By The Fashion Police
The failure of the retail institution Sari Sari began with a noble idea to promote all things Pinoy. The business model has proven successful but success was overcome by alleged mismanagement including alleged disrespect for staff and suppliers, alleged theft and eventually lawsuits.
EXACTLY HOW MUCH IS/WAS INVOLVED? How about Php 1-1.3 million a month on average for each store? In the last decade, the company had the following stores: Glorietta, SM Manila and Rockwell (both closed years ago), South Mall Las Pinas (closed January this year), Mega Mall and North Edsa. In 2000 alone, the Glorietta store, which was closed in December 2007 because of excessive back rentals, made Php 100 million. Glorietta’s typical sales were about Php1.3-1.8 million a month. Today the company is left with two stores, Mega Mall and North Edsa, what retail insiders classify as ‘insignificant’ because their sales do not reach Php 1 million a month. Where did the money go if the alleged suppliers (and some staff) were not paid for years? Not to mention the rent!
HOW DID THEY GET AWAY WITH IT ALL THAT TIME?!! Well, there are always the three words that send minions shaking….”Kilala mo ba ako?” (well, four) Sometimes it could be “Kilala ko si Fernando Zobel.” (five) Or “We are retail pioneers.” (Tell that to SSI Store Specialists)
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED? Business was doing very well in 2000 as seen in the balance sheet of Glorietta that year. In fact, everyone was paid. It was also the same year they opened Rockwell, two Sari Sari cafes, Sari Sari New York and Los Angeles. All these businesses are now closed. It was also that year that all the owners allegedly bought new Pajeros and Patrols. In fairness, suppliers and designers have told Donia Victorina that business started out with good intentions. Anna did store visits everyday but ‘her priority was her family.”
For the next four years, there were many changes in SS management. Anna took over Glorietta and South Mall stores and maintained regular payments to suppliers. At the height of Sari-Sari’s success, they began franchising their brand obviously to lower costs, increase profits and spread the stores over a greater area. One of the franchised stores was in South Mall (Las Pinas). Eventually the Las Pinas store was taken over 100% by SS management in a somewhat hostile takeover.
In 2004, SS was sued by a group of suppliers and fashion designers who were allegedly not paid for shipments to the South Mall (Las Pinas) store. By this time, the same group had alegedly not been paid for about three years for deliveries to the Glorietta, SM Manila and Rockwell stores which were not franchises but owned 100% by Sari-Sari.
The lawsuit in 2004 was filed against the owners of Sari Sari, their officers and the South Mall franchisee. Again, one of the owners allegedly paid up but only after they were told by their lawyers to do so. They paid everything that was owed except for the bills of South Mall which was technically still the responsibility of the franchisee.
Must every supplier in town resort to a lawsuit to get paid?
SS wanted the plaintiffs to drop the case in exchange for a deal where the suppliers could get the chance to own the South Mall store but work off its Php 2.2 million debt. In 2007, the same suppliers were still allegedly not been unpaid and they demanded to take over the store. As one fashion reporter relates, “(One of the SM daily sales monitors) told those designers that since they were doing well at South Mall, they might as well take over the shop to save it.”
The consignors threatened another lawsuit just as Anna decided to hand over the store management back to her cousin Marni. The owners met with the plaintiffs a year later in October 2008 and agreed to let them take over the store. But the store had allegedly six months of unpaid rent amounting to about half a million pesos and the Ocampos allegedly wanted to charge the suppliers for store fixtures if they took over. The total would have come to one million pesos. “She showed them a letter from SM saying that they agreed to a payment scheme with SS using post-dated checks,” the fashion reporter tells DV, “When the suppliers told another big SM tenant about this, she said there is no way SM would agree to such a payment plan.”
The Ocampos allegedly never turned the store over to their irate suppliers. Unfortunately the South Mall store is now closed for the same reasons: alleged mismanagement and back rental. Several questions are floating around the industry: Even if the South Mall store was losing money with sales of about half a million pesos, why was rent of 80,000 a month and supplier invoices not paid?
The consignors are planning to sue again. “They don’t want a repeat of the past where they had to wait three years to get paid,” one fashion insider said.
A couple of weeks ago, designers and staff arrived at the Mega Mall store only to find out it emptied of all stock Apparently, one of their ex-partners, Michelle Varela Lim, is allegedly suing them for Php 8.6 million worth of unpaid dresses and gown. Now THAT is a HUGE closet case! This is the same woman who allegedly handled buying and merchandising at SS and was allegedly selling her own stuff basically to a store run by her. A supplier wonders, “She is collecting for herself using SS invoices.”
It doesn’t end here. In fact, the end is nowhere close. Supposedly when Marni sold her shares to Varela, this sale was allegedly not reported to the government. To many local retailers and fashion insiders, the brand still has that ‘proud to be Pinoy’ luster albeit a little dusty. Last year, an Asian fashion executive offered to buy the business but the Ocampos allegedly wanted close at a ridiculous Php 50 million. Anyway, the Sari Sari stores could continue with a new owner. They need fresh funds for the business!
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O BAKIT PARANG WALANG NAG COMMENT DITO? KC NAMAN.. DONT HIDE UNDER FASHION POLICE, TO WRITE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, MEANING YOU HAVE SOLID PROOFS, DONT BE LIKE CHIKATIME.. GET OUT, PUT YOUR NAME AND FIGHT..CALLING ATTY TRIXIE ANGELES AND ARCHIE GUEVERRA FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE..
Sayang lang they didn't take good care of their business which was doing good for some time. They should have learned from the mistakes of their parents - high living, spending more than what they earn.
Nasa mall lahat ng mga tao kaya walang nagbabasa at nag comment.
erika eh di wag mo basahin!
ericka is looking for "solid proof"... this is not the supreme court that's why the article uses "alleged" . Victorina claims ownership of articles published. If you have a problem Ericka why don't you hire ACCRA sue Victorina?
A protracted legal battle would be around 2M pesos. Can you afford it?
Ericka it's ARGEE not ARCHIE... Why don't you read Bryanboy. Di ka bagay dito!
erita is too funny I meant ERIKAAHHHH, dont kontradict yourself uy, noone commenting when you are the first to make an effort.
