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Apparel
Aéropostale
Ashworth
celio*
dENIZEN TM
Dockers ®
Levi’s ®
New Look
T.M.Lewin
Childrenswear
adidas ® kids
carter’s ®
Levi’s ® Kids
Nike Young Athletes
OshKosh B’Gosh ®
Lifestyle
Aigner
ALDO
Giuseppe Zanotti Design
Watches Of Switzerland
Health
Holland & Barrett
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About Jay Gee Melwani Group
A privately-held company, Jay Gee Melwani
Group represents and markets some of the
leading international names in lifestyle and
apparel. Through joint-venture partners
and associates, we are headquartered in
Singapore, with representations in Dubai,
India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
All of which didn’t happen overnight
either. You have to be ever ready to seize
opportunities in a sea of continuing change.
And you have to keep at it for more than a
century. So what’s the big secret behind our
success? Simply this: a dash of innovation
and commitment to quality, mixed with
dedicated service and integrity, in a caring
highly motivating and rewarding corporate
culture.
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It all began in 1883 when a young man named
Jhamatmall Gurbamall (J.G.) Melwani left Penang,
Malaysia, in search of a better life. With only a case
of leather slippers, he set sail for Medan, Sumatra.
Not hard cash, but slippers, for his plan was to start
immediately.
Ambition and youth served him well. The money
made from the slippers was quickly invested on a
bicycle and acquiring more goods. Just after two
years of peddling the streets, he saved enough for
his own shop in Medan – Jhamatmall Gurbamall &
Co. Not bad, considering Jhamatmall had only just
turned 27.
By 1890, offices were established in Singapore,
Yokohama, Calcutta and Padang.
The helm was passed over to Chandiram Melwani
in 1938 who took the business one step further
Our History
to include trade in European textiles. However,
turbulent times from the ‘30s to the early ‘50s, which
included the Great Depression, affected several
businesses, and J.G.’s business was no exception.
Almost all of its offices were forced to close.
Well-tempered by the hard times, the company met
with yet another turning point as leadership was
handed over to a young Moti Melwani in 1956, who
embarked on a new strategy – obtain new agency
contracts and franchises. In 1964, the landmark
distribution deal with Levis Strauss & Co., for South-
East Asia was signed.
Given the rights to market and distribute Levi’s jeans
in the region, the company, through aggressive
marketing and positioning, successfully translated
the jean’s iconic image over to the Asian market.
Back on the retail front, B.H. Melwani, Moti’s cousin
started an exclusive menswear store in 1971. Situated
at Singapore’s High Street, Melwani’s Men’s Shop
was an instant hit. Then in 1975, Moti and B.H.
consolidated their businesses and efforts together to
create MB Melwani Pte Ltd., an associate company of
Jay Gee Enterprises, which went on to acquire coveted
exclusive franchises for high fashion brands, many of
which are still held today.
It has been over a century since J.G. Melwani braved
Medan alone, his business assets all on a bicycle.With
over a hundred outlets spanning the region, the group
has come a long way.
But some things remain the same. You can still be
assured of quality; you can still expect great service;
and yes, you can still buy leather slippers from Jay
Gee Melwani Group’s designer boutiques.
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At Jay Gee Melwani Group, we are
recognized as one of the region’s
leaders in the representation and
development of branded lifestyle
products.
For our customers, it means providing
an unparalled selection of products
respected and recognized for its
quality, service, creativity and
presentation within its industry. All
this with no compromise on value to
the customer.
Our Mission
& Vision
For our business partners, it means
maintaining, but more importantly,
building long-term, mutually-rewarding
relationships with principals, suppliers,
customers and communities. As a
survivor of many global and national
economic storms, we have grown
to witness the value of relationships
beyond financial statements. The
solidarity of commitment over making
a quick buck.
And for our employees, it’s no less
than the understanding that they
are the most valuable assets we
have. It’s a dedication to rewarding
and recognizing their efforts, their
contribution to growth and success,
both theirs and ours. Simply put, a
company cannot grow if it doesn’t start
on a personal level.
Our Vision:
“We aspire to be the leading
branded lifestyle company that
cares for people while remaining
competitive in the market place”
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Our Late Co-Chairman
MOTI C. MELWANI
Born in Hyderabad, Sindh, India, in 1939,
it was Moti’s diligence and self-professed
“pragmatism, a lot of luck and lots of hard
work” that turned the then-textile business
into today’s multi-million dollar empire.
Moti’s business acumen and foresight are
renowned in the retail circles, and the
late fashion retailing pioneer was aptly
tagged “Jeans King” of Singapore. His
affable personality – prompting even direct
competitors to lavish him with praises and
respect for his sense of integrity and humility
– that had Singapore’s national newspaper,
The Straits Times, dub him as “Retailing’s
Mr Nice Guy”. He was also nominated
as Singapore’s Entrepreneur of the Year in
1996.
Though semi-retired, Moti still served as an
advisor to the Jay Gee Melwani Group since
1999 until his demise in February 2003.
He had served as council member of
Singapore Retailer’s Association for more
than 10 years and was also a member of the
Rotary Club.
Being a member of the Singapore Indian
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he had
completed his six years as Vice Chairman in
2001.
1939 - 2003
www.melwani.com
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B.H. Melwani
CHAIRMAN
Our Visionaries
R. Dhinakaran
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Tara Melwani
DIRECTOR
Shabnam Melwani-Reis
DIRECTOR
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B.H. Melwani
CHAIRMAN
B.H. Melwani, born in 1923 in Sind, India,
was appointed by Chandiram Melwani to
head the Singapore office in 1942. Though
