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The pith helmet, also known as the safari helmet, salacot, [a] sola topee, sun helmet, topee, and topi [b] is a lightweight cloth-covered helmet made of sholapith. [1] The pith helmet originates from the Spanish military adaptation of the native salakot headgear of the Philippines .
S&R Membership Shopping was established in 2001 as S&R PriceSmart, a franchise of the American membership-only warehouse club chain PriceSmart. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The name "S&R" stands for American businessmen Sol and Robert Price, founders of Price Club and PriceSmart. [ 1 ]
SM Supermalls, or simply SM, is a chain of shopping malls owned by the Philippines-based SM Prime. As of January 2025 [update] , it has a total of 95 malls (87 in the Philippines and 8 in China). It also has 13 malls under construction (5 in the Philippines and 2 in China).
Closed down COD Cubao due to low sales Fairmart: Sta Cruz Manila: 2: 1978: 2004: Acquired By Metro Retail Stores Group: Plaza Fair: Sta Cruz Manila: 7: 1978: 2004: Acquired By Metro Retail Stores Group: Uniwide Sales: Parañaque and Las Piñas: 2: 1975: 2013: Liquidated due to failure of corporate rehabilitation and the acquisition of The ...
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Prior to the Pacific War, Escolta Street was also home to the city's first standalone department stores, including H.E. Heacock, until then the largest department store in the Philippines, opening in 1900, and the Aguinaldo Department Store, the most premium store in the Philippines opening in 1921. Other notable stores in the 1920s and 1930s ...
Salakot is a traditional lightweight headgear from the Philippines commonly used for protection against the sun and rain. Variants occur among ethnic groups, but all are shaped like a dome or cone and can range in size from having very wide brims to being almost helmet-like.