Electronics manufacturer Walton honoured 47 personalities and enterprises with the Branding Heroes Award in recognition of their outstanding contribution to raising sales growth through root-level creative branding under its Digital Campaigns.
Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC’s Managing Director and CEO Golam Murshed handed over the crest, certificate and crown to the awardees of Walton and Marcel brands at a ceremony held at Walton Corporate Office in the capital on Wednesday, reports UNB citing a press release.
A total of 21 Walton and Marcel distributors and Walton Plaza have been awarded for their root-level remarkable branding activation and contribution to the sales growth while 26 employees were honoured in different categories for their outstanding performance in branding activities, sales, sales growth, collection, collection growth and receivable growth.
Mudarich Ali Tenu, proprietor of T.R. Electro Mart in Habiganj, one of the awarded thanked Walton authorities for maintaining a long business relationship with them. He said that Walton CEO’s timely instructions will inspire them in running their business.
Describing the awardees as ‘extra-ordinary soldiers’, Walton CEO Golam Murshed said, “Great achievement comes from teamwork. We can achieve success with hard work in a united way.”
He said, “The world is going through a business recession as it encounters inflation and stagflation. Prices of raw materials and freight costs are high in the global market with the increase in dollar prices. Considering the customers’ financial hardships during this global economic turmoil, Walton has not increased the product prices according to the hike of production costs”.
Walton CEO also requested all to be more energy efficient and prevent all kinds of energy wastage at workplaces and homes.
The function was attended, among others, by Deputy Managing Directors Nazrul Islam Sarker, Amdadul Haque Sarker, Eva Rezwana Nilu and Humayun Kabir, Walton Plaza Trade’s CEO Mohammad Rayhan, Senior Executive Directors SM Zahid Hasan, Firoj Alam, Tanvir Rahman, Ariful Ambia, Dr Shakhawat Hossen and Amin Khan, Executive Director Shahiduzzaman Rana.