Get FREE Appliances on ‘2021 Summer is XTREME Cool’ promo

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Summer is here and with the temperature climbing in many parts of the country, keeping our homes cool and comfortable should be one of our priorities. While the temperature outside our homes cannot be controlled, we can choose the right home appliances that can help bring the temperature down in our households — especially now in the midst of community quarantine when most of our time is being spent at home.

Luckily, XTREME Appliances launches exciting bundle promos with their 2021 Summer Is XTREME Cool from March 1 to May 31. Buy participating XTREME Cool products like Window Type Aircons, Split Type Aircons, Chest Freezers, and Refrigerators to get a FREE item. The said promo is exclusively available at any XTREME Appliances concept stores, dealer stores, and branches nationwide.

Surviving the heat waves and high humidity this Summer season requires quality home appliances, and XTREME Appliances offers innovative and affordable solutions that will help you live comfortably during the summer season. 

Below is the list of participating stores and dealers:

Luzon

• G&A Home Furnishing (San Fabian, Pangasinan)
• MCFASolver Tech Centrale (2nd Floor Vima Bldg, Jose Abad Santos Ave., Sta. Cruz, Lubao, Pampanga
• New Vertext Handy Phones (Laoag City, Ilocos Norte)
• Town Corner Housewear and General Merchandise (Hagonoy, Bulacan & Pandi, Bulacan)
• A2RJ Telecom Marketing (Guitnang Bayan & Montalban)
• Ayco Appliances, Phone, & Plasticwares (Malolos)
• Bryna Home Center (Zambales)
• Jhunpyo General Merchandise (Tarlac, Montalban, Montalban For Monte Brisa, Cogeo, Cainta)
• Jonalyn’s Home Appliances (Bataan)
• R. Santos Appliance Center (Bulacan)
• Tarlac Houseware Marketing (Tarlac City)
• Ma. Divine Furniture and General Merchandise (Talavera)
• Raon Point General Merchandise (Bulacan)
• 1010 Appliance (Bulacan)
• Sotelo Home Furniture & Appliances (Bulacan)
• Acostino Marketing (Oriental Mindoro)
• Kenlyn General Merchandise (Gumaca & Bulacan)
• HZY8 Marketing (San Mateo, Cogeo, & Marikina)
• Massway Supermarket (Zabarte Drive)
• Nebo Marketing and Distribution (Tabuk City)
• Unitop General Merchandise, Inc. (Dasmarinas)
• Providers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Naguilan, Roxas, Cauyan, Cabarruguis, Bambang, Solano)
• Vizcaya Balita Marketing (Solano, Nueva Vizcaya)
• Al-Mae General Merchandise
• Beth Reyes Marketing
• Caparal Appliance Center
• JD Electronics 
• JKEPS Trading
• Lovely & Julie Home Furnishing
• Mikaela Michelle Marketing Corp.
• Rafael Arkangel Trading
• Seventh Archangel General Merchandise
• Cagayan Appliance Center (Solano)

Visayas 

• G5G Appliance Marketing (Iloilo)
• Rose Furniture (Antique)

Mindanao

• Melgene Aircon Marketing & Services (Cotabato)
• HomeSweetieHome Home Appliances and Furniture (Cotabato)
• Arez Digital Appliance Co. Inc. (Cagayan de Oro)

Concept Stores

• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Cauayan
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Laoag-Chendain
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Capitol Main
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Batac, Ilocos Norte
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store  Cainta
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Tarlac

Soon To Open

• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Indang 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Naga 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Tacloban 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Bambang 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Mariveles 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Lipa 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Lucena 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store LITEX 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Baler, Aurora 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Malolos 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Tabuk, Kalinga 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Norzagaray
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Tutuban 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Marcelino 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Florida Blanca 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Guagua 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Cauayan 2 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Cabagan 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store San Isidro, Santiago, Isabela
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Bocaue 
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Sta. Maria
• XTREME Appliances Concept Store Solano

So, what are you waiting for? Visit the nearest XTREME Appliances store to get a FREE item. 

