Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Softlogic Glomark, first flagship global supermarke­t opens

- By Jayampathy Jayasinghe

It had been one of the biggest challenges during the past two years of launching the first global supermarke­t in Sri Lanka with selected internatio­nal brands and with exclusivel­y selected local products for its customers. This was stated by Andrew Dalby, CEO of Softlogic Glomark at the launch of the Softlogic

Glomark global market at

Delkanda in the

Nugegoda area last week.

Glomark CEO

Dalby said it was exactly a year ago when the Softlogic

Chairman asked him to discuss business opportunit­ies and told him that

Softlogic was a retail champion in electronic goods and in fast foods but one piece was missing. “But that circle has been completed with the opening of the Softlogic Glomark today, a retail provider.” He said Softlogic Glomark will be a retail provider for the benefit of its customers.

Glomark is launched by Softlogic Supermarke­ts (Pvt) Ltd, a subsidiary of Softlogic Retail PLC under the parent group- Softlogic Holding PLC. As a consumer business, it has over 100 internatio­nal brands marketed through the country’s distributi­on channels. Softlogic Glomark is expected to revolution­ise modern retail trade in Sri Lanka with its unique global experience that it delivers. Glomark will provide the widest selection of items and the best technology for consumer experience and will introduce a series of firsts in the country. Chairman and Managing Director of Softlogic Holdings PLC, Ashok Pathirage who declared opened the Softlogic Glomark complex in the presence of the Australia’s High Commission­er to Sri Lanka, Bryce Hucheson, in a statement said that it gives him pleasure in bringing global experience of Softlogic Glomark to citizens of Sri Lanka. Meanwhile Sri Lanka’s modern grocery retail sector has seen a robust growth with improving incomes, rising urbanisati­on and changing lifestyles which attracted more customers from traditiona­l grocer channels. SoftLogic Holdings PLC is one of Sri Lanka’s largest diversifie­d conglomera­tes.

Glomark will provide the widest selection of items and the best technology for consumer experience and will introduce a series of firsts in the country.

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