B.H. Melwani retired from the company
in 1947, he was drawn to the business
once again when Chandiram’s son, Moti
Melwani, took over the business.
Always one with the community, he has
since been active in social welfare projects
with the Rotary Club. He was Chairman of
the Singapore Tourist Association (forerunner
of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board);
President of the Rotary Club and the Sindhi
Merchant’s Association; Vice President of the
Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce;
council member of the Singapore Federation
of Chambers of Commerce and Industry;
and member of both the Free Trade Zone
committee and the Hindu Advisory Board.
B.H. is also a founder member of the Tourist
Promotion Board.
Directors
R. Dhinakaran
MANAGING DIRECTOR
R. Dhinakaran, is a Certified Public Accountant
(CPA) of Singapore, besides holding a Masters
Degree in Business Administration (MBA). He
joined the group as Financial Controller in
early eighties and over the years took business
leadership roles steering the group through ups
and downs besides taking over as the Managing
Director of the group in 2001 overseeing the
business interest across Singapore, Malaysia,
Thailand and Indonesia. Today the group is
respected as a bell-weather fashion retail group
with a wide range of brands in its portfolio
catering to every section of the society.
Dhinakaran also known as Dhina is also the Vice
President of the Singapore Retailers Association
(SRA), Vice President of Institute of Certified Public
Accountant of Singapore (ICPAS) and Chairman
of Corporate Governance Committee(ICPAS),
Board Member and Chairman of Audit & Risk
Committee of the Workforce Development
Agency (WDA), a Statutory Board under the
Ministry of Manpower, Singapore, Vice Chairman
of the Hindu Advisory Board, a Statutory Board
under the Ministry of Community Development,
Youth and Sports (MCYS), Member of the IRAS
Taxpayer Feedback Panel, Singapore, Council
Member of the Charity Council of Singapore
under MCYS, Board Member to the South-
East Asia Regional Board (SEARB) of Chartered
Institute of Management Accountants, UK,
Trustee - SIM University Education Fund (SUEF)
and a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP)
of Singapore.
Dhina, a veteran of retail industry in the region
has leveraged his skills and experiences to lead
the group’ business besides making significant
contributions to the society through his various
public roles in non-profit and industry bodies.
Tara Melwani
DIRECTOR
Tara Melwani, eldest daughter of Singapore’s
renowned entrepreneur, the late Moti Melwani,
has been involved in philanthropic endeavours and
community work whilst gathering a plethora of skills
in her family-owned business since 1989.
Tara stepped down from her position as managing
director of Jay Gee Enterprises in 2001 to pursue her
interest in humanitarian projects under the guidance
of her spiritual teacher, Lama Zopa Rinpoche. She
currently serves on the Executive board of the Jay Gee
Melwani Group.
Since 2004, she has been organizing His Holiness the
Dalai Lama’s public talks in Bangalore and Mumbai,
India on behalf of the Foundation for the Preservation
of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT Inc) and a three-day
teaching event in Dharamsala (2007) for the people
of South East Asia. FPMT Inc is headquartered in
Portland, USA and Tara serves as a board member.
Tara runs the M.B. Melwani Family Trust which
provides education for disadvantaged Sindhi refugee
children from slum areas and poor families in twelve
cities around India and corresponds with prisoners
in USA who are interested in exploring, studying and
practicing Buddhism.
She sits on the executive committee of The Vegetarian
Society (Singapore) which is committed to educating
the public about the benefits of reducing meat
consumption.
She is also the Chairwoman of Essential Education,
an initiative of The Foundation for Developing
Compassion and Wisdom, a UK non-profit
organisation set up in January 2005. Working
at the grassroots, it provides resources, training
and connections for use in schools and colleges,
healthcare, hospices and drug rehab, prisons,
workplace and the home.
Shabnam Melwani-Reis
DIRECTOR
A graduate of Boston University, Shabnam’s career
spans the music television, new media and fashion
industries. As Director of Communications for
MTV Asia (1995-1999), she supervised regional
communications teams and is also credited for
building the high profile of MTV in the Asia-
Pacific during that period. An entrepreneur in
her own right, Shabnam co-founded a digital
music distribution company Soundbuzz in 2000
alongside three others which was acquired in 2008
by Motorola.
Shabnam was awarded the ‘Young Communicator
Of The Year’ Award at the Asian Public Relations
Awards in 1998 and Newsweek magazine named
her in July 2000 as one of the new ‘Faces of Success’
in Asia.
In 2001, she was listed as one of “25 Young,
Wired & Rich” in Asiaweek and in the same
year, was the first recipient of Singapore Tatler’s
‘Trendsetter” award. Shabnam was also named
as one of 10 ‘Most Stylish’ women in Singapore
by Harper’s Bazaar in its 2002 inaugural list. In
Harper’s Bazaar’s October 2005 issue, Shabnam
was listed as one of ‘Asia’s Smartest Heiresses who
encapsulate Style and Substance.’ In April 2006,
Harper’s Bazaar named her as one of Singapore’s
Power Broker’s who are “young, smart and steadily
rising to become this generation’s industry movers
and shakers” in the field of Fashion.
In April 2006, The International Herald Tribune
named Shabnam as Asia’s New Cosmopolitan
who is one of “this continent’s influencers and
innovators”.
In July 2010, Her World also named her as Best
Dressed in Singapore.
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Our Managing Director
“Trust, Understanding
and Integrity are
of the utmost
importance in our
relationship with our
business partners.
With these, we can
build a strong and
timeless brand.”
R. Dhinakaran
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The Senior Management
Danny Tan
Executive Director
V. Alagappan
Finance Director
P.K. Chetty
Chief Financial Officer
ALDO
Gary Kiong
General Manager
Watches of Switzerland
Benjamin Lee
General Manager
ALDO
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James Tan
Assistant General Manager
New Look