Keep updated on the latest news and happenings of XTREME Appliances: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok accounts. For the full list of products and exclusive discounts, please visit XTREME on Website, Lazada, and Shopee e-commerce.

UnionBank brings machine learning and artificial intelligence to aid financial inclusion

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In its mission to push for financial inclusion, Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) now uses Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence based scoring models to determine eligible loan applicants.

Banks have traditionally determined loan eligibility to micro, small and medium enterprises based on their credit history, collaterals and other financial information. This has meant that other factors were usually not taken into consideration when making loans available.

Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning based scoring models, the bank has been able to include other means of determining the risk levels of loan applicants and thus make it possible for them to qualify when compared to just looking at traditional factors. The AI and ML based scoring models leverage on the patterns of customer behaviour by using alternative data points such as geographical metadata, socio, macro-economic and other publicly available data from the government.

“We are walking the talk. Everyone talks about financial inclusion but when it comes down to assessing eligibility, the measures used are the traditional one - thereby still excluding the same people we wish to include,” said Chief Mass Market and Financial Inclusion Executive Manuel Santiago.

UnionBank Business Loans is available in the SeekCap Marketplace. SeekCap is an online lending marketplace that allows Filipino business owners to access credit fast and easy, 24/7 . The marketplace is powered by UBX, the FinTech spin-off of UnionBank.

Visual Communications Platform Canva Announces USD 15 Billion Valuation; Launches Suite of Presentations Products for the Workplace

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More than 85% of the Fortune 500 Embrace Canva to Bolster Collaboration and Productivity, with over 250 million Presentations Created

Canva, the global visual communications platform, today announced an updated valuation of USD 15 billion following a USD 71 million investment. This latest valuation affirms Canva as one of the fastest-growing software companies in history, surpassing $500 million annualized revenue this year. The company also formally announced a suite of new features for its flagship workplace product, Canva Presentations, which empowers teams around the world to design with ease and collaborate at scale.

“Now more than ever, teams and workplaces around the world need scalable, collaborative and easy-to-use visual communication products to empower them to achieve their goals,” explained Canva co-founder and CEO, Melanie Perkins. “The launch of Presentations gives workplaces of all sizes a unique, flexible collaboration product that makes work feel like play. I’m incredibly proud of our rapidly growing global team as we work together to empower the world to design.

Canva Emerges as one of the World’s Fastest-Growing Software Companies

Canva’s surge in valuation is a direct result of the rapidly growing adoption from teams and workplaces across the globe as the company surpasses more than 55 million monthly active users and achieves a 130% year-over-year increase in annualized revenue while remaining profitable.

Canva has rapidly become the collaboration platform of choice for millions of teams and workplaces in more than 190 countries. Presentations have become the company’s fastest-growing use case, with more than 250 million created to date and 85% of Fortune 500 companies embracing Canva, the company is well poised to replace expensive and complex legacy alternatives.

As the world moves towards an increasingly visual and distributed environment, so does the demand for collaborative platforms that enable everyone to embrace visual communication. Canva’s exponential surge in valuation and increased demand from investors is attributed to the company’s enormous and underserved addressable market, in tandem with the company’s unwavering momentum as the workplace creativity tool of the future.

“We are pleased to support Canva in its mission to help teams around the world to democratize visual communication,” said Alan Tu, Portfolio Manager of T. Rowe Price Global Technology Fund. “The company’s strong customer loyalty and consistent innovation has led to healthy growth, and we believe that they have the leadership team in place to continue on their path to becoming a much larger company in the future.”

“Canva's growth is a testament to the company’s deep insight into the creative and communication needs of an ever-evolving workplace and its outstanding execution in delivering tools that help teams collaborate and present more effectively,” said Christian Jensen, Partner at Dragoneer. “It’s incredible to see what this nimble and passionate company from Sydney’s emerging tech hub has been able to achieve in such a short period of time. We believe that there are only a small handful of truly special companies being built at any given moment— and Canva is one of them. We are thrilled to be working with Canva as they enter their next phase of growth.”

