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Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc.
TypePublic
PSE: RRHI
IndustryRetail
Founded1980; 46 years ago (1980) (as Robinsons Department Store)
FounderJohn L. Gokongwei, Jr.
Headquarters110 Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue, Quezon City,
Philippines
Number of locations
  • 761 food segment stores
  • 1,133 drugstores (excluding 2,115 franchised The Generics Pharmacy stores)
  • 50 department stores
  • 227 DIY stores
  • 282 specialty stores (appliances and electronics, toy stores, mass merchandise, beauty, pet retail, and lifestyle sneaker)
[1] (2024)
Area served
Philippines
Key people
Directors[2]
  • 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)
RevenueIncrease ₱199.2 billion (2024)[1]
Increase ₱10.3 billion (2024)[1]
Total assetsDecrease ₱134.234 billion (2021)[3]
Total equityDecrease ₱76.513 billion (2021)[3]
Number of employees
Increase 20,535 (2021)[3]
Divisions
Subsidiaries
Subsidiary List[4]
  • Robinsons Supermarket Corporation
  • Robinson's Handyman, Inc.
  • Robinsons True Serve Hardware Philippines, Inc.
  • Waltermart-Handyman, Inc.
  • Handyman Express Mart, Inc.
  • RHI Builders and Contractors Depot Corporation
  • Homeplus Trading Depot, Inc.
  • Robinsons Appliances Corporation
  • Robinsons Convenience Stores, Inc.
  • South Star Drug, Inc.
  • Rose Pharmacy, Inc.
  • TGP Pharma, Inc.
  • The Generics Pharmacy Inc.
  • Everyday Convenience Stores, Inc.
  • Robinsons Daiso Diversified Corporation
  • RHD Daiso-Saizen, Inc.
  • Robinsons Ventures Corporation
  • RHMI 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 Limited
  • Robinsons Lifestyle Stores, Inc.
  • Super50 Corporation
  • Consolidated Global Imports, Inc.
WebsiteOfficial website

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

History

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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.[5]

Robinsons Retail itself was incorporated on February 4, 2002 to serve as a holding company of the Gokongwei Group's retail endeavors.[5][6] It entered the drugstores business in 2012.[5]

Robinsons Retail is listed at the Philippine Stock Exchange starting in 2013.[7]

Robinsons Retail launched a chain of community malls in 2015.[5]

On March 31, 2026, the controlling shareholders publicly disclosed that they intend to make the company privately-held again[8], subject to approvals such as those of at least 2/3rds of the outstanding voting equity, on its annual shareholders' meeting on May 12 as well as that of government authorities such as the Philippine Competition Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission.

It is the second largest retail company in the Philippines based on sales as of 2025, behind SM Retail.[7]

Brands

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Department stores and groceries

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Robinsons Retail owns various retail outlets including Robinsons Supermarket, Robinsons Easymart, The Marketplace, and Shopwise.[9] Robinsons Retail acquired Rustan Supercenters Inc. in 2018 which manages the Rustan's Supermarket chain.[6]

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.[9]

It partly owns the discount store chain O!Save of HD Retail Holding Pte. Ltd.[10][11]

Convenience store

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Robinsons also introduced the Japanese convenience store chain Ministop in the Philippines opening the first outlet in the country in December 2000.[12] 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.[13][14][15]

Pharmacies

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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.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Business Review - Shop, Shop and Away! - RRHI Integrated Report 2024". Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. Retrieved June 21, 2025.
  2. ^ "Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc.'s Board of Directors and Officers". Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. January 11, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "The Greater Goods: Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc.'s Annual & Sustainability Report 2021" (PDF). Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  4. ^ "Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc.'s 2021 Audited Financial Statements (SEC 17-A)" (PDF). Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "Company Information: Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc". PSE Edge. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  6. ^ a b c Dumlao-Abadilla, Doris (November 1, 2024). "Robina Gokongwei-Pe: From 'bodegera' to retail empire CEO". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  7. ^ a b Sayson, Ian (March 27, 2026). "Philippine Gokongwei Family To Buyout Robinsons Retail In Deal Valuing Company At $850 Million". Forbes. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  8. ^ Abris, Emmanuel John (March 27, 2026). "Robinsons Retail mulls over PSE exit as tender offer kicks off". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  9. ^ a b Cordero, Ted (March 25, 2026). "Robinsons Retail to close No Brands stores". GMA News. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  10. ^ Ochave, Revin Mikhael D. (November 22, 2024). "Robinsons Retail plans to boost store count over next 5 years". BusinessWorld. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  11. ^ Camus, Miguel R. (April 1, 2025). "Gokongwei-backed O!Save doubles 2024 sales to P13.6B as hard discount format gains traction in PH". InsiderPH. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  12. ^ "Ministop opens 400th store in BGC". ABS-CBN News. February 27, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  13. ^ Kono, Shohei; Hosokawa, Kotaro (January 22, 2022). "Convenience store chain Ministop pulls out of South Korea and Philippines". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  14. ^ Gonzales, Iris (January 25, 2022). "Gokongwei Group to rebrand Ministop". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  15. ^ Gonzales, Iris (September 24, 2022). "Gokongweis rebrand Ministop as Uncle John's". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
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