Xandra Ramos-Padilla’s readers’ fest now 5 years old—‘Reading is still alive and well’
In 2014, Xandra Ramos-Padilla, National Book Store managing director, turned an idea into a festival.
August 12, 2018
In 2014, Xandra Ramos-Padilla, National Book Store managing director, turned an idea into a festival.
Despite the deluge of online content, Filipinos are still reading books.
It was the highlight of the Mays of my childhood, that annual trip to National Book Store just before another school year starts. Armed with lists of things we
After putting his creative stamp on a range of products—from perfume and shoes to cakes and bed linen—by collaborating with a number of companies, Rajo Laurel has teamed up this time with National Bookstore’s Xandra Ramos-Padilla to produce a line of stationery, lifestyle and travel products for the country’s leading bookstore chain.
You can decorate your table with flair without denting your wallet. Xandra Ramos-Padilla, general manager of Crossings Department Store, suggests you plan the Christmas table as you would your wardrobe. The rules are the same: establishing a basic color theme; being adventurous with patterns; layering (visually overlapping one another); and playing with shapes.
Xandra Ramos-Padilla was born into the family that established National Book Store, the largest chain of bookstores in the country. Struggling to establish a business in the ’40s, her grandparents,
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