FYI lang sa yo, ay peste redundant na yon, this is about accountability not just as a business but as human beings. As Maria Isabel Lopez said "You kannat dinay da pakt...." that SS owed money to hard working designers and individuals.
Do you think it is fair? If you really look at the issue closely you will realise that it is not.
And these people live the highlife in PUBLIC view advertising their so called riches when they owed money to people who needed to sue to get paid.
this SS issue is no longer "ALLEGED" because there were cases filed against the owners.
listen!!!!!! for goodness sakes.
GO BOLDSTAR!!!!
Cheap naman nang Sari-Sari!
I just want to say that this is an improvement in "reporting" than Part 1 and, however convoluted some of the facts, I get the whole picture that something went wrong with the Sari Sari business and that the management has a lot to do with it. When a business falters or down-right fails, it's usually the management to blame; now that's NORMAL ;-) (take AIG, CITIBANK, etc. on an international level. Isn't anyone here following the financial crisis?).
Is the Sari Sari expose worth the alloted space here? Is Dona Victorina planning a series of exposes of FAILING or FAILED Philippine businesses? I'm sure that this would keep the "Fashion Police" busy for the rest of his/her/their life(s) (BTW, I agree with Erika that whoever the author of this two-part entry should own up to it - even if Brian Gorell already pointed out that it's a collective effort of DV. But I can not imagine every member in the DV council having his/her hand in the pie, so to whomever the bylines belong to should step up to take a bow. Wasn't that the principle behind the outing of Chikatime/Bryanboy?).
I'm sure the bigger businesses, such as those owned by the Cojuancos, the Zobels, the Sorianos, the (Chinese) taipans et al would present even more eyebrow-raising machinations in their individual histories while in the process of attaining their mega-statuses. I'm sure elsewhere there's more fodder for saliva-generating gossip than the small operations of the likes of Sari Sari.
and my dearies that is precisely why we as a nation will never be able to move on if we continue to just witness atrocities committed it seems every waking moment of our lives.
this hoodlum mentality in business and politics is so ingrained that many foreign businesses refuses to invest in the country. that is why we have to ship so much of our citizenry abroad because we have no infastructures for long term job creation.
everything is BANDAID, smokes mirrors wistles and bangs, pork barreling which ultimately only feeds the swine among the trapos.
hay naku dont wake me up!!! hehehehe nabibingi ako sa rant ko tuloy.
sige erika, comment ka pa. para mas exciting.
Yuck! to think that feeling ng mga ocampos eh super class sila puro naman pala sila utang. i often see them gracing the pages of preview magazine, all dressed-up, with their bling and it bag yun pala mga baon sa utang! kadiri talaga! mga ocampos puro gilagid!haha
eyegame- hmmn daming mag-comment eh aliw naman sa Victorina... ngek ngek mo eyegame!
OO nga ocampo spend within your means!
Eyegames why do you hate Victoina so much but keep coming back to read it?
You can have fun with this blog- http://celdrantours.blogspot.com/... Ohhh yana enjoy!
anonymous post...hmmm. isnt victorina against anonymous posting hence the bryanboy=chikatime reveal? what is good for the goose and all that.
michelle lim why would she sue isnt she the new owner of sari-sari? the fashion designer who has now several stores named okasyon an in house brand of sarisari. http://www.michellelimcreations.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=32
2004 consignors sued and did not get paid why did they continue doing business with the ocampos kung ako yon titigil na ako para di na ako magpautang sa kanila.
southmall making half a million a month with all their stocks consigned ang kita lang nila mga 125,000 to 150,000 kung ang rent ay 120000 di talagang lugi ang tindahan laki ng southmall impossibleng 80000 lang ang renta non? at ang SM papayag ng 6 months back rental parang hindi 2 months na delay lang tsugi ka na.
the blog said....They paid everything that was owed except for the bills of South Mall which was technically still the responsibility of the franchisee.
what does technially mean meaning its not the ss owners' debt? so why are they running after ss? they were paid in full bu one of the owners right ? or they are running after ss because they know they cant get anything form the franchisee ... so sue ss again and expose them so they will pay debts even if it is not their own debt?
They know pala another big SM tenant why did they not consign with this big SM tenant they know ,
Great article Victorina Fashion Police!
Eyegames..dear, behave or you will be arrested for being too boring in the comments section.
I WANT to like you, I REALLY do.
But you make it difficult for me.
Hugs.
EYEGAMES Said;
When a business falters or down-right fails, it's usually the management to blame; now that's NORMAL ;-) (take AIG, CITIBANK, etc. on an international level. Isn't anyone here following the financial crisis?).
Reply:
yes businesses failed Eyegames. And as youve pointed out using this financial crisis with AIG Citibank are examples of your argument that it is NORMAL.
Why have they failed eyegames?
If you are indeed following this financial crisis you would realise that GREED is the underlying reason.
Same a Sari Sari eyegames
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you also said:
I'm sure the bigger businesses, such as those owned by the Cojuancos, the Zobels, the Sorianos, the (Chinese) taipans et al would present even more eyebrow-raising machinations in their individual histories while in the process of attaining their mega-statuses. I'm sure elsewhere there's more fodder for saliva-generating gossip than the small operations of the likes of Sari Sari.
REPLY:
if you know "more eyebrow raising machinations" regarding the Zobels the Ayalas the Sorianos et al well PLEASE write one and send it to Amiel and Rain. I'm sure if they OWE money to suppliers it will all come out in the open.
But I get your missive, you are insinuating that we are only commenting on SARI SARI because they are not MEGA businesses. Well, how the world turns! At the zenith of their operations they were proclaiming to be a transnational, mega successful entities. YOU know like the Ayalas the Zobels.
FYI Victorina started attacking the ONES with GuNS AND GOONS, since I came across this BLOG so which one is a more dangerous foe???? I have even commented on the PRESIdente...
