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| Membership programme gaining popularity Posted: 24 Sep 2011 05:53 AM PDT WORLD OF SPORTS, the distributors of almost 30 sports and outdoor brands in Malaysia, membership programme has become a hit among sports enthusiasts. Since the membership programme launched in 2008, WOS have recruited about 10,000 members. WOD retail sports division senior sports manager Carol Wong said membership card enabled members to a load of benefits. "Members are eligible to get up to 20% discount for WOS in-house brands and up to 10% discount for agent controlled brand. Members will also enjoy exclusive privileges and discounts from about 10 key participating partners. "There will also be an additional five per cent discount for products purchased on the members' birthday,'' said Carol. The membership fee is RM39. Upon signing, the member will be given a Salomon Backpack, worth RM159. Carol said currently they had almost 7,000 active members. "We consistently keep in touch with the members through e-mails and brochures in updating on promotions, activities and news. "The unwavering support from our joint merchants and members has certainly made the WOS membership programme a big success leading to the significant increase in the retails chains,'' said Carol. The WOS in-house brands include Mizuno, Columbia, Salomon, Teva, Head, Hi-Tec, Lafuna, Rollerblade, Satoni, BMX, Thorlos, David & Little Rider and Keen. The participating merchants are Celebrity Fitness, True Fitness, Clarins, Bizzy Body, Sakae Sushi, Snips, Sri Sutra Travel, Foto Shangri-La, GNC and Elianto & Bonita. Carol said the membership programme was an opportunity for them to reward their loyal customers. "We are committed towards the programme and we are looking at increasing the members. We will also be organising several events, including an exclusive sales day for members, soon,'' said Carol. |
| ‘Super Mokh’ and ‘Spiderman’ honoured Posted: 24 Sep 2011 05:52 AM PDT MALAYSIA'S football legends — the late Datuk Mokhtar Dahari and Datuk R. Arumugam — were among those honoured during the gala dinner organised by the Ex-State & Ex-National Footballers Association of Malaysia recently. Mokhtar was represented by his daughters — Nur Azera and Nur Arina — while R. Subha and R. Rubha accepted the award on behalf of Arumugam. Former international and Penang striker, the late Isa Bakar, was also honoured and his state and national teammate Shukor Salleh went on stage to receive the award. The Ex-State & Ex-National Footballers Association of Malaysia deputy president Datuk M. Kuppan said they were pleased to gather the former national and state players for a get-together. "We also took the opportunity to honour some of the great players who had contributed to the nation as footballers. It was also good to meet Mokhtar and Arumugam's children at the programme. "In fact, the programme was a big success as we managed to gather former internationals from hockey, athletics and also cricket,'' said Kuppan. Former international N. Thanabalan was awarded a special award for being a top scorer in the final of the Malaysia Cup competition. Thanabalan scored four goals for Selangor in their convincing 8-1 win over Penang in the 1968 Malaysia Cup final. Former Malacca player — V. Kalimuthu — who had represented Malaysia in football and hockey was greeted with the biggest applause for being the oldest player in the competition. He is 65 years old. Former national captain Datuk Soh Chin Aun was recognised as the player with the most international caps. Chin Aun had represented the country 252 times. |
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