?

Brands — SSI Group

[papi smith]

eerrr,
why the post, po?
what's this company all about?

They hold retailers, so it's a sign that the economy is normalizing.

[uls]

eerrr,
why the post, po?
what's this company all about?

matibay ang pinoy consumer

despite high fuel prices and increasing prices of necessities

kaya pa mag discretionary spending

[dr. d]

matibay ang pinoy consumer

despite high fuel prices and increasing prices of necessities

kaya pa mag discretionary spending

... discretionary spending...
oh!
yung mag-su-subsist on banana Q for lunch for several months, just so's he can buy the latest nike?
heh heh heh.

someone once wrote,
"you are seeing the problem, when the other person is seeing the solution".

[uls]

5.6 billion revenue, 491 million net income Q2

for a company that deals with those brands

that means pinoy consumers have a lot of extra money

[dr. d]

5.6 billion revenue, 491 million net income Q2

for a company that deals with those brands

that means pinoy consumers have a lot of extra money

maybe not as much, individually.
but as there are so many of them naman...
malaki na nga!

i once asked my japanese colleague, about the wealth of the japanese. this was in the late 90s.
"dr. d, the individual, no. but the government, yes. because there are so many of us contributing to it."

[uls]

^^^

i don't go malling much these days pero sabi ng mga kilala ko dami daw tao sa mga luxury brands stores sa makati

(in contrast to what kagalingan says nilalangaw)

[dr. d]

^^^

i don't go malling much these days pero sabi ng mga kilala ko dami daw tao sa mga luxury brands stores sa makati

(in contrast to what kagalingan says nilalangaw)

what i would like to be informed about, are the sales figures.
baka naman kasi, lookers-and-not-buyers lang ang mga 'yan.

years ago,
a knowledgeable person once commented on the molopisha at that time,
"maraming tao diyan, but they still do not spend enough..."

kags sees (imagines!) what he wants to see...
living embodiment of tunnel vision and "i see what i want to see...".
heh heh.