And that is why if you really want to do something constructive, the floor is yours then. If you know so much then WRITE.
this is another case of publicity ahead of accomplishment... just like celine lopez, tim yap et al!
i don't see the point in trying to know who wrote this when Victorina owns everything that is written in DV. It could have been every council member pitched it the article. so stop trying to know who!
is that brian gorrell? he's cute ha!
it is so hard to be a ‘proud to be Pinoy’
fashionista are you one of the consignors? you seem so heartbroken
fashion police it think you can write well but you are poor in math if in 2007 glorietta made 100mil thats 8.3mil a month sales but the other paragraph says its 1-1.3 a month which is it really? and anonymous is right half a million a month if they do not have the money for their own goods then they will rely on commissions only for half a mil they can get at the most 150 gross profit with a rental of about 130 to 160 a month definitely the store was at at a loss isnt that obvious? with a store with such a loss how can one afford even a plane ticket to boracay?for an extravagant vaction as you had said.
the said consignors if they felt the store was really making money why did they not take over sooner why wait two years after. maybe they could not locate the former framchises so blame it all on the management of sarisari.
i heard its only the megamall store thats making money sayang lang its closed hope they open soon. or why wont these said consignors take over the megamall store if they are so sure that it is making money...or are they scared because they know its also hard to maintain a store in a mall? these fashion designers like michelle lim, juliet and mimi tan are already known why are they sticking to these crooks? why dont they open their own stores still they have their own following.
why is it all ocampos there is a varela lim owner too the one that the consignors blame for ss downfall. that michelle varela lim who was dishonorably dismissed from a bank she used to work for and talk to all her former partners see if you can find one who is a happy partner of her. good luck to mrs coyuito and flawless. malnloloko din yan hiding under her father's good reputation and connections. she was also sued by her former workers but iguess thy paid off the judge thats why the issue died down. but her husband even ran over a poor boy and killed the boy but since they had good connections everything was hid and the family was paid off. mas manloloko yan killer pa.
yup- "but her husband even ran over a poor boy and killed the boy but since they had good connections everything was hid and the family was paid off. mas manloloko yan killer pa."
yup- "but her husband even ran over a poor boy and killed the boy but since they had good connections everything was hid and the family was paid off. mas manloloko yan killer pa."
fashionista said...
it is so hard to be a ‘proud to be Pinoy’
March 23, 2009 10:17 AM
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I don't know about you Mr/Ms fashionista. But I am Proud to be Pinoy. We as a people in general has so much potential. We, in my opinion are the most flexible people in the world.
The only sad part is that now, we are all put in jeopardy by a very select few.
Remember that they are few. Let us band together to make this nation of ours great. Sino pa ba ang gagawa nun kundi tayo.
We are not saying that we in Victorina are capable of doing this alone. But what we are capable of doing is letting you see and feel what is really going on. We can do it if we are one. If Barrack Obama's battle cry was "YES WE CAN." I say we Filipinos can do better.
yes that michelle lim got an expedition also as part of her package in ss the same expedition for the crime of the poor dead kid. the family that works so fast the day after the incident she exchanged cars with her father.
"If Barrack Obama's battle cry was "YES WE CAN." I say we Filipinos can do better."
Naku Andro mahirap ata eh puro KURAKOT ang PINOY! From Dj Montano, David Nugent all the way to Malacanang. Sunugin dapat sila!
Agree. Pagnakita si DJ Mntano batuhin nyo ng itlog!
on varela lim? yes on bad experience/issues with her on trust and on fulfilling commitment.
she does have a very famous dad --varela.
ocampos kakahiya kayo! pa hi society estafadora naman don't you know dadmputin na kayo ng police at leats front page
erika bakit atat na atat ka malaman? bakit hindi ikaw ang magsabi ng names kung alam mo at kung matapang ka don't hide under the alias erika i'm sure hindi yan true name mo. ILABAS MO MUKHA AT PANGALAN MO!!!!
THIS BLOG IS 100 PERCENT TRUE I'M A FORMER CONSIGNOR THEY OWE ME 350,000 IN DEBT I KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY TO PAY ME I JUST CONSIDER IT AS A DONATION, CHARGE TO EXPERIENCE THAY NEED IT MORE THAT I DO. MORAL LESSON DON'T ENTER INTO ANY BUSINESS WITH THE OCAMPOS OF PAMPANGA!THE FAMILY IS A FAMILY OF CROOKS
new peoples army said...
"If Barrack Obama's battle cry was "YES WE CAN." I say we Filipinos can do better."
Naku Andro mahirap ata eh puro KURAKOT ang PINOY! From Dj Montano, David Nugent all the way to Malacanang. Sunugin dapat sila!
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Kaya nga.....
Kung hindi natin uumpisahan
Tulad ng hangad namin...
walang mangyayari
Kung pababayaan natin ang mga imbot na magnanakaw at manloloko sa lipunan... walang mangyayari sa reklamo lang.
unscrupulous business practices has no place in the fashion world! Ocampos, pack your bags and pay what is due to your suppliers.
MORAL LESSON DON'T ENTER INTO ANY BUSINESS WITH THE OCAMPOS OF PAMPANGA!
Puro pa press release lang sila and pa picture ang mga pangit na Ocampo with the mayayaman ng Maynila para impression ng mga tao rich din sila. Puro utang lang pala. Basahin nalang natin ulit ang 2 libro ni Ms. Kitty where their social climbing activities were exposed.
to anon 5:46 am
yes, at 500K, lugi nga sila, I agree. But where did the 500K go when rent and suppliers were not paid ? Conversion na naman, crime.
I checked with my lawyer about this franchise thing, in some cases the franchisors act as guarantors of their franchisees.
Sometimes, the contract is between the franchisor and the consignors.
So, most probably the consignors have a contract with SS, so when the franchisee took off with the sales, SS would be liable, all their board directors, for the crime.
As a businessman, one should be prepared for the ups and downs of business, handa ka mag abono if its a losing month and hope that when the peak season kicks in, you get back what you made abono. One does not use consignors' money, who are fueling your business with stocks. If you dry them up, dry ka na rin.
Use your cashflow statement, trace where the cash went. I understand from this article that the 500k sales is on the low side, that there are good months where they did a million.
Boldstar: "If you are indeed following this financial crisis you would realise that GREED is the underlying reason."
Like "DUH!" And what, pray, or which business is NOT based on the idea of making as much profit as possible? Even those in the guise of "saving" souls, say the Vatican, are motivated by greed. It's just the nature of any business and you're in the wrong one if you say that you've invested time and your own money (as well as toxic assets) only to make EVERYONE happy and nothing else. A big HELLOOOO to you.
Boldstar, you went on to invite, nay challenge me to come up with my own expose on the bigger fish to fry.
