For the fifth time, Vellore IT Dealers Association (VAIT) conducted a
three-day expo recently at Vellore. HCL was the main sponsor for the event and
Canon, K7 Computing and Samsung were the co-sponsors. The event was inaugurated
by Vellore District Collector, C Rajendran, IAS.
With a footfall of 9,000, the expo recorded spot sales worth Rs 30 lakh. “The
expo witnessed a huge crowd this time. People visited with a purpose,” CP
Praveen, President, VAIT, pointed out. The event saw visitors from places
covering 80 km radius including Gudiyattham and Ambur, Ranipeetai.
Prabhakar and Senthil, Managers, Vasavi Computers, which is owned by VAIT
President, said, “Surprisingly, desktop sales were higher than the laptop sales
during this expo. We also have lot of potential queries.” Devakumar, Proprietor,
Mazziah, a partner of Tally, is happy about getting 20 potential inquiries,
which includes five customization orders. “I need to follow up and close the
deals. Thanks to the expo, our company's reputation has now spread to Coimbatore
as well,” he rejoiced.
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| (R-L) Lokesh, VP (VAIT),
CP Praveen, President (VAIT), C Rajendran, IAS, District Collector (Cutting
the ribbon) |
Another participant, Dayanidhi, CEO, Scott Systems, sold about 25
laptops/desktops and generated more than 15 positive leads. Scott Systems had
taken two stalls in the expo and tied up with Sriram Finance to offer various
finance schemes for the visitors.
Saravanan , Treasurer, VAIT and CEO, Carewel Systems said, “We focused on HP
and Luminous UPS and offered buyback schemes. We announced a special price for
bookings done at the expo and generated lot of inquiries.”
Arumugam, Secretary, VAIT and CEO, Intech Computers had four stalls for
Intel, Numeric, Amkette and Microstar. Besides creating brand awareness on a
large scale, which was the company's key objective for participating in the
event, Intech generated lot of prospective inquiries. Many partners DQ Week
contacted were elated because of the potential inquiries. Praveen extended his
thanks to all the companies and the sponsors of the event.