National Bookstore
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| National Bookstore | |
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| Type | Private |
| 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 92 branches in the country.[1] It was set to open its first overseas branch, in Hong Kong, in September 2007.
[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, the shop destroyed in the conflagration. The Cancio-Ramos family, the owners, were able to rebuild National Bookstore at the corner of Avenida (now Rizal Avenue) and Soler. National Bookstore was able to recover due to the post-war boom selling school supplies, mostly books and stationery.
[edit] Incidents
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.
