Otop Angeles store to hold 'labor of love' live selling event

PAMPANGA. Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr., with Executive Assistant IV Reina Manuel and Angeles City Economic Development and Investment Promotions Office head Irish Bonus-Llego inspect the Gawang Angeleño products in one of the One Town One Product (Otop) kiosks inside the Angeles City Hall compound. (Contributed photo)
PAMPANGA. Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr., with Executive Assistant IV Reina Manuel and Angeles City Economic Development and Investment Promotions Office head Irish Bonus-Llego inspect the Gawang Angeleño products in one of the One Town One Product (Otop) kiosks inside the Angeles City Hall compound. (Contributed photo)

IN CELEBRATION of Labor Day this May, the Angeles City Government's One Town One Product (Otop) store will hold a live selling event on April 30, 2021.

Dubbed "Labor of Love," the live selling event was conceptualized to give recognition to striving local small and medium enterprises, who have been trying to make ends meet amid the pandemic, said Executive Assistant IV and #GawangAngeleño advocate Reina Manuel.

Manuel said Otop merchants have agreed to set aside 15 percent of the total sales for the live selling to purchase livelihood kits for accessories and lanyard making, which will be given to beneficiaries of their choosing.

The beneficiaries will also be trained under the supervision of the Angeles City Economic Development and Investment Promotions Office (Acedipo), which manages the Otop Angeles store.

The finished product will then be displayed for selling at the Otop Angeles stores.

At present, on display at the Otop Angeles store are handwoven bayong bags, coin purse made from recycled straw plastics, hand stitched hair ribbons, upcycled fashion accessories, rattan baskets and furniture, photo frames made of capiz shells, miniature ships made from bamboo and water bonsai in glass vase.

Manuel said that on March 2021, Otop Angeles store yielded a total of P54,609.75 sales from its "Women's Month Promo," wherein all ladies were given 15 percent discount on their purchases. Sales from walk-in customers at the main store in the Heritage District totaled to P8,599; P35,976.75 from Kiosk 1 and 2 at the City Hall; and P10,034 from the Shopee store.

Acedipo Officer-in-Charge Irish Llego encouraged Angeleños and Otop store patrons to support the live selling event.

"Napakaganda po ng layunin ng live selling event na ito and we encourage everyone to participate dahil bukod sa makakabili na po kayo ng locally made pero world class products, makakatulong pa po kayo upang makapagbigay ng pangkabuhayan sa ating kapwa Angeleños," Llego said.

In September 2019, Angeles City Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. opened the Otop Angeles store with a mission to support local but high-grade producers and manufacturers, but was closed down early 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

It was re-opened in June 2020 after the enhanced community quarantine was lifted in the city. Lazatin waived the P500 admin fee to help pandemic-hit business owners to bounce back and adapt to the new normal.

"Bilang pagkilala sa lahat ng mga manggagawa ng Angeles City na naapektuhan ng pandemya, nais po ni Mayor Pogi Lazatin na mas marami pa ang madiskubreng talento dito sa ating siyudad. Sa pamamagitan po ng OTOP store ay mabibigyan natin sila ng platform para makapagbenta ng kanilang produkto na walang binabayarang renta sa pwesto. Willing rin po tayong turuan sila ng iba pa nilang pwedeng pagkakitaan," Lazatin's Chief Adviser and Tactician IC Calaguas said.

To get notified on the upcoming live selling, follow the Facebook page of Otop Angeles store https://www.facebook.com/AngelesCityOTOP/.

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