Merchants and consumers at the 24th Homemakers exhibition will experience an e-way of doing things for the very first time. Traditional brick-and-mortar companies such as Nobel Design, Eli Cucine, and L.L.C.T. are making their online debut through an e-store at http://shopping.yahoo.com.sg/efesthomemakers offering a galore of more than 200 great discount household items.
Singapore, 18 March 2002 | For Immediate Release
Merchants and consumers at the 24th Homemakers exhibition will experience an e-way of doing things for the very first time. Traditional brick-and-mortar companies such as Nobel Design, Eli Cucine, and L.L.C.T. are making their online debut through an e-store at http://shopping.yahoo.com.sg/efesthomemakers offering a galore of more than 200 great discount household items. Consumers have a choice of whether to shop online at the e-store, from the comfort of their homes, or visit the e-Festival@Homemakers feature pavilion.
As a prelude to the 52-week e-Celebrations Singapore campaign starting in April, e-Festival@Homemakers 2002 aims to encourage the public to experience the benefits of secure online transactions. Organised by Reed Exhibitions and supported by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), this initiative is in line with IDA's objective to partner the private sector to stage a diversity of e-lifestyle events throughout the year.
Ms Pam Hu, Director of e-Lifestyle Marketing, Online Development, IDA, said, "IDA is pleased to partner Homemakers - the longest running consumer home show - to showcase the versatility of e-transactions through special promotions and activities. Throughout the year, e-Festival will further leverage on other key lifestyle platforms so as to demonstrate to consumers the various ways of how Infocomm technology can be integrated into everyday life."
e-Festival@Homemakers will serve as an interactive platform for consumers to experience online purchases at the e-Store. Besides online lucky draws and surveys, more than 200 products on promotion will be launched online to encourage online transactions. These include massagers at savings of over $100, electronics safes at savings of $400, digital cameras at savings of over $50, amongst many others.
Not just a shopper's paradise, the e-Festival@Homemakers e-store is also an affordable platform to lend a hand to several traditional brick and mortar players to go online for the first time and potentially extend their market reach. e-Store participants include Nobel Design and Eli Cucine for interior design, L.L.C.T. for electrical appliances.
The e-Festival@Homemakers e-Store will continue to run for two months after the Homemakers exhibition ends on 31 March 2002 .
Ms Michelle Lim, Vice-President of e-Festival team, Reed Exhibitions Singapore said, "These various ways of engaging consumers the 'e' way bring out the benefits of greater ease and convenience of e-transactions through personal hands-on experience at e-Festival@Homemakers e-Store. Consumers will now be exposed to a wide array of online activities that were not available in previous shows."
e-Festival@Homemakers also features the Broadband Pavilion, which demonstrates broadband capabilities. SingTel will promote its broadband@home' concept for a more sophisticated e-lifestyle. A 'Wireless @ Home" concept will also be showcased in the Nobel Show Flat exhibition.
Homemakers 2002 will retain its identity of providing the largest assortment of home products ranging from ergonomically-designed furniture, fittings, interior design services, appliances, furnishes, aquatic lifestyle products, home entertainment system, intelligent home systems and home accessories. Major industry players include the likes of Nobel Design, Mayers Marketing, Eurolite and City Gas etc.
Homemakers will return to the Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre (SICEC) from 23 - 31 March at Halls 601 - 603, Level 6, between 12 noon to 10 pm daily.
ISSUED BY CORPORATE COMMUNICATION DIVISION
INFOCOMM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE
About Reed Exhibition Companies (www.reedexpo.com.sg)
Reed Exhibition Companies (REC) is the world leader in creating high profile, targeted industry events where buyers and suppliers come together to do business. Every year REC events bring together some 156,000 suppliers and over 9 million buyers from around the world. Today, REC events are held in 29 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia/Pacific, and are organised by 30 fully staffed offices. Our portfolio of over 440 events serves 49 industries in 11 key sectors. As a member of the Reed Elsevier plc group, a world-leading business and information provider, REC offers integrated market access programmes covering exhibitions, trade publications, direct marketing and the Internet.
About e-Celebrations Singapore
Positioned as Asia's most extensive e-lifestyle campaign to shape infocomm adoption for learning, work and leisure, e-Celebrations Singapore is organised by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and supported by partners from the public, private and people sectors. From April 2002, e-Celebrations Singapore will be offering 52 weeks of vibrant consumer activities featuring the 4Es of an e-lifestyle - e-Communications, e-Entertainment, e-Learning and e-Transactions.
About Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is a dynamic organisation with an integrated perspective to developing, promoting and regulating info-communications in Singapore. In the fast-changing and converging spheres of telecommunications, information and media technologies, IDA will be the catalyst for change and growth in Singapore's evolution into a vibrant global info-communications technology centre. For more information, please visit https://www.imda.gov.sg/.