Why should I? Another HELLOOOO! I am not part of the blog nor have I any PRETENSIONS to all the motivations that supposedly drive DV's militancy. But if this is how you respond to people who come here to partake of what you dish but show how laughably sloppy and irresponsible your output is - this is a public site, isn't it? - then I'll happy not to ever come back here or, if I do, NOT to make any comments. It's obvious that you guys are closed minded and not open to CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. Or any criticism whatsoever. Which makes this blog nothing but a nest of bigots and the small-minded with those who praise you as a bunch of hack-eyed. I say: get off your self-constructed pedestals...
Brian Gorell, you don't have to like me; I never seeked your amity nor approval. You're the one who has called me a "friend" and truth be told, I was grimacing reading that line because the ranty, cunty Judas-incarnate likes of you would never merit to be in my circle of friends.
That's all.
so you're against unscrupulous business firms? why not write about SM and how it treats its sales force? yung mga saleslady puro casual hire, di nagiging permament kaya walang benfits.
or better yet, why not write about the ever gotesco group? could you please explain why you are defending ever gotesco, which owned the failed orient bank? daming taong nawalan ng pera doon, retirement savings etc.
pare-pareho kayong mga hipokrito.
Based on this account...
I wonder how many families and individuals went hungry in doing business with these Ocampos?
How many individuals directly working for them went hungry?
How many suppliers and its respective staffs went hungry?
I guess some of the commenters have valid stand points... Why not include other erring business entities?
But, I'm sure DV Council won't pick on a topic without a credible source or insider's information as their support.
Well, let's take it easy -- we'll dine on these 'big fishes' soon.
I LOVE EYEGAMES!!!
I think there is some confusion here... the ocampos na sinulat ni kitty go are not the ones that own this sarisari...matagal na silang nag-away... tmo and rico got out along time ago...
this sarisari is owned by the cousins...and di ba kitty and marni are bff? what say you kitty? why not defend marni now?
EYEgames:
you are blinded by your loyalty to the ocampos. what some of the commenters including myself are saying is that yes we understand your point that businesses have to make money otherwise what's the point.
BUT: just because a business needed to make money it however does not mean that you use other people which in this case are SUPPLIERS who have lost what little they have.
Lastly, to be motivated to do good towards your kababayans or in general humankind should not be looked at as pretensions. from where I came from we call it compassion.
I am disappointed that someone who appears to be very well educated is not willing to accept that REALLY there are Filipinos who are genuine about making a difference in the lives of our compatriots. Yes I can wholeheartedly tell you without any reasonable doubt that The council of Victorina are genuine people with no other motives than to make a difference.
That is why I'm pointing it out to you to re-read your last comment/post and see the insulting judgements and vitriol you have expressed regarding my invitation and the blog including the councils motives. It is a genuine invitation.
Victorina is quite open to others and Amiel and the editor with Atty Trixie's advice will always look at each post to avoid issues with the people concern.
Goodluck to you.
I agree with Johnonymous...it is obvious that DV has an insider to this SS report. Ex-employees and former consignors are already coming out of the woodwork to confirm what was reported here is true.
A friend of a friend of mine, sorry, for the distant relation, has told me of this story of an ex consignor who used to do very well in SS. They were into shoes. Now, they are down and out, with their eldest son having to drop out of college. I thought I'd share this story because they don't have access to the internet anymore due to budget constraints.
HOY FYI CLOSE NA SARI SARI MEGAMALL just TODAY!!!!
Boldstar: "you are blinded by your loyalty to the ocampos."
So obviously this is about the Ocampos whom I don't PERSONALLY know except from magazines and other media. But whom I have no interest to defend or take up under my wings.
If YOU re-read all my comments on the subject, my issue is/was with the way the expose was originally presented here. I submitted that it seemed to me that, lacking solid basis for bonafide accusations (hearsays! innuendoes! mathematical inconsistensies!), it amounted to a bulldozer of a job. And who got run over? A SMALL retail operation.
Fine...I agree with you that Dona Victorina can take on any malfeasance in the country it set its sight on - it is its perogative - but shouldn't its arsenal be effectively trained on the less petty targets? As someone pointed out,for example, ShoeMart has some alleged questionable employment practices, perhaps more seriously than by the merchants under their umbrella of operations
I think that if you poke at the bigger ogres in any aspect of Philippine life, the more Liliputian kababayans would dance in the streets.
That essentially was my message as a reader /follower of this blog.
Council, please keep Eyegames in here. As many smart readers can see, she sure can write.
I'm all for DV's genuine desire to make a difference, and I think it's good for us readers to have someone like Eyegames come along to keep that desire in-check once in a while (not that it demands to be questioned)...and please take note that many of us readers don't care whether she has approval from the motherblogger. As long as she herself has no hidden motives or agendas, we would like to hear from her some more.
Peace, y'all!!!
Hurrah Boldstar, thank you for the eloquent reply to Eyegames.
To Eyegames,
It seems to me you are the one with the bigotted and narrow minded view of what's going on around you. Your intellectual snobbery is despicable!
We know and follow the worldwide economic meltdown and the Madoff scandal, the godfather of all pyramid scams and the disgusting fat allowances that AIG execs got. They have the temerity to sponsor a football team pa.
And it is precisely this greed, the very same greed that is being talked about here, that brought the subprime market crashing down, dragging countries, like Iceland, to bankruptcy. What is happening to SS is a microcosm of what's happening around the world, hence, people's interest in this issue.
You just love to brandish your high fallutin' words without care to ordinary people's plight. From your previous posts, it seems you are saying that IT IS OKAY TO STEAL.. IT IS OKAY TO CHEAT, IT IS OKAY TO USE OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
I really don't get it... you object to the posting because you said it's a hatchet job. Then you pooh poohed this piece saying it's normal for businesses to be stealing what's so special about this.
Please, you are not just commenting like you said on questionable or badly written pieces. Who appointed you to be the Professor on Journalism anyway? If you question the people behind DV, then tell us what your credentials and maybe what you say will carry some weight. Otherwise, SS scum ka lang.
hindi ako bumibili sa sari sari sa papemelroti lang haha
EYEGAMES: said " shouldnt (victorina) arsenal be effectively trained on the less petty targets?
for you this SS story might be petty and inconsequential compared to the "mega" entities youve mentioned but for the suppliers concerned IT IS Their lives, their living and the future of their children. I don't think they would take kindly to you referring to their predicament and hardship as petty.
