Lanka best performing regional market for Canon cameras
Metropolitan beat nine other regional giants and brought home the
prestigious regional best performance 2012 award for the second time in
three years for Canon cameras presented by Canon Singapore Pte Ltd, the
regional hub of Canon Global.
The award which is annually presented to the country with the highest
growth performance exceeding market expectations and Canon targets was
bagged by Metropolitan in 2012 as well as in 2010. "This award is a
proud moment for Metropolitan and for all Sri Lankan Canon camera users,
because this is our tribute to our customers for the confidence and
trust they placed in us and in the Canon brand," said Taslim Rahaman,
Director/CEO Regions, Metropolitan Office Pvt Ltd., the sole
distributors of Canon cameras and accessories in Sri Lanka.
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Taslim Rahaman, accepting the award from Kensaku Konishi.
President and CEO of Canon Singapore Pte Ltd, at the awards
ceremony held in Singapore. |
In 2011, Metropolitan had an impressive growth of 179% over 2010,
beating other regional distributors from Nepal, Indonesia, Vietnam,
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Brunei, Pakistan and Maldives. While
other distributors recorded remarkable growth in their own countries,
Metropolitan stood out from the rest on its innovative and novel methods
of marketing. Metropolitan was recognized as having excelled in market
growth and innovative marketing strategies from amongst its South Asian
counterparts.
"The Metropolitan team also scored very well in terms of achievement
against assigned targets, innovative product and brand campaigns, and
effective/comprehensive channel development campaign." Wrixon Wong,
Senior Area Manager for Canon Singapore said.
Amongst Metropolitan's remarkable achievements was its dedication
towards the development of the photography industry of Sri Lanka through
the numerous skills enhancement workshops and seminars initiated and
sponsored by Canon and Metropolitan across Sri Lanka.
"We believe that our customers must win, in order for us to win.
Therefore we focused on improving the photography knowledge and skills
of our customers instead of selling our products. Enhancing their skills
was gratitude enough, that we saw a greater appreciation towards quality
photography and the need arose to demand better equipment, accessories
and customer service in the process," Rahaman added. |
