Sri Lanka’s only awards that recognize brands, the SLIM Brand Excellence Awards closed its entry submissions on 11 September. The deadline was extended by two weeks in response to the high demand of entry participants. The judging process will begin soon, and the final Award Ceremony will be in November 2020. Themed ‘Survive the Odds’,…
A new experience themed on environment, wellness and literary interactions A new normal environment calls for a new normal experience, Colombo Fashion Week (CFW) curates a first-of-its-kind experiential retail interaction through knowledge in a responsible way. Titled CFW Retail Week, the three-week program is set to take place from 11th September to 4th October 2020…
The National Body for Marketing of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) recently conducted yet another insightful knowledge sharing session as part of its “IGNITE” series. The webinar themed “COVID Curve in Grocery Retailing: The Seychelles Perspective”, featured Veronique Laporte, Chairperson, Seychelles Maritime Safety Authority and Former Chief Executive Officer, Seychelles Trading…
Singer Sri Lanka PLC has been commended for its exceptional sales performances, best sales improvement and their contribution for VRF Inverter Multi-system Air Conditioning Solutions of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Singer Sri Lanka has been a partner of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air Conditioner sales in Sri Lanka since 2015. The global integrated business enterprise Mitsubishi is…
The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) recently conducted a tailor-made workshop for the sales and medical delegates of Indoscan (Pvt) Limited, a leading importer and distributor of pharmaceutical products. The exclusive training programme was conducted by Dr. Pradeep Edward, an eminent Marketer who possesses extensive experience in the medical and pharmaceutical industry. This in-house…
The University of Sabaragamuwa, Faculty of Applied Sciences, conducted research based on three FADNA products; ShapeUp Tea, Ezy Tea and Immunni Tea, recently. The extensive study carried out by the university was proposed to the 28th International Conference on Functional Foods, USA and were accepted for presentation. FADNA places much importance in continuous research and…
Strengthening the nation’s ability to respond to the COVID-19 global pandemic, Sampath Bank PLC, CBL Group and WSO2 jointly donated a fully equipped PCR laboratory to the Army Hospital in Colombo, recently. Costing around Rs. 32 million, this state-of-the-art lab has a testing capacity of 600 per day, thereby expanding the national capacity to conduct…
eZ Cash, the country’s first and largest mobile money and payment service by Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, partnered VisionFund Lanka, a leading socially responsible microfinance institution affiliated with World Vision Lanka and also a subsidiary of VisionFund International, to facilitate customers with a convenient and sustainable QR card repayment facility for…
Inspired by the popular Sri Lankan surfing destination Mirissa, Surf Mirissa was launched as a start-up clothing brand in 2015. The brand has been making waves in the Beach Lifestyle Clothing segment in Sri Lanka since, gradually evolving its presence from pop-up stores based in Colombo initially to leading retail stores such as Cotton Collection,…
Ocean Lanka Pvt Ltd, Sri Lanka’s largest weft knitted fabric manufacturer, recognised and rewarded a large cohort of long-serving employees at the ‘Sewa Abhiman 2020’ Loyalty Awards, where gold coins were presented to 63 employees, who completed 10 years of service at the company. Addressing the staff, Managing Director of Ocean Lanka, Dr. Austin Au,…
