In a bustling neighborhood, nestled between rows of modest homes and busy streets, stands a new kind of store that has quickly captured the attention of local shoppers.

NOWADAYS, I make it a point to go to the neighborhood sari-sari store to buy basic items and load my prepaid cellular phone, ...

Tripled. She said Robinsons Easymart has around 6,500 stock keeping units (SKUs), or product types. Hard discount stores, on the other hand, offer up to 600 SKUs.