Sphere
#35
2014
07
Grand slam awards
NorthumbrianWater, awater company
in theUK, won a brace of awards last
December at theUtilityWeekAchievement
Awards. Its five awards included: Utility of
the Year, Community Initiative of the Year,
Environment Award,Marketing Initiative of
the Year, and SupplyChainExcellence.
INFRASTRUCTURE
CKI expands its materials
business in China
Cheung Kong Infrastructure (CKI)
further extended its portfolio inMainland
China through the full operation of a
new flagship cement plant in Yunfu,
Guangdong Province. Green Island
Cement, a subsidiary of CKI, occupies 700
acres of land and produces 4,500 tonnes
of cement per day. CKI is now planning
to invest over USD76 million in a second
production line to expand its market share.
RETAIL
Happiness Relay
InChina, land of its birth,Watsonsmarked
its 25th anniversarywith a newCorporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) campaign to
raise funds for theNGOSowers Action
to provide educational support for
impoverished children inChina.
Staff fromWatsons China visited students
at Sowers Primary School inYunnan and
led a series of interactive activities themed
“Positive Energy”. Plenty of learning
supplies andwarmclothingwere also
donated to give students awinter full of
warmth and love.
OTHERS
Compass VisaWINS
six awards in 2013
Compass Visa, a rewards programme
associated with consumers’ Visa credit
cards, won four awards in the 2013 Mobile
Excellence Awards, including a Gold medal
for Best App – Creative Design, and three
Bronze medals for Best mCommerce
Solution, Best CRM and Loyalty
Programme, and Best Viral
Marketing.
Added to the Bronze
award for Excellence in
Use of Apps presented
by
Marketing Magazine
’s
Marketing Excellence
Awards 2013, and Hong
Kong’s White Collar’s
Most Favourite Credit
Card Brand Award
2013, Compass Visa has
achieved no fewer than
six awards recognising
its outstanding efforts in
consumer marketing in
Hong Kong in 2013.
RETAIL
Congratulations, A SWatson Group!
At the end of 2013, the group’s flagship retail brand Watsons opened its
4,000th store. From the first Canton Dispensary in 1828, A S Watson (ASW)
has now spread across 25 Asian and European markets. Operating revenue
topped USD19 billion in 2013. With three outlets opening every day, the group
is currently the fastest-growing health and beauty retailer in Asia and Europe.
ASW is expected to hit 13,000 outlets in 2015.
