4 reasons to love the all new WalterMart on E. Rodriguez Sr.
WalterMart E. Rodriguez Sr., in New Manila recently reopened its doors to the public, with 7,000 square meters of convenient and enjoyable community mall shopping experience in the new normal. Built in 1992, the first WalterMart, underwent a face lift and is now ready to bring to customers four signature reasons to LOVE WalterMart.
LOVE EVERYDAY SAFE. WalterMart upholds the highest level of service and safety in all of its malls via its 5S program: Screening, Shield, Sanitation, Social Distancing and Service Heart. Shoppers can expect that WalterMart employees are vaccinated and wearing the Ingat Angat button pins.
LOVE CONVENIENCE. WalterMart Supermarket has online ordering capability via its Grocery Delivery site, www.waltermart.com. WalterMart ensures that Convenience is King with designated pick-up points via the curb side pick-up program, contactless parking, and QR code scanning.
LOVE CHOICES. WalterMart Supermarket has choices from farm fresh to seafood and oriental produce, to International Flavors and Healthy Organic Sections, the widest assortment of essential goods are housed in this flagship store in New Manila. WalterMart Supermarket has partnered with restaurant brands to carry restaurant-quality food products such as Shakeys, Goldilocks etc.
The mall also has WalterMart Department Store and the Abenson appliance store. Watsons, Handyman, Mr. DIY, Handyman, and a Cyberzone make shopping more fun..
LOVE LOKAL. WalterMart has worked directly with farmers for a steady supply of fresh produce and has transpired an endeavour to reach more communities through its “Palengke Fresh” — a weekend farmer’s market located inside the mall.
WalterMart E Rodriguez is located at 222 Pacific Center, E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave. Brgy. Kalusugan, E. Rodriguez Sr., Quezon City and opens at 10am-8pm daily.
Zero trust security
PLDT Enterprise promotes the advantages of implementing a zero trust architecture in strengthening businesses’ cybersecurity measures amid the increasing demand for cloud and IoT-based (Internet of Things) systems in industries such as healthcare and gaming.
Zero trust security upholds principles of ‘never trust, always verify,’ assumption of breach, and explicit verification as it focuses on the premise that trust is never granted implicitly.
Jojo Gendrano, first vice president and head of PLDT Enterprise Core Business Solutions, said “despite the innovations brought by cloud technology, security risks are present which could compromise data and potentially cause revenue losses for businesses.”
“Adapting a zero-trust cloud security platform could help institutions strengthen its network security wherein users and devices are always treated untrusted and continual authentication is applied,” Gendrano added.
Last year, PLDT Enterprise partnered with NetFoundry for its PLDT Zero Trust Acceleration Platform (PLDT ZAP) which enables businesses to securely connect to business applications and cloud environments over an Internet connection.
Through PLDT ZAP, information from various devices is transmitted as encrypted packets, optimizing user experience while ensuring that data is secure. As the service integrates NetFoundry’s cloud-native zero trust platform, ZAP customers are able to deploy new private network in minutes thereby providing their companies with a competitive advantage in the markets they serve.
La Germania’s Masterclass Series
La Germania is hosting the Cooking with La Germania: Masterclass Series, a five-part installment of virtual cooking classes in partnership with your favorite chefs and celebrities.
During these online lessons, expert instructors will be present to guide you through the step-by-step process of how to cook their signature dishes from their restaurants. The lineup of chefs includes award-winning restaurateur and founder of Cibo, Margarita Forés, Chef Lau of Chef Laudico Guevarra’s and OK Cafe, Chef Lee Jose, the executive chef of Yabu and Ippudo, Chef Kalel Chan and celebrity mom Saab Magalona-Bacarro and her husband Jim Bacarro.
Classes are limited to 10 to12 participants per class.
Converge, Cebu collaborate
Converge ICT Solutions Inc. chief executive officer and co-founder Dennis Anthony Uy along with his wife Converge president and co-founder Grace Uy and key officers paid a courtesy call to Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia to express the company’s commitment to the development of Cebu into a world-class digital province with the roll-out of its fiber broadband services.
Converge ICT Solutions Inc. officially launched its high-speed fiber broadband service in Visayas, with the grand opening of its regional corporate office and the ceremonial launch of its Mandaue business center.
In the next few weeks, Converge will open its business center in Cebu City, and begin serving Talisay, Cordova, and Lapu-Lapu City.
