WIND MOBILE BRINGS WIRELESS TO SELECT LOBLAW'S LOCATIONS
Over fifty Loblaw banner stores to carry WIND Mobile products at "The Mobile Shop"
TORONTO, Oct. 14 /CNW/ - The WIND experience will now be available to consumers while shopping for fresh fruits and vegetables at select Loblaw Company Limited (Loblaw) The Mobile Shop locations in WIND markets across the country.
"WIND is about giving customers choice and that is exactly what this partnership delivers," said Ken Campbell, CEO of WIND Mobile. "At the heart of our business is the desire to make mobile service work for value-conscious Canadians. By offering our products in over fifty new locations across the country we are making it easier for everyone to access fairly priced mobile services."
WIND Mobile will be available in newly launched The Mobile Shop displays across Loblaw banner stores in the Greater Toronto area, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. The Mobile Shop will allow Loblaw shoppers to enjoy the convenience of purchasing top up cards and buying mobile devices as they shop for their everyday necessities.
"We are always looking for ways to offer our customers a complete everyday shopping experience," said Maria Forlini, Vice President, Telecom, Loblaw Companies Limited. "Offering WIND Mobile allows Loblaw to provide our customers with another great selection of value based products and services.
Three WIND Mobile devices, the Huawei 1250, the Huawei 7519 and the Samsung Gravity 2 Blue, are now available in select Loblaw banner stores in convenient The Mobile Shop displays.
WIND Mobile will be holding launch celebrations including their popular fair priced $1 hotdogs, hourly handset giveaways at select Real Canadian Superstores™ in Calgary and Vancouver on October 16th in Edmonton on October 17th and at Loblaws™ in Ottawa on October 23rd. Proceeds of the $1 hotdog sales will go to the President's Choice® Children's Charity.
For more information about The Mobile Shop, please visit themobileshop.ca.
About WIND Mobile and Globalive Holdings
WIND Mobile provides voice, text and data services to Canadians on a next-generation wireless network and is committed to offering a level of wireless service presently not available in Canada. WIND Mobile is built on actual conversations that are happening with Canadians who are passionate about wireless and creating a better mobile offering nationally. For more information, please visit: www.WINDmobile.ca.
Globalive Holdings is a leading provider of telecommunications solutions in Canada and internationally to the consumer, business and hospitality markets. The Globalive companies include: WIND Mobile, Yak, OneConnect, Canopco and Globalive Carrier Services. For more information, please visit: www.globalive.com
About Loblaw Companies Limited
Loblaw Companies Limited, a subsidiary of George Weston Limited, is Canada's largest food distributor and a leading provider of drugstore, general merchandise and financial products and services. Loblaw is one of the largest private sector employers in Canada. With more than 1,000 corporate and franchised stores from coast to coast, Loblaw and its franchisees employ over 138,000 full-time and part-time employees. Through its portfolio of store formats, Loblaw is committed to providing Canadians with a wide, growing and successful range of products and services to meet the everyday household demands of Canadian consumers. Loblaw is known for the quality, innovation and value of its food offering. It offers Canada's strongest control (private) label program, including the unique President's Choice(R), no name(R) and Joe Fresh Style(R) brands. In addition, the Company makes available to consumers President's Choice Financial(R) services and offers the PC(R) points loyalty program.
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For more information on WIND Mobile, please contact:
Micha Goddard
Narrative Advocacy Media
E: [email protected] P: 416.922.2211 ext.3277
For further information on Loblaw Companies Limited, please contact:
Andrea De La Cuba
Cohn & Wolfe
416-924-5700 ext. 4071
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