 

Canva Launches Suite of Presentation Products for the Modern Workplace

Today, Canva is the only platform that brings the entire design process together, empowering teams and workplaces of any size across every industry to easily achieve their goals while bolstering productivity and staying on brand. As the number of teams embracing Canva continues to surge, the company is investing heavily in its Presentations product for workplaces across the globe, announcing a suite of features designed to support an increasingly digital world as teams and workplaces adapt to a new hybrid model of work.

●      Workplace Templates allow you to start inspired. From business plans, to pitch decks, training manuals, and status trackers, anyone can create a polished presentation.

●      Talking Presentations empowers remote-friendly presentations. Now teams can record a presenter video that accompanies each slide and helps land every point, every time.

●      Canva Live makes engaging presentations effortless. Now you can engage the audience anywhere in the world with live Q&A displayed on the screen during the session.

●      Mobile-First Presentations bring the power of Canva Presentations on-the-go. Teams can create a deck, share it, comment and review from anywhere.

●      Magic Shortcuts surprise and delight the audience. From “C” for streaming confetti to “D” for a live drumroll, presentations just got a whole lot more interesting.

●      Charts and Infographics simplify data storytelling. Visualize complex information with beautifully crafted infographics and animated charts; live data integrations coming soon.

The work suite of features is backed by Canva’s powerful collaboration tools as well as the platform’s rapidly growing content library of more than 9,000 professionally designed Presentation templates and over 100 million ingredients for design including photos, videos, audio tracks, and illustrations to help start any project inspired.

With more than 600 presentations created per minute, Canva is bolstering productivity and collaboration across leading brands including American Airlines, Live Nation, Kimberly Clark, McKinsey, and Salesforce. For more information on how you can embrace the future of visual communication, visit Canva.com.

 

STAY Comfortable and Stylish with UNIQLO’s T-Shirt Line-up

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Global apparel retailer UNIQLO is offering a way to stay comfortable this summer with its collection of T-Shirts. The high-quality apparel comes in a wide range of colors and designs and can be enjoyed in any situation indoors and outdoors.

“UNIQLO’s T-Shirts address our customers’ need for everyday wear that is both versatile and stylish. These t-shirts are a testament to our commitment to LifeWear, our high-quality and timeless apparel made for everyone, everywhere. They are universal in design and comfort and are innovated with unique technologies to make them a closet essential,” says Masayoshi Nakamura, Chief Operation Officer of UNIQLO Philippines. 

Technologies and materials of high-quality that give lightness and better comfort

AIRism is woven with special fibers that diffuse moisture and release heat, alleviating that sweaty feeling. Apart from quickly absorbing and evaporating moisture, AIRism neutralizes odors caused by sweat. The fabric is highly breathable and is cool and smooth to the touch. 

Select T-Shirts are also made from Supima© cotton. This superior and super-soft fiber has been dubbed the “cashmere of cotton” and represents less than 1% of all cotton grown worldwide. 

Below are UNIQLO’s T-Shirts line-up that everyone can enjoy this summer. 

Men’s and Women’s Uniqlo U Crew Neck T-Shirt

The basic T-shirt has been perfected by Uniqlo U, led by our Artistic Director and UNIQLO Research & Development Team in Paris. Uniqlo U Crew Neck T-shirt is designed to be durable, thanks to a sturdy heavy cotton material made from low-count yarn with a compact knit. Its binding specifications help keep the garment in shape, so it doesn’t stretch out. It also comes with a trendy, relaxed silhouette in a wide range of casual and sophisticated colors.

