The Philippine FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) market is still dominated by supermarkets and “sari-sari” stores, contributing to about 75 percent of value sales. In urban areas, we will continue to see a shift toward neighborhood supermarkets, convenience stores and community self-service drugstores in the next few years. This is due to changing shopper preferences, [with consumers] looking to spend less time in getting their groceries and more time with their families at home.

Due to the smaller selling area, the store’s range (or the number of stock keeping units it can carry) will be limited to the popular products and its aisles will be easier to navigate. With regard to convenience stores, its relevance and proliferation will continue to increase due to the growth of the business process outsourcing industry with its round-the-clock operations.

Bryant was among the passengers traveling onboard the helicopter. Nine people died in the crash, including the pilot, said Alex Villanueva, the Los Angeles County sheriff, during a news conference.

The authorities declined to identify the victims pending identification by the coroner and notification of their family members.

“It would be extremely disrespectful to understand your loved one has perished and you learn about it from TMZ,” Villanueva said. “That is just wholly inappropriate so we are not going to be going there. We are going to wait until the coroner does their job.”

The National Transportation Safety Board said it sent a team to California on Sunday evening.

Daryl Osby, the Los Angeles County fire chief, said the crash site was difficult to access and that firefighters had to hike to the area.

It was not immediately clear how many passengers the helicopter was approved to transport, and fire officials said it was not immediately clear whether the helicopter was overloaded. They declined to specify the helicopter’s destination.

The N.B.A. sent a confirmation of Bryant’s and Gianna’s deaths to all teams and league employees Sunday afternoon, according to two people familiar with the document.

• A nationwide ban on wildlife trade is in place and more than 56 million people in almost 20 cities are affected by travel restrictions, which have been introduced amid fears the transmission rate will balloon as hundreds of millions of Chinese travel for the Lunar New Year celebrations

Chinese authorities have ordered the extension of a public holiday in an effort to contain the coronavirus epidemic.

A working group chaired by Premier Li Keqiang to tackle the outbreak decided “to reduce population flows” by extending the Spring Festival holiday which had been scheduled to end on January 30, state news agency Xinhua said.

It was not immediately clear how long the extension is.

“The meeting stressed that the country is at a crucial time in the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus outbreak, urging Party committees and governments at all levels to take more ‘decisive, powerful and orderly, scientific and well-planned’ measures to effective curb the spread,” Xinhua reported.

China is ramping up containment measures as the spread of a new coronavirus that has killed 56 people and infected at least 1,975 more in the country accelerates.

The virus thought to have originated in a Wuhan food market continues to spread as China steps up containment efforts.

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