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Friday, December 4 - 2009

Modern Home wins Ricoh accolade

Modern Home - the exclusive distributor of the Ricoh brand in Qatar won the Ricoh Appreciation Award for Excellent Business Growth for 2008, at a glittering ceremony held in Prague.

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  • Mr. Ziad Asmar, Modern Home's Electronics Business Unit Manager, with Ricoh representatives.
    Mr. Ziad Asmar, Modern Home's Electronics Business Unit Manager, with Ricoh representatives.
The award was presented to Modern Home's Electronics Business Unit Manager, Mr. Ziad Asmar during Ricoh's annual international conference.

Modern Home is a leading name in the office automation business offering state-of-the-art faxes, copiers and business solutions, supplying to offices, schools, banks, universities, military bases and embassies whether in sales, installation or after-sales support.

During the ceremony, Mr. Paul Renkema, Sales Director for Ricoh International announced that Modern Home had increased its total MFP sales by 160%. It had also almost doubled its colour placements for both MFP and printers, by increasing its business-to-consumer ratio from 21% to 40%. Put together, total turnover had increased by around 56%, year-on-year.

"In a country that finds itself under the joint pressure of declining oil and gas prices, where government and businesses are even more careful than normal when making their investments into new machinery, this is quite an extraordinary accomplishment. At Ricoh International, we would like to congratulate Modern Home for its excellent business growth in 2008."


he said.

For his part, Modern Home's Electronics Business Unit Manager Mr. Ziad Asmar explained: "Our entire sales ethos is built around supplying the general public with quality brands & services, so we are naturally happy to represent and distribute a brand like Ricoh. With such recognition Ricoh has publicly reinforced their trust in us, and we are delighted to be part of such a dynamic partnership," Asmar concluded.
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About Modern Home and the showroom outlets"51 East"

"51 East" the new name of Modern Home outlet is Qatar's premiere retail network of outlets, providing consumers with the widest choice of the world's most prestigious brands including among others:

- Watches & Gifts:. Rolex, Tudor, Hysek, Armand Nicolet, Porshe Design, Michel Purchin, Faberge, Blu, Vulcain, Pasquale Bruni, Scintilla, Waskoll, Favre Leuba.

- Fashion: Brioni, Corneliani, Versace Collection, Joop, Francesco Smalto, Mariella Burani, Trussardi Jeans, CK, Cerruti Jeans, Van Laack , Marella, Gattinoni, Free For Humanity, Hoss and more.

- Leather accessories: Bally, Bruno Magli, Moreschi, Stuart Weitzman, Fratelli Rossetti, Noya, Baldinini, Francesco Biasia, Clarks and more.

- Cosmetics & Fragrances: Chanel, Givenchy, Amouage Elizabeth Arden, Ingrid Millet and more.
- Audio & visual Electronics: Sony, Yamaha, Bose, Sony Ericsson, IBM ThinkPad, Apple and more.
"Modern Home" was established more than 55 years ago as Qatar's premium brand outlet by Abdullah Al-Darwish and pioneered the high-end department store concept in Qatar. Throughout the company's history, Modern Home has been considered a leader in Qatar in terms of managerial structure. The company has since developed a large portfolio of world-class brands that it offers to consumers throughout the country.

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Georges Razzouk, Advertising Manager
Modern Home
Phone: +974 4257777

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Elise Zwein, Account Director
Action Qatar
Tel: 00974 436 1499

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