‘Bangon Marawi’ pop-up store opens in Greenhills
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through its Task Force Bangon Marawi, launched last Thursday a pop-up store at Greenhills Mall in San Juan City as part of its effort to assist Maranao entrepreneurs who were displaced by the crisis.
“The main objective of this pop-up store is to showcase the products of our Maranao brothers from Marawi. We all are aware of what happened in Marawi,” Abdulgani Macatoman, DTI Undersecretary for Trade and Promotions, said.
Its store at Greenhills Mall is located at the Home Decors Section near China Bank, and will be operational until 23 June. It is open Monday to Sunday during mall hours.
Featured are cloth brands such as Langkit Okir, Landap Embroider, Siko Siko Silk Woven, and Ampas. The store also highlights fixtures like baor (chest), sundang (sword) and kulintang (gongs) of different sizes. Pearl and beaded jewelries will also be sold.
The DTI also plans to put up more pop-up stores in other malls across the country to provide opportunities to Marawi’s medium, small and micro enterprises (MSME) and aspiring entrepreneurs.
“We also provide them with machines, which is part of a DTI program, where the equipment are used by the Maranaos to fashion various products,” Macatoman said.
“It is our government’s intention to restore the businesses and means of livelihood that were destroyed in Marawi. That’s why we are asking the public’s support by buying the products to help our Maranao brothers in their recoverery,” he added.
The agency is also set to open a pop-up store at the UP Town Center in Quezon City on Wednesday. It will be located at the ground floor, Phase 1, in front of Sports Barbers.