If we think hard enough, we’ll realize that the reason for many of the world’s problems today is because prices do not reflect the costs to the environment incurred in the production of goods. The world is having a fresh water crisis because of our unbridled use of this “endangered” resource. Consider this: the production [...]

Sari-sari stores are as Pinoy as the jeepney. These neighborhood stores proliferate because most Filipinos, who earn their income on a daily, if not weekly basis, live from day to day, going to the neighborhood store to buy only what they need for a day or two. Sometimes, even those who are better off find [...]

I would probably call it the Chinese invasion of the local market were it not for the seeming friendliness of this invasion to consumers. People are lining up at the cash registers with baskets filled with non-durable consumer items that include kitchenware, school supplies, home decors, electrical supplies, hand tools, RTWs, shoes, toiletries, junk food [...]