Php 590.00

Men’s, Women’s and Kids’ Uniqlo U AIRism Cotton Oversized Crew Neck T-Shirt

The apparel may look like a normal cotton t-shirt, but it comes with AIRism technology to make it lightweight, breathable – with a smooth and dry touch. Its relaxed cut makes it an ideal choice for casual wear, while its elegant, muted colors can dress the look up. Its easy-care design means the t-shirt does not wrinkle after washing.

Php 790.00

Men’s Uniqlo U Oversized Crew Neck T-Shirt

This T-Shirt is made with compact 100% cotton and a boxy cut with a drop shoulder for a breezy and comfortable fit. 

Php 790.00

Women’s Smooth Cotton French Sleeve T-Shirt

UNIQLO added a thick new cotton fabric this season, with a soft and silky-smooth touch and just the right amount of drape. Its relaxed cut with a slightly longer body length and French sleeves make it perfect for dressing up in elegant looks.

Php 590.00

Men’s SUPIMA Cotton Crew Neck T-Shirt

The cotton crew neck t-shirt is made from 100% Supima© cotton, designed with a special spinning method to give it a high-quality texture. This season, UNIQLO updated the garment with a looser fit so it drapes beautifully towards the hem. Despite the update, the shirt’s clean and simple design still looks timeliness. 

Php 590.00

For more updates, please visit UNIQLO Philippines’ website at uniqlo.com/ph and download the UNIQLO App via Google Play Store or Apple Store.

Follow UNIQLO Philippines’ social media accounts, Facebook (facebook.com/uniqlo.ph), Twitter (twitter.com/uniqloph) and Instagram (Instagram.com/uniqlophofficial).

Comm&Sense bags another milestone as Ph Quill 1st runner-up Agency of the Year

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In only its fourth year of joining the Philippine Quill Awards, Public Relations and Content Marketing agency Comm&Sense has received yet another affirmation of its data-driven #IntelligentPR strategy, as it was named first runner-up Agency of the Year (AOY) by the International Association of Business Communicators - Philippines.

This was also Comm&Sense’s AOY nomination for the second year in a row.

Along with Comm&Sense’s first runner-up AOY honors came a special award from the 18th Philippine Quill Awards. The agency’s collaboration with leading health maintenance organization (HMO) PhilCare bagged the top prize in the Communications Research division for its CQ Wellness Index beating other corporate heavyweights.

Rolled out during the imposition of the first enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the summer of 2020, the PhilCare CQ Wellness Index looked into the actual state of well-being of Filipinos amid the lockdown stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The study also examined how various sectors of society across the country responded to the effects of the lockdowns and the pandemic as a whole.

The PhilCare CQ Wellness Index was also nominated for the top award in COVID Communications, a special division in this year’s Quills dedicated to business communication efforts in response to the pandemic. Meanwhile, the study’s publicity effort also won a Quill award of merit under the Communications Management division.

Apart from the two collaborations for the PhilCare CQ Wellness Index, Comm&Sense and its affiliates received 13 awards for its collaborations with clients in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), financial, and healthcare industries. All in all, the agency received six Quill awards of excellence and nine Quills of merit.

A full-service digital PR agency established in 2005, Comm&Sense has since then always believed and practiced #IntelligentPR, which is rooted in data, whether from clients or from research. Data and actionable insights are crucial in each communication plan the agency makes for campaigns to have impact on their respective target audiences.

The data-driven content is then followed by creative execution and smart amplification. Together, the three elements are what clients need to build credibility with their respective customers.

“It’s an honor to be receiving these achievements from the Philippine Quills with most of the efforts done as we celebrated our 15th anniversary in 2020. But while we are happy with these awards, we are more fulfilled with the validations of our data-driven communications strategy from peers in the communications business,” said Comm&Sense founder and president Jaeger L. Tanco.

“Truthful and relevant data have always been at the center of any intelligent decision-making, especially amidst the pandemic. Together with our partners, we look forward to providing more insights that impact individuals, businesses, and society, as we rise from this crisis,” said Comm&Sense Director Eusebio H. Tanco.