The Management
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The Administrative Staff
The gears of the company, our administrative
staff from payroll to employee welfare ensuring
operations are kept smooth, efficient and
productive.
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The Ambassadors
On the retail frontline, they’re the face of the company. Each of them appointed
to best project the intended brand image, conveying the Jay Gee Melwani Group’s
values of service and integrity.
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adidas ® kids
Aéropostale
ALDO
Ashworth
carter’s ®
celio*
dENIZEN TM
Dockers ®
Giuseppe Zanotti Design
Our Distinguished Partners
Holland & Barrett
Levi’s ®
Levi’s ® Kids
New Look
Nike Young Athletes
OshKosh B’Gosh ®
T.M.Lewin
Watches Of Switzerland
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Aéropostale, Inc. is a mall-based, specialty retailer of casual apparel
and accessories, principally targeting 14 to 17 year-old young women
and men through its Aéropostale stores.
Aeropostale offers a focused selection of high-quality, active-oriented,
fashion and fashion basic merchandise at compelling values.
With over 942 Aeropostale stores in the United States, its logo driven
fashion products are ubiquitous amongst the young making “Aéro”,
“A87” and “Aéropostale” one of the strongest and most visible brand
names.

For over 40 years, Aigner has been in the elite class of German
products. With its three sectors – Leather, Fashion and Accessories –
Aigner is represented today in many countries around the world.
Aigner is proud of a distinct heritage that has evolved to combine
modern creations with a singular Aigner style that is a mix of
sensuous design and modern functionality. Represented by the Jay
Gee Melwani Group since 1977, the Etienne Aigner name has long
stood as a hallmark of quality and style in leather and fashion wear.
With luxurious ambience and design, Aigner boutiques in Singapore
exudes a distinct elegance that reflects the Aigner heritage and style.

