Canon Singapore awards Metropolitan for best regional performance
Metropolitan beat nine other re gional giants and brought home the prestigious regional best perfor mance 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 perfor mance exceeding market e x p e c t at i o ns a nd 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 Ra h a man, Di re c t o r / CEO Regions, Metropolitan Office Pvt Ltd., the sole distributors of Canon cameras and accessories in Sri Lanka.
In 2011, Metropolitan had an impressive g rowth of 179% over 2010, beating other re gional distributors from Nepal, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Brunei, Pakistan and Maldives. While other distributors recorded remarkable g rowth 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 strate gies from amongst its South Asian counterparts.
“The Metropolitan team also scored very well in terms o f a c h i e ve me n t a g a i n s t assigned targ ets, 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 photo g raphy 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 f o r u s t o wi n . T h e r e f o r e, we fo c us e d o n i mproving t h e p h o t o g r a p hy k n o w l - edge and skills of our cust o mers i nst e a d o f s e l l i ng o u r p ro d u c t s. Enhanci n g their skills was g ratitude enough, that we saw a g reater appreciation towards quality photo g raphy and the need arose to demand better equipment, accessories and customer s e r v i c e i n t h e p ro c e s s, ” Rahaman added.