Christmas Millionaires promotion campaign:

Arpico Supercentre holds grand draw

Sara Pathirana

Arpico Supercentre at Hyde Park Corner held its first grand draw for the "Christmas Millionaires" promotion campaign that commenced on November 16. The draw was held at Arpico Supercenter, Hyde Park Corner, on November 29.

The "Christmas Millionaires" promotion will offer millions to lucky shoppers until January 10, 2013. The chances of winning prizes worth Rs. 10,000, 50,000 and 100,000 are up for grabs weekly, in addition to making a shopper a millionaire every week.

At the event, 40 winners were awarded with Rs 10,000 free shopping vouchers.

"Our customers are always very important to us. So, we want to reward them.

We have invested Rs. 110 million to update and refurbish the supercentre at Hyde Park Corner, where over 45,000 products are available under one roof," Michael Andree, CEO Richard Pieris Distributors Ltd. said. "We want to achieve the level of International Standards, where we work on improving entities at Arpico, through providing variety for customers, convenience and ample parking space for shoppers.

We want to make this Christmas special for our customers," he added.

Customers would need to purchase goods worth Rs. 3,000 or more with three nominated brands among 18 well known brands such as Lux, Surf Excel, Maliban etc. Arpico also provides a 35 % discount on FMCG, general merchandise, household products, furniture, electronics, toys and decor.

Privileged members get added benefits of one extra chance for Silver members and two extra chances for Gold members as well as Standard Chartered customers being rewarded with an additional chance at the Million Rupee grand prize. Standards Chartered have partnered Arpico with this promotion.