A leading UAE distributor has discussed the challenges and opportunities in Global Healthcare Retailing at the 2008 Mentholatum[i] Distributor Conference[ii] at Cameron House on the shores of Loch Lomond in Scotland.
Mentholatums UAE distributor Noel Coelho discussed and shared his experience in the UAE market with fellow distributors from Russia, Kenya, Baltics, Ukraine, Russia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Albania, Ireland and Poland.
The event also included a seminar by guest speaker Brian Moore[iii], a leading authority on global healthcare retailing, as well as keynote presentations by Mentholatums Senior Management team on a range of topics, including NPD, the organisations growth plans and the companys 10 million Springboard factory investment[iv] project in East Kilbride.
Noel Coelho comments, The event proved that the UAE has plenty to offer the global healthcare retailing community and also that people from Europe, the Middle East and Africa can work together as a team to achieve success.
Mentholatum Managing Director And Vice President For Europe, The Middle East And Africa, Andrew Tasker, comments, The issues highlighted by Noel Coelho and the other distributors will form a major part of Mentholatums plans to maximise current and future opportunities in global healthcare retailing.
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[i] Established in the UK in 1924, leading global healthcare brand specialist The Mentholatum Company has consistently manufactured high quality healthcare products in Scotland, for sale both in the UK and worldwide export markets.
The European Head office, including the Research, Development and Manufacturing, is based in East Kilbride. The Mentholatum Company, with its impressive portfolio of well-known brands, such as Deep Heat, Deep Freeze, OXY, Softlips and Rohto Zi has already achieved numerous international standards, such as ISO 9001, which represent the businesss tangible signs of commitment to quality.
Mentholatums products are the market leaders in many countries around the world and the Distributor Conference will support the companys plans of increasing its exports by 15% from its Scottish operations by 2010.
[ii] The event was Mentholatums first cross regional distributors conference and was a major success in terms of both team building, developing knowledge and sharing best practice from across the globe.
[iii] Brian Moore is Managing Director of EMR - NAMNEWS Ltd, a marketing/sales consultancy and training company in Food, Health, Beauty and Retail sectors. He has spent the past 15 years helping global clients manage their global business in the key Wal-Mart and Tesco countries.
[iv] Project Springboard is an initiative to increase Mentholatums production capacity and develop a state of the art R&D Centre. Once completed, Project Springboard will bring more jobs to the area and provide stimulation for the local economy. The project is already providing benefit a wide range of local businesses and organisations including: Roadferry, a storage and distribution provider, Thermal Transfer, a facility project management provider and Image Work a graphic design/artwork supplier.
Joel Derbyshire or Susan Leigh
Fuel PR 020 7498 8211
email: Joel@fuelrefuel.com
Press Release 2008
