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                    [Title] => First Pacific douses rumors regarding sale of PLDT stake
                    [Summary] => Hong Kong-based conglomerate First Pacific Co. (FPC) has officially doused persistent speculations it is selling its controlling ...
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                    [Title] => Hong Kong’s A.S. Watson returns to RP
                    [Summary] => After a 90-year absence, A.S. Watson, one of Asia’s largest retail group, announced yesterday its formal return to the Philippines in a joint venture tie—up with the Health & Beauty and Family Drugstore of the SM Group of Companies.


Ian Wade, ASW group managing director, also disclosed plans to bring to the country the well-known Park ‘N’ Shop grocery and Fortress consumer electronic store.

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This was implied yesterday by Trade and Industry Manuel Roxas II who disclosed that the local retail drug and cosmetic sector is currently dominated by Mercury Drugstore.

Mercury currently controls about 70 percent of the market, and its near monopoly has led to consumer complaints about its "exorbitant" and "over-priced" drugs.
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Ian Wade, ASW group managing director, also disclosed plans to bring to the country the well-known Park ‘N’ Shop grocery and Fortress consumer electronic store.

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Mercury currently controls about 70 percent of the market, and its near monopoly has led to consumer complaints about its "exorbitant" and "over-priced" drugs.
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