In a special celebration attended by the representative of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Eastern Province, Paris Gallery conducted last week its grand raffle draw, giving away a new Land Rover car to each of three customers who shopped at Paris Gallery stores during Ramadan. The draw took place at the new Paris Gallery showroom at Al-Rashed Mall, Alkhobar, which opened recently. Yaqoub Al-Sharif, CEO, Sara Group and Lister Dedman, Paris Gallery GM for Saudi Arabia, were among those present. The cars were presented to Hesham Ghorair of Madinah, Wed Ibrahim Al-Luwaihed of Jeddah and Fatima Al-Saeed of Riyadh. The event was telecast live on two satellite channels. Sara Group CEO Yaqoub Al Sharif said: “The Paris Gallery Ramadan promotions were in force across all our branches in Jeddah, Riyadh, Madinah and Alkhobar as we wanted all our customers to have an opportunity to participate.”
Samsung
Samsung Electronics introduced two of its latest “innovative” home appliances in the Saudi market at a meeting in Jeddah last week. Samsung displays the H-Series refrigerator that combines a stylish look and feel with cutting edge technology and the Poseidon washing machine, “the first washing machine to feature Samsung’s innovative “Double storm” system. “The newly launched H-Series refrigerator, available in a range of stylish finishes, is designed to retain the food fresher and life easier with useful features like the take-out tray, easy handle, the Z-shape shelves, and the tower light, Amin Yosef Khayat, product manager at United Matbouli Group-Samsung, said in his presentation. The H-Series features Samsung’s exclusive “Twin cooling system” technology, allowing the different freezer and refrigerator compartments to be controlled and cooled independently as well as preventing the mixing of odors between the two compartments. Its new washing machine introduces innovative technologies to save energy and to protect clothes as it cleans them. The power of Double Storm’s multi-dimensional water currents and Ag+ Silver Nano technology combine to keep them tangle free and lengthen the life span of clothes. Harnessing Samsung’s “Mist shower” and “Air turbo” technology, the washing machine saves water by 20 percent compared to conventional washing machines by using a mist of water to dissolve laundry detergent more effectively and ensuring lesser residue on fine fabrics.
Balubaid
Balubaid Automotive Co., one of General Motors dealers in Saudi Arabia, is committed to present its customers with the best quality services in the area of sales, and after sale. In continuation of its excellence and distinguished services, Balubaid Automotive has cooperated with GM professional training to organize a comprehensive training session throughout 2007, reached to four sessions per month, and aimed to educate employees with appropriate ways to follow for providing customers with the best quality services. The main objective of these courses was to help sales team serve every showroom visitor in a highly professional manner that meets the GM standards, known worldwide for their professionalism and detailed attention to the needs of their consumers. On the services side, special courses were organized for service advisors, the objective of which was to properly train to better handle and serve customers in a non-traditional way, solve their problems and resolve their issues.
Ruby Tuesday
Ruby Tuesday has come a long way from Knoxville, Tennessee to Jeddah. Founded in Knoxville in 1972, Ruby Tuesday opened in Jeddah in November 2006, offering a new dining experience enhanced by unique choices of food, quality treatment and decoration. The worldwide chain celebrates its first anniversary at the restaurant’s only branch in the city, at Al-Andalus Street. Built on 1,000 sq m land in a distinctive location in the heart of the city and providing both family and singles sections, Ruby Tuesday has built up quite a fan base with its offers of exceptional meals and family programs during its first year of serving customers, thus becoming one of the most popular simple fresh casual dining restaurants of the city. Its menus are rich with variable worldwide food choices, and an exclusive salad bar is the largest in the Kingdom in terms of size and diversity. Ruby Tuesday announces the launch of a special weeklong event on the occasion of its first anniversary, and will celebrate its anniversary in the last week of November 2007.
Sony
Sony launched its new product, Walkman(r) Video MP3 Player NWZ-S610F, at a road show in Dubai recently. The new product is user-friendly. All one has to do is to simply drag and drop music, video or photo files from a computer to their corresponding folders on the recently launched ultra-compact Walkman(r) NWZ-S610F series from Sony. Available in six vibrant colors, the new Walkman(r) S610F series features three Sony’s Clear Audio technologies to deliver the ultimate sound quality for audiophiles. Complementing the high quality audio entertainment is the high resolution LCD screen to play back the sharpest pictures and videos.