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  • Lenovo opens first flagship store in Indonesia

    Lenovo opens first flagship store in Indonesia

    PT Lenovo Indonesia has opened its first flagship store in Indonesia, located in Ratu Plaza Jakarta, providing customers with an integrated one-stop service for all products of the US-based gadget and computer manufacturer.

    Lenovo Indonesia’s general manager Rajesh Thadani said that the flagship store was different from Lenovo’s existing retail locations in Indonesia in which all of Lenovo’s products, from smartphones to PCs were rarely sold in one convenient location.

    “With this flagship store concept, we can provide our customers with all Lenovo products from servers, PCs, smartphones and tablets through end-to-end [sales],” he said as quoted by Kontan.co.id on Monday in Jakarta.

    Lenovo would open flagship stores in 12 large cities in Indonesia within the next three years, he added.

    “Three flagship stores will be opened in the next six months,” Rajesh said.

    He did not provide details on the investment that the company needed to open the three new flagship stores. However, he estimated that the amount would not be excessive as the company was cooperating with Intel and IT Gallery in opening the flagship stores.

  • Lenovo Malaysia to spice up retail focus

    Lenovo Malaysia to spice up retail focus

    Lenovo Malaysia says it’s going to increase its retail presence because it goals to develop its share of the PC market.

    The corporate unveiled a change technique this week based mostly on new enterprise fashions to its Malaysian channel companions.

    It says it’s in a “steady shift on your complete gadget and related ecosystem” with elevated emphasis on “human-centric designs” starting from wearable units, smartphones and tablets to non-public computer systems, servers, software program and clouds based mostly providers.

    Lenovo stated in assertion that it deliberate to proceed to spend money on Malaysia to achieve market management in all segments.

    A part of this implies extra shops and retail factors of sale, funding in infrastructure and a dedication to driving innovation.

    Regardless of Malaysia’s lacklustre financial system – blamed on the introduction of six per cent GST on April 1, Lenovo is satisfied the market holds robust potential for the model.

    Beijing-headquartered Lenovo says it has skilled hypergrowth” in Southeast Asia through the first 4 months of this yr and claims to now maintain greater than 28 per cent market share in cellular computing.

    Dr Harry Yang, Southeast Asia area VP and GM, stated the robust momentum was persevering with and Malaysia was a key market in driving that progress. “SEA is a mixture of mature markets with an urge for food for premium and cutting-edge know-how, and quick rising rising markets with entry-level know-how penetration, giving us the chance to develop market share shortly,” he stated.

    Globally, Lenovo recorded 21 per cent yr on yr progress within the fourth quarter to March 31 with revenues totalling US$11.three billion, regardless of a sluggish financial setting in lots of areas and foreign money fluctuations.

  • Lenovo creates new post for Lanci

    Lenovo creates new post for Lanci

    Lenovo Group Ltd has appointed Gianfranco Lanci as its corporate president, a newly created position, as part of the company’s organizational structure change for global market and business growth, the world’s No. 1 personal computer maker said on Tuesday.

    Lanci, a 30-year veteran of PC industry, will take up the new position from 1 April. The new post is seen as the number two executive behind Lenovo’s Chairman and Chief Executive Yang Yuanqing.

    Lanci, who will retain his current position as chief operating officer and head of the PC business, will head Lenovo’s PC sales and marketing efforts worldwide.

  • Panasonic, Lenovo’s retail bets in India

    Panasonic, Lenovo’s retail bets in India

    Two brands trying to get a bigger foothold in India’s smartphone market recently announced plans to expand their retail presence, strongly leaning on exclusive stores and e-commerce.

    The Japanese Panasonic and Chinese Lenovo are both in the process of bolstering their retail strategies. While the new stores would help their wide-ranging product portfolio, their smartphone fortunes would be paramount.

    Lenovo India is planning to triple its retail footprint. Run by franchisees, Lenovo has 400 stores which are branded as Lenovo stores, besides 3,500 outlets where its products are available. In the next three years, Lenovo will add to its branded stores – Lenovo Exclusive Stores (LES) and Lenovo Exclusive Store Lite (a smaller version for lower tier towns). While 30 percent would be LES, the rest would be the LES Lite model.