BTW correction: ocampos = SS management owners, partners etc/et al. thanks
I get your point EYEGAMES!
Exactly, Businessman!!! You hit it right!
its nightwish... LOL
Oh poor poor eyegames...
THIS IS YOU YOU PATHETIC PERSON!!
HAHAHAHA
""""Council, please keep Eyegames in here. As many smart readers can see, she sure can write."""""
NO YOU CAN"T WRITE EYEGAMES!!!! Hahahaha. YOU ARE A FRAUD!!!!
Leaving comments promoting yourself.
WHO are you?
Bryan Boy????
hahahah.
Eyegames, you are coming unstuck I'm afraid eyegames. FRAUD!!!!!!!
You have shown your true colors eyegames.Council is running circles around you and your pathetic attempts to rattle this article.
And behind the scenes, we're ALL having a laugh at your expense eyegames.
The desperation in your words is so evident.
PLEASE stop corrupting our comments section with your embarrassing attempts to promote yourself.
PATHETIC and we KNOW you have done it so do NOT deny.
We know you have entered comments under Anon supporting your own moniker. SO NASTY and cheap eyegames. STOP being sooo jealous of everyone.You lack style and sophistication.
Just like your writing ability.
You do not have the wit or style to do battle with us here at Victorina.
Trust me, we are enjoying you and your stink ass farts (writing).
Everyone needs a laugh once in a while.
Thank you for providing us with some 'light' entertainment.
You are both crude and unimportant really.
Unlike this blog.
Eyegames, stop trying to fluff your feathers here.
They are covered in toxic oil I'm afraid.
You do not have the ability to fly anymore.
Now be off with you before I throw water on you and watch you disappear..like the witch that you are.
Eyegames, you will always want and seek attention. Being dropped so many times as a child has taken it's toll on your little girly brain.
Your circle of friends?
Ha!
I would love to be at that chimp party.
THIS IS REALLY EYEGAMES!!!!
PATHETIC!
Council, please keep Eyegames in here. As many smart readers can see, she sure can write.
I'm all for DV's genuine desire to make a difference, and I think it's good for us readers to have someone like Eyegames come along to keep that desire in-check once in a while (not that it demands to be questioned)...and please take note that many of us readers don't care whether she has approval from the motherblogger. As long as she herself has no hidden motives or agendas, we would like to hear from her some more.
Peace, y'all!!!
businessman, I'll make it my business YOUR business because you did mine;- ) and despise if you must but you missed my points on several level. Most of all don't put me to task if I happen to employ a tad more elegant way of expressing myself than your most passionate decibel can ever achieve. Highfalutin is ONLY as high as the reader's grasp; the writer needs no apology to effect his thesis. Either you get it or you don't; git-it?
"Who appointed you to be the Professor on Journalism anyway?"
Puhlease...who appointed you to be the business accountant here when you barged in to announce that "yes, at 500K, lugi nga sila, I agree. But where did the 500K go when rent and suppliers were not paid ?" And, as Maurice would say, without batting an eyelash, you morphed into a prosecutor: "Conversion na naman, crime."
The point in all this, MONKEY business, is that you can have YOUR say as well as I CAN when we are faced with something that smacks us as ill-prepared and QUESTIONABLE. And this blog being open to everyone and his alter-ego in cyberspace, it should be able to take criticisms if it doles out some, don't YOU think? Think assets and liabilities, if you are up to a real business.
You might also make it a concern of yours to improve on COMPREHENSION. I hope this is not such a big word for you. It's simply needed to ascertain that nowhere in the two entries did I suggest that"IT IS OKAY TO STEAL.. IT IS OKAY TO CHEAT, IT IS OKAY TO USE OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY."
Far from it, I maintained that, to use your phrase, "IT IS OKAY" for, now MY quote, "Dona Victorina" to "take on any malfeasance in the country it set its sight on - it is its perogative".
I was/am urging it - as a reader and commenter (like you are, businessman) to maybe start from the TOP TIER of the Philippine business culture because, let me shout once and for all to be understood, IT IS IN THAT LEVEL WHERE THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL CHANGES IN AN AILING SOCIETY - one characterized in the declared missions of Dona Victorina - CAN HAVE A TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT.
Think about it, why were/are the Ocampos so brazen in their misdeeds? Can it be because they were/are aspiring to the ranks of the current moguls - the Lucio Tans, the Cojuancos, the Sys, etc. - the very long list of models of corporate greed?
The Ocampos may possibly be YOU or anybody wanting to get ahead in life, business or otherwise, in the Philippine climate of one-upmanship. They are not the first nor will they be last - AS LONG AS THERE ARE THE WRONG MODELS OF ACHIEVEMENT in this country's present make-up.
To rectify this sad state of affairs, DV has to aim where it matters in the same way that the political status quo can not be undermined by changing guards of the foot soldiers.
But if it insists on taking this particular tack, then it SHOULD present its case(s) airtight and solid for the masses to approve and rally on.
Now some comments have concluded that DV knows more than it is letting on. That it has basis for whatever it puts out. That may very well be the case but I think that either they respect our levels of intelligence by letting it all hang out for us to see or know and judge for ourselves or admit that they've been hasty in trying to pique our interest into nothing more than tabloid fodder. Do we really want to put DV in our bookmarked blog list that includes Perez Hilton or Philippine Entertainment Portal. Is this what DV has come to, to generate blog buzz? SOMEBODY TELL ME PLEASE.
Lastly, businessman, in cyberspace, you can be anybody you want to be - "businessman" or "Journalism professor" if you so desire...didn't you get the memo? And hereabouts there's no credentials required ;D
the Ocampo's are camera whores just like TINY, CELINE, ZENG and NORBIT este TINA TINO...
NORBIT este TINA TINO...bwahahahaha!
Have you seen the wikipilipinas of Sari Sari? It's not as bad as Tina Tinio's but I just disagree with the "venerable" word used there.
funniest post ever: NORBIT este TINA TINO...bwahahahaha!
Oh my gashhhhh NORBIT does look like Tiny Tino!
Hahaha, oh poor dear eyegames, you need to get a job dear..hahahaha
You seem to have so much time on your hands, hahaha.
