Cosmos Bazar Incorporated - Manila, Philippines

Cosmos Bazar Inc. was founded in Binondo, Manila on 1926. It started out as a general merchandise store specializing in toys and cosmetic products. Near the end of the Japanese occupation in World War II, the original store along Quintin Paredes Street was burned down along with most of Binondo. It has since moved to its present location along the same street. Its present modern building was completed in May 1999 after the old building in the same location burned down in February 1997.