‘Dolos Mahe’ shopping at Arpico, a raving success

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Wrapping up the Arpico Supercentre New Year campaign that rode on the theme ‘Dolos Mahe free shopping’ rewarding lucky winners up to a period of a 12-month free shopping, together with other prizes and surprises, the final awards ceremony took place recently, at the Richard Pieris Auditorium Nawinna Maharagama.

During the campaign period, over 100 shoppers stood the chance to win up to 12 months free shopping. All they needed was to shop for Rs. 2,500 or more with minimum three nominated brands that were Coke, Surf Excel Matic, Maliban, Air Wick, Turkey, Johnsons Baby, Keells, Lion Club Soda, Sensodyne, St. Clairs Tea, Pantene, Clean & Clear, Vim, Good Knight, Harpic, Sprite and Nimex from 15 March to 25 April 2013.

The ‘Privilege Redeem and Win’ promotion was also planned during this New Year, doubling the winning chances for its loyal shoppers. By redeeming privilege points at Arpico Supercentres, valuable gifts such as sofas, beds with mattresses, a fridge, dining table, Home-Theatre Systems and many more household appliances and furniture items were won by customers. Privilege holiday partners Sigiriya Village, Club Palm Bay and The Palms Beruwela, offered exciting weekend getaways for 15 lucky families.

In addition, loyal shoppers received an exclusive 30% off till 31 May 2013, at the same hotels. To increase the winning chances of the Arpico Supercentre loyal members, privilege silver members received one additional winning chance and gold members received two additional winning chances.

Furthermore, 25 lucky shoppers also had the chance of winning valuable jewellery from Chamathka Jewellers. The banking partner Standard Chartered Bank Credit Card offered additional discounts for all credit card holders, adding more benefits to the shoppers. That’s not all, during the ‘Dolos Mahe free shopping ‘ promotional period all shoppers were able to enjoy discounts upto 30% on over 1,000 fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), household items, household appliances, electronics and furniture.

Richard Pieris Distributors Marketing Manager Surangi Fernando commenting on seasonal campaign stated that Arpico Supercentre offered its metropolitan customers a virtual set of realities, bringing in the ambiance, look and feel of a village; abundant with seasonal celebration in the run up to the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. “I am glad we were able to bring-in to life, lost traditions and customs related to Avurudu through the special ‘Avurudu zones’ this season, through Arpcio Supercentres.”

Richard Pieris Distributors CEO Michael Andree said: “We are extremely happy the way the New Year campaign took place. Customers had the opportunity to buy everything they required under one roof this Avurudu season, and enjoyed an array of offers lined up for customers, giving them the chances of winning great prizes and surprises. We feel that this season did a good deal to our shoppers.”

Richard Pieris Distributors is the largest retailer of general household utility goods in Sri Lanka, that currently has a network of 15 Arpico Supercentres and superstores, 27 showrooms, five Arpico daily outlets and Arpico home concepts located in key towns island wide.