Are you just sitting there waiting for me????
Are you a bored horny housewife?
Do you work for Sari Sari?
PLEASE stop writing ANON comments in Victorina.
We try hard to keep out comments section pure from that.
And your fraudulent attempts at manipulating the debate has been noticed and recorded. hahaha.
Admit it eyegames, you LOVE me. hahahaha. As much as you love yourself. You want to make sweet tender love to my arrogance.
Foreplay will be a spanking.
You want to know who wrote the article dimwit? Give it up you silly boobless fool. It has been explained to you soooo many times. It's not our fault you are brain challenged.
Grab some fresh brain cells off the shelf and shove it in your ear.
You are just blog sport at this point eyegames. I don't even believe you are a girl. hahaha. And if you are a girl, do yourself a favor and stop embarrassing your gender with your vulgar language and regrettable lack of knowledge.
I think you are a monkey eyegames.
I don't even read your comments anymore because you have been sooo predictable since the beginning of this Sari Sari expose.
We know what you are about.
Hahahaha. SOOO funny.
YOU are a fraud eyegames.
We KNOW you planted comments touting yourself!!
Do NOT deny it.
Truly pathetic.
The best part about being a blogger is coming into contact with people like eyegames.
People desperate for their opinions to be heard.
People like eyegames think just because she has a thesaurus rammed up her/HIS ass they are 'smart'.
Please.
Sp typical from an insecure person.
When eyegames planted comments, IT lost all cred... not that it has any yet.
I mean eyegames is a nobody really and THIS is the real reason IT is so unbelievably bitter and off track,
But like I said, this is sport for me now. As soon as you use the word c--t, it's open slather.
Eyegames, get a life please.
Only when you have gone through some actual trials and tribulations will you know what I have been through and why I write what I write and do what i do.
You help nothing.
Just an agitator who needs to get laid.
At this point you are just being tacky and 'irrelevant'. And lets face it mate, you would LOVE to be my friend because YOU are the treacherous one... and your 'friends' know it.
And THAT"S ALL!
....and by the way eyegames...
I will ALWAYS out C--t you!
Nice try.
Oh my gashhhhh NORBIT does look like Tiny Tino!
Ang kapal nyo dihamak na mas-maganda si RASPUSHA the wife of NORBIT!
Pls CHECK OUT THE PHOTO OF the new TINA TINO!!!!!
http://msp286.photobucket.com/albums/ll81/epettiford/Raspusha.jpg
Dear Ericka,
There are 70 plus comments here and still growing.
What do you have to say?
http://msp286.photobucket.com/albums/ll81/epettiford/Raspusha.jpg
QUE ASKO TINA TINO!
BOLDSTAR SAID:
for you this SS story might be petty and inconsequential compared to the "mega" entities youve mentioned but for the suppliers concerned IT IS Their lives, their living and the future of their children. I don't think they would take kindly to you referring to their predicament and hardship as petty.
SO WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THIS NOW EYEGAMES/ NIGHTWISH......?????
dami naloko nyan michelle varela lim na yan dahil sa father nya at tito na hudas kaya hindi makulong yan dami connection kahit nakapatay na hindi pa rin nakukulong. pati mga workers nya di binabayan ang mga benifits at niloko din sa mga separation pay...........hay naku!!!! dami rin negosyante niloko..... dapat last name nila JUDAS!!!!!
Eyegames,
I quote your comment on part 1 of this piece...
DIPPED IN THE CASH REGISTER? AND IF "THEY" DID, AGAIN IT'S THEIR BUSINESS...IT WAS THEIR INVESTMENT RISK AND SURELY SOME HARD WORK WHEN THEY PUT UP THE BUSINESS. THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO AVAIL OF THE FRUITS OF THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS AND THAT INCLUDES THE CASH. TO GO WITH YOUR SKEWED PERSPECTIVE OF OWNING A BUSINESS I DON'T SEE WHY WOULD ANYONE PUT UP ONE!
That is where you said that it's okay to cheat and steal. Any responsible businessman does not touch the cash register, wait for the accounting at the end of the month, pay his bills and creditors, then he can safely say the rest is his. Psst..net profit it's called.
At least that is how an income statement works. But I guess you are too busy looking up longer words to impress us. You also showed your ignorance, despite your knowledge of such elegant words, of a cashflow statement regarding the 500k. Again you are espousing the idea of get the money, to heck with the people who work for me and the people who put their merchandise in my store, despite contracts that SS simply ignored because they moved funds to support businesses that the consignors have nothing to do with.
For that, my dear Eyegames, they should have gotten a loan. That's Business 101.
Your love of long words titillates me, so here is a quote for you...
Avoid the elaborate, the pretentious, the coy and the cute. Do not be tempted by a twenty-dollar word when there is a ten-center handy, ready and able. (Strunk and White)
Also a study conducted by Daniel Oppenheimer in the Stanford University has these results. "The pundits are likely right: write clearly and simply if you can, and you’ll be more likely to be thought of as intelligent.”
Again, Eyegames, that is why we cannot take you seriously. Oh so, we can be anything we want in cyberspace you wrote...oops,you've put your foot in the mouth again. You very well admit that you are pretending to be something you are not.
Lastly, this just made me roll in laughter and I share this with the commenters here. According to Mr. Oppenheimer who conducted the survey on why people love to use long words...
Desire to prove your topic is complex by using complex words
Fear of betraying lack of (classical) education
It's the way people above you write, so you assume it's the ladder to success
here is Mr. Oppenheimer's website,
http://confidentwriting.com/2008/12/why-do-people-choose-to-use-long-words/
What you wrote is not above my comprehension...it's your logic, your values, your scathing remarks, your intellectual pretensions, plus I am hipopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobic.LOL, deliberately dropped a p.
this entry is interesting from a business standpoint, It is a good case study for study courses. I agree with Boldstar, poor people who lost their jobs and their families who rely on them.
Just a tip to you Eyegames, nearly all big businesses here hire casuals, it's not only SM. SM was hit badly by unionizing. I remembered the pictures in the news, where Mr. Sy is being called demon by his long time employees, placards held to his face. That sent chills to a lot of businessmen.
