Asia Insight · SEASON 4
Retail Revolution: Philippines
Episode 1 · 2015-01-02

- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
A social entrepreneur in the Philippines is engineering a grassroots revolution in the retail industry. His group is working with small neighborhood shops known as sari-sari stores. These vendors supply millions of Filipinos with their daily essentials. Most sari-sari operators are women trying to supplement family incomes, but they often struggle to make a profit. In this episode of Asia Insight, we follow the group's trainers as they help the shopkeepers turn their businesses around - and leverage the power of networking.
28 minutes
Season 4 episodes
1. Retail Revolution: Philippines2015-01-02
2. Spreading Light with Plastic Bottles2015-01-09
3. Thailand's Low Carbon Vision2015-01-23
4. Escaping Poverty: Brick Workers in Bangladesh2015-01-30
5. Prayers for Aceh: A Decade after the Indian Ocean Tsunami2015-02-06
6. Vietnamese Chase their Dreams in Laos2015-02-13
7. Shoes for Everyone: Bhutan2015-02-20
8. Finding the Missing Elderly: Zhejiang, China2015-03-06
9. Islamic Fashion: In Vogue2015-03-13
10. The World's Largest Kung Fu School2015-03-20
11. Women Mean Business in Papua New Guinea2015-03-27
12. New Challenges for an Aging Society: Singapore2015-04-03
13. Public Transport Taipei Style2015-04-10
14. China's Fight against Counterfeit Products2015-05-01
15. Living with Agent Orange2015-05-08
16. Leading the Way for Gay Marriage: Vietnam2015-05-15
17. Vietnam War: Young Men in an Old Film2015-05-22
18. Vietnam's New Distribution Hub2015-05-29
19. Cambodia's Mother of Disabled Children2015-06-12
20. Learning English in the Philipines2015-06-19
21. A Tough Test for Silk Road Merchants2015-06-26
22. Innovative Farming in Singapore2015-07-03
23. The Battle against Legal Abandonment2015-07-17
24. China's Car Models Clean-up2015-07-24
25. Retail Revolution - Philippines2015-07-31
26. The Post-Umbrella Revolution - Hong Kong2015-08-07
27. Finding the Missing Elderly: Zhejiang, China2015-08-14
28. The Abandoned "Dog of God", China2015-08-21
29. Happiness through Nutrition in Cambodia2015-08-28
30. 24 Hours in Beijing's Gourmet Town2015-09-04
31. South Korea Seeks Skilled Foreigners2015-09-11
32. Thailand's Low Carbon Vision2015-09-18
33. African Students in Chinese Acrobatics2015-09-25
34. Caring for Life: Laos Midwives2015-10-02
35. Foreign Nationals Learn Chinese Culture2015-10-16
36. Tibet's Changing Landscape: Lhasa2015-10-23
37. Home Alone in China2015-10-30
38. Promoting Organic Farming in Laos2015-11-06
39. Crossing the Border: Korea's Divided Families2015-11-13
40. China's Christmas Town: One Belt, One Road from Yiwu2015-11-20
41. Shanghai: Natives and Newcomers2015-11-27
42. Beijing's Underground Artists2015-12-11
43. China: E-Shopping Village2015-12-18