Cecofersa celebrates its 2007 Convention in Asturias

The Central shopping and services professionals S.A, Cecofersa, held its last annual Convention on 17, 18, 19 and 20 May with all its partners in Asturias. The programme of activities offered by the Organization of Cecofersa Associates spent among others, for visiting such landmarks as Gijón, Oviedo, Cangas de Onís, the lakes and the sanctuary of Covadonga, University or the viewpoint of Providenceby tasting the typical products of the area as their seafood, fish, meat and sweets in the best culinary establishments, as well as by making a special visit to the interesting Museum of mining.

In this environment, Cecofersa partners participated in the 2007 general Assembly, which took place on May 17. In it, its director general Balbino Menéndez had the opportunity to explain the evolution of the market and sector to present and analyze the history of the group based on the results of the previous year where surpassed the 970 million euros in turnover. Menéndez also spoke about the strategic importance of belonging to other relevant associations and groupings of the sector such as Euro Craft, Euromadi, Adfb, Aecoc, Anceco or Anude. He thrust the quality of the new Plan of training courses to Cecofersa annually makes available to its partners and called for those attending future Expocecofersa 2007 Edition, which is estimated to exceed 55 million euros has been achieved in the last edition in turnover.

Representatives of Cecofersa go to partners of the central in the 2007 Convention

Policy-makers in Europe and Asia, Rafael Martín, and Pedro granary, straightest in the strategic objectives pursued by Cecofersa to offer the best products to their partners. Related stocks and the different assortments, as well as the current situation and trends in the Asian world, changing since that in 2002 the central purchasing was introduced in China. For its part the commercial direction of Cecofersa, represented by Manuel racing, paid special attention on the quantitative and qualitative benefits that currently advises the centralized payment and the achievement of the last steps for its full implementation.

In the same Assembly own partners had the opportunity to choose between all of them to the delegates, associated these that represent them and to work with Cecofersa throughout the year in all relevant aspects for the development of the organization. Finally the Assembly, the marketing director of Cecofersa, Javier Herrera, exposed to partners the development of the future technical catalogue 2008-2009 and reported on the current and future situation of the implementation of the new channel of sales Ceco Shopto describe in detail the strategies of important aspects such as identification, certification, technology, assortments, training, sales, brand exclusive, promotions, services and advertising. The opening of at least three points of sale before the end of the year, will be the start of a project which envisages reaching a figure of EUR 200 million over five years.

Partners of Cecofersa at a time of the general Assembly 2007

The success of a Convention 2007 gives way to the Organization and implementation of the new edition of Expocecofersa 2007, the trade fair exclusively for partners and suppliers of the central and in which both will have the opportunity to establish contact during the next 16 days17 and 18 October in the Hall 1 of the Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I (Ifema), in Madrid.