Shopee membership
In conjunction with the 7.7 Mid-Year Sale, Shopee officially launched the Shopee Mall Brand Memberships program. This new customer management and retention tool will enable brands on Shopee Mall to build deeper connections with potential and existing customers.
The tool has been rolled out across seven markets: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
Shopee Mall has grown steadily to become the region’s leading online mall featuring over 25,000 international and local brands across the region.
The Shopee Mall Brand Memberships is designed to give brands more control in cultivating customer relationships on Shopee. This in turn helps to drive more conversion and repeat purchases for brands online.
Shopee will be progressively rolling out a pipeline of new features to enhance the membership program. This includes creating a more seamless shopping experience through omnichannel integration, where brands can integrate their offline and online CRM systems and loyalty programs with Shopee Mall Brand Memberships.
#BrigadangAyala
Employees from Ayala’s business units have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on July 5.
The vaccines are part of the first tranche of the 1 million doses secured by the group via tripartite agreements with the government.
The group officially launched the Ayala Vaccination and Immunization Program (AVIP) at Makati Stock Exchange and UP-Ayala Land Technohub simultaneously. This will be followed by other ceremonial vaccinations on July 8 at Ayala Malls Manila Bay and BGC Parkade.
Ayala aims to inoculate 3,500 individuals this week, including employees and their dependents who belong to the A1 and A2 categories.
PetroSolar donates solar panels to PHIVOLCS
PetroSolar Corp. has donated 11 solar panels to the Department of Science and Technology —Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS).
In a simple ceremony held June 30 at the PHIVOLCS main office in Diliman, PetroSolar vice president Francisco G. Delfin, Jr. turned over 11 slightly used 335W solar panels to DOST Undersecretary Renato Solidum Jr.
The solar panels will strengthen disaster risk and mitigation remote monitoring stations of PHIVOLCS by ensuring constant data recording and transmittal to its main office.
ABS-CBN series airs in Sub-Saharan Africa
Two of ABS-CBN’s action series, “Brothers” and “Fists of Fate” hit the airwaves in Sub-Saharan Africa via the StarTimes channel.
The primetime action series “Brothers” can now be enjoyed by viewers in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Madagascar, among many others. Top-billed by award-winning actor Coco Martin, it follows the story of a police officer and his pursuit of high-profile criminals behind the death of his brother.
“Fists of Fate,” which stars Ejay Falcon and Aljur Abrenica, tells the story of two brothers who grew up separately and eventually ended up on opposing sides of the law, began airing in as many countries in Africa last May.
ABS-CBN expanded its content distribution not just in Africa but also in Latin American, and Asian territories.
Paynamics partners with BillEase
Paynamics, a global payments technology company, and FDFC, the fintech company behind Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) app BillEase, announced a strategic partnership to offer card-free installment solutions for online retailers in the Philippines.
Paynamics merchants that activate BillEase can allow customers to pay for their purchases in easy installments and pay either bi-weekly or monthly over three, six, nine, or 12 months with monthly interest rates between 0 to 3.49 percent.
Merchants can also offer a true zero percent annual percentage rate by default or limited time.
Merchants that offer BillEase have significantly increased conversions and basket sizes by about 15 to 25 percent and average order values increasing up to five times versus transactions that are paid through a traditional payment method.
The joint pay-over-time solution will allow any online retailer to offer more flexible payment options at checkout.
JCurve Solutions Q4 strong
JCurve Solutions , a cloud technology solution provider, kicks off its new financial year off the back of a strong sales quarter achieving AUD $4. million worth of sales in Q4 FY2021 — a 40 percent year-on-year growth from AUD $2.8 million in Q4 FY2020.
This growth in sales reflects the increasing cloud demand and growth opportunities in the region. JCurve Solutions also saw significant Q4 results from its ERP division achieving AUD $0.9 million of sales.
JCurve Solutions recently appointed Arthur Fernandez as its chief growth officer. Fernandez will be responsible for revenue growth across all markets. He will be tasked with aligning all revenue-generating activities across sales, marketing, and operations.
JCurve announced the acquisition of Rapid E-Suite Pte Ltd’s Thailand operations, advancing one step towards JCurve Solution’s expansion goal in Southeast Asia. Rapid E-Suite provides implementation, management, and maintenance of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
This is JCurve Solution’s second purchase agreement in two months, following the acquisition of Creative Quest, a full-service digital marketing agency based in the Philippines.
