Robinsons Retail

Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc.

Company typePublic

Traded asPSE:

IndustryRetail

Founded1980; 46 years ago(1980) (as Robinsons Department Store)

FounderJohn L. Gokongwei, Jr.

Headquarters110 Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines

Number of locations761 food segment stores1,133 drugstores (excluding 2,115 franchised The Generics Pharmacy stores)50 department stores227 DIY stores282 specialty stores (appliances and electronics, toy stores, mass merchandise, beauty, pet retail, and lifestyle sneaker) (2024)

Area servedPhilippines

Key peopleDirectors Robina Y. Gokongwei-Pe (Chairman)James L. Go (Vice Chairman)Stanley C. Co (President and CEO)Scott Price (Director)Curtis Liu (Director)Cirilo P. Noel (Lead Independent Director)Rodolfo P. Ang (Independent Director)Enrico S. Cruz (Independent Director)Cesar G. Romero (Independent Director)Lance Y. Gokongwei (Board Adviser)

Revenue₱199.2 billion (2024)

Net income₱10.3 billion (2024)

Total assets₱134.234 billion (2021)

Total equity₱76.513 billion (2021)

Number of employees20,535 (2021)

DivisionsAppliances and electronics Beauty Convenience stores Department stores DIY and hardware Drugstores E-commerce Mass merchandise Pets Supermarkets Toys

SubsidiariesSubsidiary List Robinsons Supermarket CorporationRobinson's Handyman, Inc.Robinsons True Serve Hardware Philippines, Inc.Waltermart-Handyman, Inc.Handyman Express Mart, Inc.RHI Builders and Contractors Depot CorporationHomeplus Trading Depot, Inc.Robinsons Appliances CorporationRobinsons Convenience Stores, Inc.South Star Drug, Inc.Rose Pharmacy, Inc.TGP Pharma, Inc.The Generics Pharmacy Inc.Everyday Convenience Stores, Inc.Robinsons Daiso Diversified CorporationRHD Daiso-Saizen, Inc.Robinsons Ventures CorporationRHMI Management and Consulting, Inc.RRHI Management and Consulting, Inc.RRG Trademarks and Private Labels, Inc.RRHI Trademarks Management, Inc.Savers Electronic World, Inc.New Day Ventures LimitedRobinsons Lifestyle Stores, Inc.Super50 CorporationConsolidated Global Imports, Inc.

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Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc., trading as RRHI, is one of the largest multi-format retailers in the Philippines.

History

Founded by Filipino businessman John Gokongwei Jr. in 1980, Robinsons Retail started as Robinsons Department Store in Robinsons Place Manila. It expanded into supermarkets in 1985, DIY in 1994, and convenience stores and specialty stores in 2000.

Robinsons Retail itself was incorporated on February 4, 2002 to serve as the holdings company of the Gokengwei Group. It entered the drugstores business in 2012.

Robinsons Retail is listed at the Philippine Stock Exchange in 2013. However the Gokongwei's plan to make a tender offer to acquire the shares they do not own, in a leadup to the company's delisting from the PSE and transition back into a private company.

Robinsons Retail launched a chain of community malls in 2015.

It is the second largest retail company in the Philippines based on sales as of 2025, behind SM Retail.

Brands

Department stores and groceries

Robinsons Retail owns various retail outlets including Robinsons Supermarket, Robinsons Easymart, The Marketplace, and Shopwise. Robinsons Retail acquired Rustan Supercenters Inc. in 2018 which manages the Rustan's Supermarket chain.

The company is also the master franchise of the No Brand retail chain of Korean company Emart. No Brand was introduced in the Philippines by Robinsons in 2019. It plans to close all standalone No Brand stores by June 2026.

It partly owns the discount store chain O!Save of HD Retail Holding Pte. Ltd.

Convenience store

Robinsons also introduced the Japanese convenience store chain Ministop in the Philippines opening the first outlet in the country in December 2000. After AEON, the Japanese parent company behind Ministop withdrew the brand from the Philippines, all Ministop outlets in the Philippines was converted by Robinsons into Uncle John's.

Pharmacies

It also owns various pharmacy chains, Southstar Drug, The Generics Pharmacy and Rose Pharmacy. The company acquired those chains in 2012, 2016, and 2020 respectively.