National Bookstore

National Bookstore

Infobox_Company
company_name = National Bookstore
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = Manila, Philippines (1930s)
location = Manila, Philippines
key_people = Socorro Cancio-Ramos
industry = Retail
products = General Books
Office Supplies
homepage = [http://www.nationalbookstore.com.ph www.nationalbookstore.com.ph]

National Bookstore is the largest bookstore chain in the Philippines with 92 branches in the country. [ [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=84996 ABS-CBN Interactive ] ] It was set to open its first overseas branch, in Hong Kong, in September 2007.

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.

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.

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