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Canon India amplifies retail presence in Maharashtra
With the inauguration of the 11th CIS in Mumbai, Canon establishes its strong presence in the state of Maharashtra with 23 Canon Image Square stores.
The exclusive CIS store offers excellent photography and photo printing solutions. It offer customers a wide range of products from high-end, mid end to entry level DSLR’s and attractive new compact cameras from the PowerShot (Zoom series camera) and IXUS (entry level pocket size camera) series. Also available are other essential photography accessories such as Flash, Filters, Camera Bags, tripods, chargers, memory cards etc.
Canon also provides a range of printing services where customers can take prints of photographs directly from their smart phones, tablets, pen drives, memory cards or CD’s. The trained staff at stores assists customers in choosing products according to their specific needs. Other highlights include the comfortable Finance Facility with EMI through various credit cards and Paper finance through Bajaj Finance. The CIS stores also provide regular free training workshops for DSLR camera buyers.
Commenting on the launch, Mr. Andrew Koh, Vice President, Consumer Imaging and Information Centre, Canon India said, “Canon takes pride in not only bringing quality products to the market; but also indulging customers in the art of photography. Looking at tremendous opportunities for digital imaging, we are continuously expanding our retail footprints. We now have a total of 157 Canon Image Squares in India. CIS brand stores enforces Canon’s increased focus on penetration across the country including major metros and tier II & tier III markets. Further we intend to open 6 more stores in Maharashtra by end of 2015. We are eager to reach out to photography enthusiasts all over the country and intend to build a strong bond with them through the CIS stores.”
The company plans to open 200 CIS stores by the end of 2015. Through these new stores, Canon wants to engage with existing as well as new customers for better services. With this launch the total number of CIS will be 157 spanning over 74 cities in India. The store is a photographer’s one stop shop for all photography and printing solutions
To further consolidate its position in the imaging industry, Canon has recently launched a range of new variants in the PowerShot, IXUS and EOS series cameras and more exciting launches are on the anvil for 2015.