Cannot stand a dose of your own medicine, can you, Eyegames.
calling anna g. witness sa kasamaan ni michelle varela lim!!!! bakit nga ba nagkagalit kayo ng sister ni michelle di ba dahil kinukuha ni michelle design mo. tapos present nya sa sari na sya ang me gawa nun. omg!!!! kasi super mega over baduy ang design nila ng sisters. pang trapo.... hallllleeeeerrrrrrr hindi ako mag susuot nun....... pati fabrics kuha nya sari para makatipid sya tapos ung trapo na fabrics nya un ang bigay nya sa sari kaya nalugi sari.... halllleeeerrrrr magpakatotoo ka kaya michlle lim kaya they decided to take pictures of all designs ng ibang consignors tapos iiyak yan sa meeting ng mga owners claim nya na copy nila design nya,,,,,,,,,,,,,bwahahahaha bulok na style..........
me ugali pa yan pag naipit sa kalokohan nya........ sa stockholders meeting bitbit nya nanay, kapatid, kamag anak na mayayabang, abogado etc. sabay hahagulgol to the max........ at magbabanta to sue everybody at lagot sila sa tatay........ bulok ang style san ka naman nakakita stockholders meeting kasama mga kamag anak.............hahahaha sana tawagin mo pati si GMA para takutin mo na talaga cla........
ALAM MO TAWAG SAYO NG MGA DESIGNERS........ COOCOOO .....MAY TILILING............BWAHAHAHAHA
somebody has to talk to miguel varela already. his daughter has done enough damage. imagine, she even tells everyone that when her father was at the social security system, michelle and her sisters were under the payroll as ghost employees. she was very proud of this. ang galing daw ng dad niya. saan ka pa? anyone who has connections with pcci or manila bulletin should come out and tell mr. miguel varela about his shameless daughter
i wish the ocampos would and could ressurect their name. utang na loob, gawan niyo ng paraan. calling anna, alet and ambet. wag kayong magpatalo kay michelle lim
dati akong empleyado ng sari sari nagulo ang partnes nung pumasok si michelle varela lim, alam mo ba siya ang may handle ng merchandising dept ng sari sari lahat ng supplier na kinukuha niya may patong pa siya for example kinuha nya ung blouse na 80 pesos ipapasok niya sa sari sari ng 100 pesos, kagun siya kadupang malakas lang ang father niya sa connection si miguel varela kaya siya naaabsuwelto, yung okasyon na trade name ninakaw pa niya na hindi dapat sa kanya trade name ng sari sari yan walang magawa ang sari sari management ngyon dahil malakas ang daddy niya sa judge magnanakaw yan hindi dapat sa kanya ang okasyon kaya sa mga mamimili wag tangkilikin ang okasyon dahil yan eh ninakaw lang kawawa mga franchisee ng okasyon hehehe pag kinarma si michelle varela lim dawit kayo
Si Michelle Valera Lim ay ex-partner sa Sarisari, di na siya owner ngayon. She took Sarisari's label Okasyon as her own, and would tell people that Sarisari had changed name and is now Okasyon.
Employees of Sarisari and consignors thought that she brought down SS because of her rotten taste and poor knowledge of clothes construction. She copied styles of consigning designers. This is true.
I agree with Anon 3:22, huwag kayong patalo sa nagpapanggap na fashion designer na yan. Tingnan na lang ninyo siya manamit. Yak!
si aleth maalaga sa mga local designers ng sari when she was involved.si marni naman addict sa pera pag pinahawak yan.
if you will analyze why the ocampos have an itchy hands it boils down to thier upbringing ask thier parent why did they brought up dishonest children magulang ang me kasalanan hindi nila tinuruan gumawa ng tama ang mga anak nila. while growing up they were acustomed in seeing that it's okay to steal. so steal they did
CASES HAS BEEN FILED AND A THEY ARE UNDER THE WATCH LIST OF IMMIGRATION & DEPORTATION BIGLA NA LANG SILA DADAMPUTING SA AIRPORT THIS IS TV WORTHY NEWS PANG IMBISTIGADOR OR TV PATROL SARISARI SCANDAL MGA MUKHA NILA NAKA FLASH SA TV HEADLINE ESTAFADORA!!!!!!! MAGNANAKAW!!!!! NBI WILL BE SOON BE INVOLVED HERE!!!!HAHAHAHAHA SIRAAN NANG BUHAY. IF YOU ARE PUSH TO THE WALL YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FIGHT BACK!
isn't it true that marni is one of the megamare's of sharon cuneta? sharon used to own the sari at shang and i heard inutangan ito ni marni ng P2m. nagkagalit kse d nabayaran pero pinagbati ni fanny serrano. kung iisipin mo bat kaya addict sa pera si marni? kung sila anna lang ok ang sari kse ok naman silang magkakapatid pero si marni ginagawang wallet ang kaha sa tindahan. in fact sabi nila ang tatay daw ni anna ang sumasalba kay marni sa mga gulong tulad nito. muka namang d shopaholic si marni at yung mga damit nya ay mga luma at kupas na. kung drugs e mukang hindi rin. siguro sa pagkain nya inuubos ang pera nya kaya ganun siya. pero pwede ba naman gagastos ka at mamulubi dahil sa luho mo sa pagkain? wla ka nang kabusugan nun. pwede rin sa sugal. ewan. nakakapagtaka. pala isipan talaga. sana maayos nila ang gulo. sayang naman ang sari sari.
hey anonymous galit na galit ka ata at pushed to the wall ka na pati grammar mo mali na.... baka maging cooo cooo at tuliling ka nananman dahil kabahuan ng pamilya mo pati ng tatay mo sa sss salaries mo at ng uncle mo na taga linis ng mga kalat na ginagawa mo eh nasabi na dito. haleeerrrrrrr.....siraan ng buhay eh ikaw naman nagsimula ng lahat ng ito hindi ba....haleeeerrrrrr.
brat sana mabasa ng tatay mo lahat ng comments dito para di ka na nila pagtagpan. my intsik ka nanakaaway diba kapartner mo sa shoes na pinasok mo sa ss? at yung dati na export nakaaway mo din. si inky nakpil ng accessories niloko mo din. si janice cheng niloko mo din dapat sayo matauhan na pamilya mo sa mga pinagagawa mo at pati sila nadadamay na. at tao mo pa ngayon si ferdie guardiano na isa pang magnanakaw at di mapagkakatiwalaan. magsama kayong mga JUDAS!!!! ferdie guardiano na ikaw ang nagsimulang magpaalis sa kanya sa southmall alam ba ni ferdie ito? calling flawless partners nitong michelle varela lim knock knock knock...wake up at sa ending baka magaya ka sa ss.XOXO
I heard Marni is her family's bread winner ever since her father was jailed after losing a case filed against him while he was the governor of Tarlac. I don't remember the case filed against him (maybe it had something to do with government funds).
well that's sad to hear about marni. things happen to people. in every situation, good or bad, it is up to us to make the best out of it.
