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12 THE STANDARD STYLE / HOME & GARDEN / PLAZA PAINTS September 28 to October 4 2014 from the Astra and Plascon colour cards which are available in-store and where the friendly staff are always on hand to advice and provide guidance. The store is designed in such a way that it is a modern and concept store which includes a showroom area, paint mixing area, and a consultation area where the trained Advisors assist with your colour choices and schemes also providing you with tips on the latest trends that are also occurring outside the Country. Plaza Paints Plaza Paints is a retail paint business based within Karigamombe Arcade, a prime location of the CBD of Harare where the business was founded as a paint and sundries a retailer concentrating exclusively on the Astra and Plascon brand and is a modern concept store which besides its modern and exclusive outlook emphasizes on service, support and quality customer care. Company Ownership Plaza Paints is a privately owned business which is a standalone subsidiary within the Plaza Holdings Group of Companies. The Plaza Holdings Group of companies also includes Plaza Pharmacies, Plaza Distribution and Plaza Properties. KARIGAMOMBE CENTRE Company Locations and Facilities Plaza Paints is conveniently located within a prime location of the CBD of Harare. This store is located within Karigamombe Arcade, right within the heart of the central banking district and has good road connections to all surburbs via Samora- Machel Avenue thus giving it a good geographical reach. This recently opened Paint Shop is situated at Karigamombe Centre along K Nkurumah and with its window display is helping to transform the look and feel of the area with its modern feel which has been much commented on since its opening. The store is equipped with the latest digital tinting machine thereby offering customers a wide selection of colours which can be tinted at the click of a button. These colours are chosen The modern concept store is aimed at attracting the customer who is looking for an upmarket shopping experience within the CBD and one who is looking for quality service, guidance, advice when it comes to painting and decorating your homes and offices. Customer satisfaction is at the forefront of the business and they are making great efforts to put fun into painting and how the customer perceives this. Key Supplier Information Plaza Paints has made the bold decision to only stock two brands of paints which are Astra and the internationally renowned Plascon brands. Astra Paints is Zimbabwe’s leading paint company with two operating factories in Harare and Bulawayo. It enjoys 45 percent of the paint market and it also hold other operating subsidiary like Astra Chemicals, which markets and distributes a diversified range of chemical products to industry. African paint manufacturer, Kansai Paints – which owns Plascon, has partnered with the management and staff of Zimbabwean group Astra Industries. Today Plascon is the undisputed leader in both the decorative and industrial coatings market in southern Africa. Following its 2012 merger with the Japanese paint giant Kansai it continues to drive innovation and excellence in the retail, trade, industrial and furniture coatings markets in South and Southern Africa from three strategically placed manufacturing sites in Mobeni, KwaZulu-Natal; Luiperdsvlei in Krugersdorp; and Epping in Cape Town, South Africa. Products and Services NOW OPEN NEW PAINT SHOP IN TOWN Paints Plaza Paints provides paint products under the Astra& Plascon portfolio which are mainly divided into four main categories being decorative paints; industrial paints and coating; furniture paints and coating and automotive paints. Plaza Paints however decided to specialise within Decorative paints which is where its strong hold is. In sundries, accessories and other hardware, it carries a complete line of necessary paint items from brushes to dust sheets etc. OPENING SPECIALS Wallpapers Plaza paints is also proud to introduce a choice of high quality wallpapers for feature walls within living rooms, bedrooms, dining’s and also children’s bedrooms and playrooms. A selection of the wallpaper is available in-store and of note is the children’s cartoon featured wallpaper which has really taken off according to the Advisors there. Super Acrylic PVA $61.93 Super Washable Satin $139.79 Ceiling White $43.56 for feature walls and Childrens bedrooms and Playrooms Wall and All $154.92 Latest Double Velvet $152.08 digital MACHINE Service and Support The businesses strategy hinges on providing excellent service and support which they identified as being essential to differentiate from the other players in the market. Thus you will find that this is a business that not only wants to sell customers paint but want to be known for it’s value add support and service thus Plaza Paints will offer • Free site visits for quotations and assessments • Provide referrals of Painters for those who have not identified Painters to work with yet • And other services tailored to individual projects and clients For more information visit Plaza Paints at Karigamombe Centre or visit their website on www.plaza-paints.com or contact them directly on +263 4 756 759 or cell +263 783 770 711
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