For more information, please contact:
Ms Hannah Lee
Reed Exhibitions Singapore
Tel: +65 6434 3584
Fax: +65 6334 4119
Ms Elaine Pang, Ms Gabriel Wong or Ms Joanne Kwan
Edelman Public Relations Worldwide
Tel: 6733 1110
Fax: 6733 5550
e-Festival@Homemakers2002
Online Shopping Period: 22 March - 22 May 2002
Exhibition Period: 23 March - 31 March 2002
Exhibition Venue: Suntec Singapore, Level 6
Exhibitors List
| Company Name | Brief description of products/ services and URL | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Bumil Enterprises (Singapore) | Homemakers Exhibitor Providing safes, healthcare equipment and a wide variety of products for online shopping. |
Mr Patrick Lim Managing Director Tel: 6665 0688 Hp: 9674 0688 |
| Comat Training Services Pte Ltd | COMAT's principal business activity and core competency is the provision of PC-based Applications and Systems Training Programmes primarily to the corporate market. Their strength lies in providing innovative and creative training solutions and managing these training projects which range from individual personalised coaching for top company executives to mass training for tens of thousands of participants. Comat is a Certified Training Partner of Microsoft. www.comat.com.sg |
Mr Linus Tan Sales & Marketing Manager Tel: 6323 7911 Hp: 9387 3373 |
| Eli Cucine (S) Pte Ltd |
Homemakers Exhibitor www.elicucine.com.sg |
Mr Justin Ong Managing Director Tel: 6425 2232 Hp: 9616 2106 |
| FotoHub.com Pte Ltd | The FotoHub group is a one-stop professional imaging solutions provider. They offer services such as: - Archiving Images - Archiving Documents - Online Digital Imaging Services - Onsite Digital Imaging Services - Traditional Developing & Processing Service www.fotohub.com |
Ms Juliet Chow E-Business Manager Tel: 6533 0433 Hp: 9662 3765 |
| Fujioh International Trading Pte. Ltd. | Homemaker Exhibitor Fujioh is the leading brand for products such as cooker hoods, gas hob. www.fujioh.com |
Ms Jennifer Sim Sales & Admin Secretary Tel: 6286 3286 |
| L.L.C.T. | Homemaker Exhibitor L.L.C.T. represents a wide variety of consumer electronics from major international brands. |
Mr Lee Siam Hock Director Tel: 6482 5080 |
| Nobel Design Holdings | Homemaker Exhibitor Promoting Nobel's interior design packages and designer furniture. Nobel provides the Official Show Flat for Homemakers. www.nobel.com.sg |
Ms Marilyn Tan Marketing & Communications Manager Tel: 6380 8583 Hp: 9769 6833 |
| Phillip Securities Pte Ltd | POEMS Accessing financial information and trade electronically through the Internet anytime of the day and from anywhere in the world for Shares, Future, Forex, Spot Gold and Silver and Unit Trusts. www.phillip.com.sg |
Hector Lim Tel : 6532 7053/ 6532 4963 Pgr: 9219 2449 |
| SingNet | 1. Official Broadband Provider SingNet is promoting BroadBand Services, showcasing the benefits of broadband application versus normal dial-up through a live demonstration. This demo will strongly emphasize "the more advance a lifestyle" one can enjoy with broadband. 2. Broadband Services provided thru the concept of Wireless At Home will be showcased in the Nobel Show Flat exhibition. At the demonstration area, SingNet will be answering questions pertaining to this concept. 3. Home telephone sets will also be sold at this exhibition, providing the "home makers" a choice of the latest for their new homes. 4. MySingTel which comes in a form of a CD, provides user with free internet access. This enhances ones lifestyle without a cost. |
Mr Kevin Foo Trade Marketing Manager Consumer Business Tel: 6848 5239 Hp: 9655 2199 |
| www.jbronline.com | Bearing the slogan "Your consumer electronics superstore", www.jbronline.com retails a wide range of consumer electronics online. www.jbronline.com |
Ms Suchismita Ray Marketing Executive Tel: 6338 1584 |
| www.where healthbegins.com |
Asia's Largest Health & Personal Care Cybermall www.wherehealthbegins.com |
Ms Louisa Pang Senior Manager Head, Merchandising Division Tel: 6280 1169 |
| Yahoo! Asia | The Online Partner for this event, Yahoo! Asia will be making a presence at the event, promoting services under the Yahoo! Shopping Network and other Yahoo! services. www.yahoo.com.sg |
Ms Mabel Tan E-Commerce Development Manager Tel: 6411 4553 |
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