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                    [Title] => Pinoys can help local firms thrive in AEC
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Filipino consumers can help local entrepreneurs survive a tougher ASEAN market by patronizing and promoting Philippine-made products.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1349014 [Title] => Tsunami of brands to hit Phl shores [Summary] =>

As the ASEAN integration makes its official debut next year, the Philippines is expected to see a tsunami of brands to land in the country's shores.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1338770 [Title] => USAID team identifies Cebu’s tourism pitfalls [Summary] =>

Dilapidated heritage structures and lack of proper toilet infrastructure are only two of the identified tourism pitfalls that Cebu needs to address.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1279820 [Title] => ISI to offer “Cut & Style” concept in other festivals [Summary] =>

After the successful run of Island Souvenirs Inc. (ISI) “Cut & Style” Your Sinulog Shirt 2014, the company announced its plan to roll out a similar approach in other festivities and beach destinations across the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 634714 [Title] => Loalde sub-brand targets younger consumer base [Summary] =>

Despite the entry of foreign brands in the garment retail industry in the Philippines, Cebu-based Loalde Group announced the expansion of its market reach towards the younger and trendier or the hip consumer-base.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 600968 [Title] => Air Philippines operations not affected by PAL crisis [Summary] =>

Air Philippines, the low-cost arm of the country's flag carrier Philippine Airlines, assured the public that the operations of AirPhil Express will not be affected by the issues hounding its sister-company.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1389253 [AuthorName] => Jessica B. Natad [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 564703 [Title] => Corporate and state governance similar but differ in many ways [Summary] =>

Entrepreneurial skills like people management are basically useful to chief executives of a city, province or country. The application and implementation of these skills in government service, however, differs from those in private institutions.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1389253 [AuthorName] => Jessica B. Natad [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 65409 [Title] => Oil, rice, wage worries gloom over the retailers [Summary] =>

Despite the seemingly positive effect of the increasing purchasing power of Cebuanos to the retail industry, the sector is troubled with negative factors brought about by the surging oil price increase, rice crisis, and wage hike issues.

[DatePublished] => 2008-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 393807 [Title] => Sari-sari stores eyed as tourism potential [Summary] => Sari-sari store operators are urged to improve their potential as part of the tourism attraction in Cebu, and provide good tourism-oriented services.

Tourism prime mover Jay P. Aldeguer said he will tap the upcoming Cebu Business Month's (CBM 2007) Entrepreneurship component event to invite interested sari-sari store owners to be active in promoting the tourism potential of Cebu.

"I know it's an ambitious thing to get the sari-sari stores involve in the tourism industry in Cebu, but we have to start mobilizing this plan now," Aldeguer said.
[DatePublished] => 2007-04-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 293710 [Title] => Cebu's quality designs vulnerable to copycats [Summary] => While Cebu boasts of its pool of lead designers and export quality designs, most companies here do not have Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection making Cebu's very own designs vulnerable to copycats.

Intellectual Property Office director general Adrian Cristobal said that a lot of industries in Cebu depend on creativity and design capabilities, however they are hesitant to make an investment for the protection of their crafts and designs.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) ) )
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