ALDO specializes in the creation of high-quality fashion footwear,
leather goods and accessories. This sought-after brand pays close
attention to detail and to fine craftsmanship. ALDO is dedicated
to bringing you both quality and cutting-edge trends at affordable
prices, season after season. ALDO’s dedicated team of buyers and
stylists constantly travel the globe to keep you on the pulse of fashion,
bringing to Singapore the latest footwear trends that are breaking in
London, Milan, Paris, New York or Tokyo.

Ashworth represents a brand for apparel and footwear offering a
modern style to the authentic golfer, while still retaining its strong
pedigree from the 1980’s when its introduction to the market not only
changed how golfers dressed but how they thought about what they
wore. The brand has built a strong following and its loyalists are now
as passionate as ever about the brand that works well off the course
as well as it does on the greens. Ashworth Golf continues to present a
stylish range of apparel and footwear for the modern golfers.

Founded in 1985 by Marc and Laurent Grosman, celio* has become
the must-have international brand for men’s ready-to-wear. A powerful
international brand name to the latest urban and trendy menswear
for the modern fashionable men. celio* is represented by seasonal
collections from Urban to Relax styles ranging from jackets, shirts,
t-shirts, polo tees, bermudas, pants, denim jeans and accessories.
celio* is constantly aiming for fresh and trendy interpretations catering
to new needs of self-expression through one’s clothes. To-date, celio*
has 1,000 stores in 70 countries (including 500 stores in France) and
is continuing to grow and expand internationally.

In 2010, Levi Strauss & Co. launched dENiZEN in Asia – the first
brand launched outside of the United States.
“Denizen” means inhabitant and belonging to a community of friends
and family. Denim is in the name, the heart of the dENiZEN brand.
dENiZEN is outfitting a new generation of upwardly mobile youth
with great fitting, quality jeanswear and other fashion essentials at
affordable prices.
dENiZEN is a brand designed for the new generation of young
people. They are optimistic, focused on the future and busy pursuing
their dreams; yet are well-connected to their families, friends and
communities. These young people seek stylish, well-made, great
fitting, affordable clothes from a company they trust to meet their
active, dynamic lifestyles. dENiZEN is the first brand ever to be
introduced outside of the United States by Levi Strauss & Co., the
denim and jeanswear authority.

The Dockers ® Brand has embodied the spirit of khaki for more
than 20 years. Since their introduction in 1986, Dockers ® has been
perfecting khakis—and the essential goods to go with them—for men
all over the world without compromising in quality and functionality.
Dockers ® continues to update and expand its products so discerning
consumers can wear comfortable but stylish clothes that offer
versatility at work and play, whilst expressing their personal style
and confidence.

Giuseppe Zanotti Design – a luxury Italian footwear brand – is the
name on all the hottest heels in town. His shoes are must-have
accessories that create a bold statement complementing outfits from
day to evening chic wear. Celebrities gracing the Red Carpets with
his iconic designs include Beyonce, Cameron Diaz, Lady Gaga,
Catherine Zeta Jones, Rihanna & Jennifer Lopez.
Giuseppe Zanotti Design in Singapore features vertiginous heels and
flat sandals showcasing the designer’s signature style and detailing.
With his magnificent touch of elegance and stylish designs, Giuseppe
Zanotti continues to rule the fashion trends.

Holland & Barrett is UK’s Leading Health Food Retailer. Established
since 1920, and with over 700 stores in the United Kingdom alone,
Holland & Barrett delivers the highest quality nutritional supplements
and health foods at exceptional value, offering to our customers
a healthier choice with over 1,000 vitamins, food snacks, organic
toiletries, sports nutrition, and other health supplements to choose
from.
Holland & Barrett, a part of NBTY Inc, the world’s largest integrated
vitamin and supplement manufacturer, offers the most extensive staff
training program in the industry. The well-trained staff, together with
the wide range of products available at the stores, makes Holland &
Barrett a trusted destination over generations for quality health food
at value prices.

KidStyle, the childrenswear division of the Jay Gee Melwani Group
was established in 2003. It is a multi-brand childrenswear division
with 5 great international brands under its umbrella. Besides
OshKosh B’Gosh ® which has been with the group since 1989, the
other brands are; adidas ® kids, carter’s ® , Levi’s ® kids and Nike Young
Athletes Apparels. With the combination of these 5 brands, KidStyle
ensures that a multi-faceted collection is offered for the young ones
from newborns to pre-teens every season.

