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                    [ArticleID] => 252930
                    [Title] => Bag ladies, too
                    [Summary] => Starting this month, Manels leather goods will be among the Avon lady’s supermarket of products directly sold to customers through fashion catalogs across Asia. Manels will be sold alongside international brand names like Fila and Timex.

[DatePublished] => 2004-06-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212707 [AuthorName] => Carla Paras-Sison [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 96427 [Title] => Retail sales seen to grow 7% this year [Summary] => With the improvement in business and consumer confidence retail sales are projected to grow by seven percent this year, according to Manuel M. Siggaoat, president of the Philippine Franchise Association (PFA).

"Retail store operators are more optimistic this year," Siggaoat said.

In 2000, retail sales contracted by three percent due to a slow down in economic activity. The expected rebound this year, Siggaoat said, had been felt as early as November last year and was seen in footwear and clothing.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
SIGGAOAT
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                    [ArticleID] => 252930
                    [Title] => Bag ladies, too
                    [Summary] => Starting this month, Manels leather goods will be among the Avon lady’s supermarket of products directly sold to customers through fashion catalogs across Asia. Manels will be sold alongside international brand names like Fila and Timex.

[DatePublished] => 2004-06-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212707 [AuthorName] => Carla Paras-Sison [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 96427 [Title] => Retail sales seen to grow 7% this year [Summary] => With the improvement in business and consumer confidence retail sales are projected to grow by seven percent this year, according to Manuel M. Siggaoat, president of the Philippine Franchise Association (PFA).

"Retail store operators are more optimistic this year," Siggaoat said.

In 2000, retail sales contracted by three percent due to a slow down in economic activity. The expected rebound this year, Siggaoat said, had been felt as early as November last year and was seen in footwear and clothing.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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