| 词条 | Mercury Drug |
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| name = Mercury Drug | logo = Mercury drug.png | type = Private | traded_as = Mercury Drug | foundation = {{start date|1945}} in Bambang Street, Sta. Cruz, Manila, Philippines | founder = Mariano Que | location = Bagumbayan, Quezon City, Philippines | locations = 1,000 | area_served = Philippines | key_people = Vivian Que-Ascona (President) | industry = Retail | products = Drug and other Pharmaceutical products. | parent = Mercury Group of Companies, Inc. | num_employees = 11,000 | revenue = {{Philippine peso|42.98 billion}} (2003)[1] | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|https://www.mercurydrug.com}} }} Mercury Drug is a pharmacy chain in the Philippines. HistoryThe company began on March 1, 1945 with a single drugstore owned by Mariano Que ({{abbr|d.|died}} {{Death date|2017|4|15|mf=yes}}).[2] He named it after Mercury, the messenger of the gods in Roman mythology, whose caduceus is sometimes used as a symbol of medicine. The store began cutting packaged, bulk items into single pieces and selling them individually; this practice is colloquially called tingí-tingì in Filipino. During its foundation, it is the second oldest established drugstore chain in the country (after South Star Drug, which established in 1937 - eight years ago). Upon the invitation of Ayala Corporation, Mercury Drug opened its second branch in May 1963 at a developing commercial center in Makati now known as the Ayala Center. In 1965, Mercury Drug established its landmark branch by Plaza Miranda, Quiapo, Manila, which is notable for its large outdoor LED screen.[3] In 2001, then Trade secretary Mar Roxas described Mercury drug as a "near monopoly" and said it has 70 percent share of the domestic market (hence, it is now facing competition from mentioned-above South Star Drug - which the latter eventually acquired by Robinsons Retail in 2012 - and SM-owned Watsons Philippine franchise).[4] As of 2017, Mercury Drug has reportedly over 1000 branches across the country.[5] Recently, it opened a new building, MDC100, located in Eastwood City, Quezon City.{{cn|date=April 2017}} References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history/Lo-Me/Mercury-Drug-Corporation.html|title=Mercury Drug Corporation Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Mercury Drug Corporation|accessdate=14 November 2012}} 2. ^{{cite news|last1=Barahan|first1=Ed Margareth|title=Mercury Drug founder Mariano Que dies at 96|url=https://business.inquirer.net/227781/mercury-drug-founder-mariano-que-dies-96|accessdate=15 April 2017|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=15 April 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web | title= Newsletter and Articles: Quiapo Plaza Miranda - A Sight To See | publisher=Mercury Drug | url=https://www.mercurydrug.com/mercurian/news-quiapo.html | accessdate=January 1, 2012 }} 4. ^{{cite news|last1=Austria|first1=Jenniffer|title=SM's Watson's to end Mercury Drug's stranglehold|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vpkVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3217%2C389475|accessdate=13 December 2015|publisher=Manila Standard|date=3 December 2001}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Mercury Drug founder Mariano Que dies|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/15/17/mercury-drug-founder-mariano-que-dies|accessdate=15 April 2017|publisher=ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs|date=15 April 2017}} External links
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