Monday, October 26, 2020

31 countries visit Great Cebu Sale, ends Oct. 31

CEBU CITY – The Great Cebu Sale 2020 is now on its last week, ends on October 31 and based on the data gathered, around 31 countries visited the website mostly from the Philippines, United States, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, Canada, United Kingdom and Qatar that generated 45,000-page views and 7,250 visitors.

According to the survey conducted by the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA)-Cebu Chapter that the sites of travel & tourism are the most accessed by GCS visitors followed by electronics, food and beverage (F&B), lifestyle and home essentials with 64-percent of the merchants increased their sales performance up to 20-percent as of Monday.

PRA-Cebu Chapter president Chester Lim said that the GCS was also conducted inside the mall with as much as 50-percent discounts from merchants, cost-saving deals at hotels/resorts, latest finds in fashion store, cravings at go-to restaurants and more. 

Lim welcomed this development allowing Mall Sale in GCQ and MGCQ areas provided proper health Protocols will still be observed (mandatory wearing of Mask & face Shield, frequent hand washing, physical distancing and contact tracing.  He enjoined everyone to visit the malls and the GCS official website at www.thegreatcebusale.com and check or take advantage of the best deals and promos in town from this biggest virtual sale of the year.

“The timing is right on time as the Great CEBU Sale will end by October 31st and this will help continue the momentum of more business activity as we are approaching the Christmas season”, Lim added and he is hopeful that in the last quarter more businesses will recover some of the losses in the 2nd and 3rd quarter due to lock down.


Other participants included the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Metro Retail Sales Group Inc., MT Primary Food Network, Inc., Philippine Retailers Association Cebu Chapter, RC GoldLine Saleshop Corp., Twin-Bee Print Ads Corp., Republiq Group of Companies and Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 


The GCS organizers also included weekly online raffle draw and weekly prizes include: eight pieces of Island Souvenirs Sinulog Shirts; seven pieces of Gift Certificates from Anjo World worth P500 per GC and one item from Aerophone and the weekly winners were notified via Facebook messenger and via e-mail.

Raffle winners included: Mychylle Teo, Arnie Apawan, Jean Daño, Yoraidyl Lerios, Charlton Cokaliong, Mahalia Langit, Catherine Englis, John Paul Abanilla, Anna Mary Mendez-Dacula, Mary June Son-Catipay, Jeric Malindog, Frankin Stenn Caderao, Rico Gandionco, Tatah dela Calzada, Aurea Javen, Christian Paroan, Jamaica Epino, Belinda Llanto, Juana Golo, Joanne Dosdos, Monica Lim.

Other winners were Dacs Vargas, Sheila Mae Cerio, Sheila Enriquez, Marlene. Bedia, Rio Calle, Jay Fernandez, Georgia Andres, Arfel Tan, Lanz Ramos, Juana Golo, Hellery Libres, Glenn Amotos, Lester Dela Torre, Desiree Ann Paro-An, Suzette Gabutina, Frankin Caderao and Casey Bartolene.

The Great Cebu Sale has also successfully conducted various webinars throughout the sale period to help guide businesses, retailers and consumers in the new normal with about 180 participants joined the four remaining webinars held on Oct. 12 & 13 and Oct. 19 & 20 which included the following companies:  Alicia Apartelle, Cebu Primera Food Ind. Inc., Dessert Factory, Destination Specialists Cebu Inc. and Hyundai Cebu Inc.,

The Great Cebu Sale 2020 was organized in collaboration with the Resort & Restaurant Association of Cebu, Inc. (HRRACI); Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI). Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Cebu Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce (CFCCC); Hardware Consolidated, Inc. (HCI); Cebu Alliance of Tour Operation Specialists, Inc. (CATOS); Cebu Business Club (CBC) and the Mactan Export Processing Zone Chamber of Exporters and Manufacturers (MEPZCEM).

The organizers of GCS 2020 thanked its sponsorsAnjo World, Island Souvenirs, Ng Khai, Alcordo Advertising, Twin Bee Print Ads, Wee Doo, Lalamove, Angkas, Expree, Mober, Foodpanda, GlobeMyBusiness, RD Pawnshop, Aerophone and Uratex. (Photos: RMANews.Net/Robby Alugar)

 

 



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