Lulu Cuna

 So happy to see one of the pioneers and pillars of Rustan’s – Ms. Lulu Cuna. She turns 85 years old today and she remains strong & remembers still the past so it was a good time to interview her.

We had a reunion last Thursday and she got an award again.   For the past 3 years she has been attending all the reunions and she always gets a recognition. Last night it was for being the “wisest and oldest.” Haha!  She brought her album & showed me photos of my Lola Glecy ( known as GRT ). She told me that she loves and misses GRT. It means a lot to me and the family when our people continue to love us and become part of our family. She worked with Rustan’s for almost 50 years. In 1955, she was hired by my Lola as a salesgirl at 25 years old in San Marcelino. She helped Lola with everything -selling, personnel, visual etc. She then became Store Manager. After which she was moved to merchandising and was handling Non fashion for 30 years. One of the departments she was handling was Filipiniana and she went around with my Lola all over the Philippines to source the best products. Lola trained her to buy in Europe, China and America. In 1990 she wanted to retire but my Tita Merl asked her to continue on. She was tasked to put up the Rustan’s Cebu dept store and she became the Resident Manager of Cebu store for 6 years. She then retired at 67 and became a consultant for training managers. All the old timers who know Mrs. Cuna admire her for her loyalty, trustworthiness and her for the company and family. The feeling is mutual and we are blessed to have had good people that not only work hard, but  love hard – love the company, love their work and love the Rustan family