The Levi’s ® brand epitomizes classic American style and effortless cool.
Since its invention by Levi Strauss in 1873, Levi’s ® jeans have become
the most recognizable and imitated clothing in the world, capturing
the imagination and loyalty of people for generations. Today, the Levi’s ®
brand portfolio continues to evolve through a relentless pioneering
and innovative spirit that is unparalleled in the apparel industry. The
Levi’s ® range of leading jeanswear, casual clothing and accessories is
available in more than 110 countries, allowing individuals around the
world to express their personal style.

Since the first store in Taunton in 1969, New Look has evolved to
become one of the most well-recognized fast fashion brands in the
UK. New look is today the Number 2 Womenswear and Accessories
retailer by value in the UK, and has over 1,000 stores worldwide.
Delivering irresistible fashion at brilliant prices, the brand pillars
of fashion excitement, value and newness are at the heart of the
business. The latest trends from the catwalk, celebrities and the streets
are translated as fast as possible, providing customers with fashion
that is bang on trend - and great value to boot.

Established 110 years ago, T.M.Lewin, Jermyn Street London, a
favourite of city workers since 1898, is credited with being the first
to create the ‘coat shirt’. Whilst a shirt with buttons up the front
(which allowed men to get dressed without spoiling their shirt with
macassar hair oil!) is now the business uniform for all men, it was
quite revolutionary at that time.
As well as offering over 50 shirt fabrics at any one time, it offers
different cuts for different body shapes and fashion preferences as well
as a wide range of collar sizes and sleeve lengths to ensure a perfect
fit. And with over 100 new fabric designs released each month, many
in limited quantities, it can still offer the sort of individuality usually
only attributed to personal tailors.
It has not relied solely on its reputation for men shirts. It has turned
its somewhat obsessive attention to detail to beautifully made suits,
ties and accessories offering a business wardrobe to both men and
women who need to be city sharp for work but want to be distinctive.

Established in Singapore over 35 years ago, Watches of Switzerland
retails the best in Swiss-made timepieces such as Cartier, Patek Philippe,
Omega, Tag Heuer, Longines and Breitling and is the exclusive watch
distributor for Philippe Charriol, Aigner and Swiss Military Watches.
Rated as one of Singapore’s top 500 SMEs (Small-Medium Enterprises)
in 1998 and 1999, Watches of Swtizerland’s timepieces, from luxury
bejeweled creations to functional diving watches, are testaments to
Swiss craftsmanship and accuracy.