Kaya ng sikmura nya gawin yun? wala b cia takot sa diyos? Hope u could still sleep.... Patawarin ka ng diyos!
hay naku, marni ocampo, anna ocampo sarmiento masyado kayo mga haleeeerrrrrrrr.............dahil sa kabobohan nyo at swapang sa pera, marami kayo mga supplier/consignor ginulo ang buhay. lalo ka na marni. basta may magbibigay sa yo ng pera katulad ni janice (bee) cheng at asawa nya si walter (ta) cheng, ilalaglag and lahat! hay naku.........
kakatawa kayong lahat. kayo kayo lang din nagsisiraan. pa-anonymous anonymous effects pa kayo! Magkikita kita nalang kayo sa corte.Pero sa langit o sa impyerno nahatulan na kayo! Tignan natin sino sa huli ang nagsasabi ng totoo. ikaw na bahala, donavictorina! dapat lahat ng lalabas ay totoo lang at di TUTUUS.....
boring ang mga comment ni eyegames chaka kasi chaka ang face nya!!!!love ko si businessman kasi inteligent
marni pay up! no amount of prayers can save you this time do the right thing PAY UP! Me bouncing checks hawak ang mga consignor and it's a criminal offence. Michele release the goods or else you will get another case for damages
11 million daw utang ke janice cheng the big question bakit hindi sya mag demanda? bakit hindi nya idemanda si marni or michelle? naawa is different from stupidity
go businessman i love your comments ang taray! talo si eyegame! hahahahha eyegames gandahan mo naman comments mo ang pangit kasi eh
marni ocampo and the rest of the directors of sari-sari(lahat ocampo family) is so used to being sued sanay silang mademanda dami na silang kaso legendary talaga itong pamilyang ito the head of the family (Ocampo Jewelry) is the leader and the children and grand children do all the dirty works. Goal nila is to climb the top most of Philippine society kung saan sila kukuha ng pera to reach the top wala silang pakialam kahit magnakaw, manloko or man estafa basta diyos nila pera,salapi tsk, tsk wala naman pinagkaiba si rico ocampo ke marni, aleth, anna, margie or reymond? swindlers! EXPOSE!!!!!
hoy anonymous!!!! halatang halata na kapatid ka ng swindler na si michelle varela lim.... sa lakas ng volume ng tx mo. pati baho ng hininga mo tumagos sa computer ko..... feeling model......yuks..... mukhang tuod naman...... ikaw un MELISSA VARELA.... wag ka na tumingin sa iba.... push to the wall ka dyan...... kayo nagpush to sa kanila sa wall.........kayo humanda .......PARATING NA SILA...... BUBULAGA SA INYO..... KAYA........UMPISAHAN NYO UMIYAK.....har har har har.......babalik sa inyo lahat.....
who is janice cheng....the wife of walter cheng......EXCUSE ME ......family of me COOO COOO din yan......as if laging underdog pero mas beware kayo sa kanya......huhuhuhu hirap spell ugali....now u can talk to her tom....cannot see na yan...... sabi nya BAIT sya??????? NONONONONO JOSE.......kaya hindi nya mademanda si michelle lim kasi...... MALAKING TANGA YAN......huhuhuhuhuhuhuhu
Janice met with some consignors and wanted to take over Sarisari Megamall behind Marni's back. Mag -
partner daw sila nang isang top consignor. What is it ba with this woman, she goes to strangers and offer partnership, pero wala siyang perang pang invest!
When Megamall was shut down bec of Michelle's case naglolokohan sila ni Marni with Marni saying that she will give Sarisari to Janice walang bayad (?!?), this is Janice's version, but Janice cannot even come up with the money to post a counterbond against Michelle, nor the rent of Megamall that Marni was after. Baka may mauto siya sana. the walang bayad after all comes with strings attached.
Janice had been asking anybody who might be interested to go into partnership with her for "Sarisari takeover" with Marni's blessings, with the partner coughing up all the money, and claim niya wa na ang
mga utang sa consignors since bago na ang corporation.
Isn's this estafa with fraudulent intent so obvious ?!? Kaya talagang lokaloka yan. Why does Marni like to deal with the dubious like this woman is beyond us.
kung matalino si michelle lim walang kwenta ang pag sue nya ma dismiss lang yan eventually. Kung matalino si mvl her lawyers was advising her to do research para ma pin point ano-ano assests ni marni but according to her lawyer she refused to pay for the research. kung matalino si mvl instruction nya damputin lahat ng goods and mannequins from the consignor espcially sa kaaway nya si janice cheng knowing very well na hindi ke marni iyon. Kung matalino si mvl dapat and kinuha nya yoon pinto dahil artist ang gumawa si clude tayag me value yoon or computer, fax machine antique mirror or anything from marni ocampo. Kung matalino si mvl na release na yoong goods ng mga consignor, walang nagawa si mvl at ang kanyang lawyer dahil utos ng judge walang natirang damit sa kanya kundi mga old stocks from divisoria. kung matalino lang sana si mvl kaso hindi! BOBO dapat ang name ng store mo hindi dapat okasyon! any comment mvl? kung matalino ka? kahit anonymous by rico ocampo
marni cried when shoemart did'nt renew her contract so confirmed close na ang sari sari megamall. SM north edsa branch will close in may 09. Ang daming interested bumili ng sari2 but marni is holding on kahit alam nya wala na syang pera to keep it going. SHe is pricing sari2 na sobra. presyong ayaw ibenta.
wala akong comment mayaman ako!
dati akong employee ng SS... talagang sugapa sa money yan si Marni Ocampo...kahit personal nya lahat sa company nya kinukuha!!! di talaga aasenso yan business nila!