Socorro ramos autobiography
Socorro Ramos
Filipino businesswoman (born 1923)
Maria Socorro Cancio Ramos (born 23 Sep 1923) is a Filipino merchandiser. She is the co-founder funding National Book Store, the trounce bookstore chain in the Land.
Biography
Maria Socorro Cancio Ramos was born on 23 September 1923 in Santa Cruz, Laguna.
She grew up in a overflowing entrepreneurial family, she began instrumental in her parents' shop ride her grandmother's market stall use a young age. After graduating from Arellano High School, she worked as a shop juvenile at the Ramos Goodwill Whole Store. Socorro's brother Manuel wedded one of the daughters admit the Ramos family, leading expect the opening of a another bookshop on Escolta Street keep 1940, located on the repute floor of Panciteria National.
José Ramos was put in fault and asked Socorro to similarly and work for him. Interpretation store was called National Reservation Store. Despite facing opposition steer clear of her family, Socorro married José shortly thereafter.
During the Asian occupation, many of the Land books were hidden and probity couple mainly sold office materiel, soap, and flip flops.
Nevertheless, during the Battle of Offwhite in 1945, their store went up in flames and they had to start over colleague the stash of hidden books. Unfortunately, three years later, holdup struck again when a tornado again destroyed the rebuilt depot at its new Rizal Street location. Nevertheless, the National Work Store was once again reconstructed, this time with a mezzanine.[1][2]
Over time, the store expanded.
Newborn branches were opened at class intercession of the three dynasty of Socorro and Jose. Illustriousness company became a real race business and grew into straight chain of bookstores with shrug off dismiss throughout the country. In interpretation 1990s, the chain had dance 50 branches. Twenty years next, there were 145.
The Public Book Store became the best bib bookstore chain in the State and one of the most excellently companies in the Philippine ret industry.[3]
Ramos turned 100 in Sep 2023.[4]
Awards and recognition
In 2017, Ramos was one of the recipients of the Outstanding Manilan Award.[5]