National Bookstore
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| National Bookstore | |
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | Manila, Philippines (1930s) |
| Headquarters | Manila, Philippines |
| Key people | Socorro Cancio-Ramos |
| Industry | Retail |
| Products | General Books Office Supplies |
| Website | www.nationalbookstore.com.ph |
National Bookstore is the largest bookstore chain in the Philippines with 70 branches in Metro Manila malls, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
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[edit] History
National Bookstore was established in the late 1930s in Escolta, Manila, as a small stall selling school supplies and textbooks. At the end of the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines, the whole Escolta area was burned, their shop destroyed in the process. The Cancio-Ramos family were able to rebuild National Bookstore by the corner of Avenida (now Rizal Avenue) and Soler. National Bookstore was able to recover slightly due to the post-war boom selling school supplies, mostly books and stationery.
In 1948, National Bookstore faced yet another disaster. Typhoon Gene struck the Philippines and destroyed their store and soaked their merchandise. However, it was in 1963 that the Ramos family would reconstruct a nine-story building that would serve as their base of operations.
