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Sanyo was founded when Toshio Iue, the brother-in-law of Konosuke Matsushita and also a former Matsushita employee, was lent an unused Matsushita plant in 1947 and used it to make bicycle generator lamps. Sanyo was incorporated in 1949; it made Japan's first plastic radio in 1952 and Japan's first pulsator-type washing machine in 1954. [4]
CSI Malls (City Supermarket, Inc.) is a retailer under the CSI Group of Companies based in Dagupan, Pangasinan, Philippines. It is the largest retailer in Northern Luzon. [1] [2] From Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur, and Zambales, CSI has been operating for the past decade and provides the best service and value for money to its customers.
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]
Emerson subsequently sold Fisher to Sanyo Electric of Japan in 1975. In 2000, Fisher's entire product lineup was re-branded as Sanyo. Upon the acquisition of Sanyo by Panasonic in 2011, [7] Sanyo's product lineup was, in turn, re-branded as Panasonic. [8] Avery Fisher remained as a consultant for Emerson and Sanyo.
Toshio Iue, the founder of Sanyo, played a role as an advisor to Lee Byung-chul, Samsung's founder, who was a novice in the electronics business. In December of the same year, Samsung Electric established a joint venture named Samsung-Sanyo Electric with Sanyo and Sumitomo Corporation. This is the direct predecessor of today's Samsung Electronics.
In 2012, Octagon became the official Philippine retail partner of Antec, an American computer component manufacturer. [ 10 ] Octagon Computer Superstore remains to be the predominant computer retailer company in the Philippines with 151 branches [ 3 ] versus its rivals Silicon Valley Computer Group Philippines with 51 branches [ 11 ] and ...
Midea Group (Chinese: 美的集团; pinyin: Měidì Jítuán; Jyutping: mei5 dik1 zaap6 tyun4) is a Chinese electrical appliance manufacturer, headquartered in Beijiao town, Shunde District, Foshan, Guangdong and listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 2013.
Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc., trading as RRHI, is one of the largest multi-format retailers in the Philippines. Founded by Filipino industrialist John L. Gokongwei, Jr. in 1980, Robinsons Retail started as Robinsons Department Store in Robinsons Place Manila.