JAY GEE CARD
The original Jay Gee Card was launched on 1 May 2008. This program
entitles members to unlimited discounts, offers, privileges and perks
for a full year across all brands from the Jay Gee Melwani Group.
With the launch of the new generation Jay Gee Card on 19 August 2010,
members enjoy a revolutionary cashless way to shop for more and pay
less. This is the first time a fashion retailer has incorporated the NETS
FlashPay Card into a loyalty membership program.
This fashion and lifestyle card provides additional convenience of
seamless transactions with NETS FlashPay that can be used for your
transport needs in Singapore. It also comes in handy for shopping at
over 15,000 retail and F&B points.
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Jay Gee Enterprises (Pte) Ltd
Watches of Switzerland Pte Ltd
Montreal Pte Ltd
Jay Gee New Look Pte Ltd
Jay Gee Health Pte Ltd
ORGANISATIONAL WHEEL
B.H Melwani
R. Dhinakaran
Shobha Melwani
Tara Melwani
Shabnam Melwani-Reis
Resham Melwani
Danny Tan
V. Alagappan
P.K. Chetty
Gary Kiong
Benjamin Lee
James Tan
Gina Goh
K. Vishwanath
J. Ananth
Regina Aun
Clara Loh
Irene Lee
Chairman
Managing Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Executive Director
Finance Director Chief Financial Controller
Chief Financial Officer, ALDO
General Manager, Watches of Switzerland
General Manager, ALDO
Assistant General Manager, New Look
Assistant General Manager, Levi’s ® , Dockers ® & dENIZENTM Assistant General Manager, Aéropostale
IS Manager
Brand Manager
Aigner/ Giuseppe Zanotti Design/ Ashworth/ celio*
Brand Manager, KidStyle
Brand Manager, T.M.Lewin
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GOING INTERNATIONAL
Jay Gee Melwani Group has grown in strength to now include associate
companies in each country to represent a perfect blend of international
outlook with local expertise.
SINGAPORE
Jay Gee Enterprises (Pte) Ltd
Watches of Switzerland Pte Ltd
Jhamatmall Gurbamall Pte Ltd
Montreal Pte Ltd
Jay Gee New Look Pte Ltd
Jay Gee Health Pte Ltd
THAILAND
Montreal (Thailand) Ltd
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
European Apparel LLC
MALAYSIA
Palace Hotel Sdn Bhd
Jay Gee Enterprises Sdn Bhd
JG Properties Sdn Bhd
Montreal Trading Sdn Bhd
INDONESIA
PT Wijaya Indonesia
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SETTING STANDARDS IN BRAND MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING
CUSTOMISED MARKETING If you know a sure-fire method to marketing a product successfully, we don’t want to hear about it. There’s no
such thing. But neither is it a mysterious undeterminable process. Each partner brand is managed and marketed by a team solely dedicated
to the success of the brand. There are no handed-down frameworks to follow. Each brand dictates its own plan, its own set of strategies and
tactics. Full autonomy is given to the teams, keeping the ideas fresh, creative, forthcoming and just one step ahead of the competition.
SUPPORT SYSTEMS Any team, no matter how capable, will be
crippled without competent support. We have two: a central
administrative team, and a senior management team. We also
have highly integrated office and retail systems, constantly
upgraded with the newest software: from point-of-sale right up to
regional management levels.
OPERATIONS + DISTRIBUTION The heart of our business is
our distribution and warehousing teams. Retail and distribution
operations are continually refined to better serve the consumer
with the full recognition that how and when the product is
delivered is an integral part of brand building.
RETAIL + WHOLESALE Perhaps the pet strength of the company
is the regional network we have with leading departmental stores
and select independent retailers. Add that to our stragically
placed single-brand boutiques and retail outlets, and you have
a combination that’s best able to project the intended brand
image, ensuring optimum traffic from the target audience.
STORE PLANNING + VISUAL MERCHANDISING You could
say that we have learned a few things after over a hundred
years of experience. After all, our stores have won the American
Express Awards for “Best Stores - Retail” in the three successive
years it was held. Each of our boutique stores, departmental
store concept corners and retailer outlets is designed with the
target customer’s total experience in mind. We fully understand
that everything adds to the brand image from the choice in
wood panels to the manner in which one answers the phone.
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SETTING
STANDARDS
IN BRAND
MANAGEMENT AND
MARKETING
ADVERTISING + PROMOTIONS It’s no secret that we’re brand builders.
For that reason, it should also be no surprise that we boast a higherthan
industry-average advertising spend. It’s essentially what makes
Brand A better than Brand B, and we’re banking it all on A. Relentlessly!
Otherwise, how are we to maintain our much-higher-than-industryaverage
advertising return?
RESEARCH + STRATEGY This is when our company sits and thinks on
how to stay ahead of the competition by, of course, first researching the
competition. And then ourselves, our consumers, their perception of us,
changing buying patterns, emerging trends, so on and so forth. It’s a hefty
task but one that’s done every year. Then we’ll refine, fine-tune, or totally
throw out the old and create new strategies. And then after the year’s
over, we’ll do it all over again.
TRAINING + DEVELOPMENT Our employees are our most valuable
assets. You could say that they are the group in the Jay Gee Melwani
Group. And lest you think this a chest-beating company statement,
here’s what they receive: regular management training (with in-house
management trainer), language skills, sales and service skills, supervisory
skills, personal grooming skills and even weekly, company-wide yoga
sessions. We understand that all good relationships start with listening to
what the other has to say and that’s what we do at the Jay Gee Melwani
Group, a company with an unusually low staff turnover. The employee’s
personal development is our development. Their growth, our growth.
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COMMUNITY
GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY
At Jay Gee Melwani Group, we believe we have a responsibility of looking after our community.
The founders, BH Melwani and the late Moti Melwani were fortunate to have survived the trauma of the India-Pakistan partition in 1947.
It is, for these Sindha children, the M.B. Melwani Trust was formed in 1990 to provide primary and secondary education to approximately
1,200 disadvantaged Sindha refugee children living in the slum areas in 13 cities in India.
The trust also assists in providing wedding dowries, financial assistance to widows, medical treatment to the disabled as well as those
suffering hardships due to natural disasters.
The group together with Levi Strauss & Co Asia Pacific division, has sponsored the Action for Aids Group’s Annual AIDS Awareness Walk
in Singapore.
It is with pride that the group has regularly supported events and organizations such as the Jesuit Refugee Service, Boys’ Town Singapore, the
Interact Club, National Arts Council, National Cancer Society of Malaysia, the National Kidney Foundation, the Asian Welfare Association
and the Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society. During the Indonesian crisis of 1999, clothing was provided to Indonesian children and Burmese
refugees who had been severely affected.
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