Uniwide Sales
Defunct retail company in the Philippines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uniwide Sales, Inc. was a retail operator in Metro Manila, Philippines. It was incorporated in January 1975 by Chinese Filipino entrepreneur Jimmy Gow to operate Uniwide commercial shopping centers such as the lease of commercial spaces within the compound of their malls and department stores.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Shopping malls |
Founded | January 1975; 49 years ago (1975-01) Avenida Rizal, Manila |
Defunct | June 2013; 10 years ago (2013-06) |
Headquarters | Parañaque and Las Piñas, Metro Manila |
Number of locations | 2 |
Area served | Philippines |
Key people | Jimmy Gow (Founder, Chairman and CEO) |
Owner | Uniwide Holdings |
Website | http://www.uni-wide.com (Archived from the Internet Archive) |
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Uniwide had about 2,000 employees. The competing retailers of the 1970s and the 1980s were: COD Department Store, Ever Gotesco Malls, Plaza Fair, Isetann and The Landmark but lagged behind SM Supermalls, Robinsons Malls and Ayala Malls. It had two branches and was set to be close down by the order of Securities and Exchange Commission.[when?]