Motorola Further Strengthens Its Retail Presence In The East; Announces 25 Moto Hubs In Kolkata

• Plans to open 1000 stores across 100 cities by end of 2018
• Moto Hubs to have the entire Motorola smartphone portfolio

Motorola India, today announced the opening of 25 new Moto Hubs in Kolkata to further strengthen its retail presence. Moto Hub is a key destination that house the entire portfolio of Motorola devices allowing customers to experience and get a hands-on demo of the product range, including the recently launched Moto Z2 force and Moto X4.

According to GFK, the Eastern region contributes 15% of the total smartphones retail sales in India out of a total of 7M units every month. Kolkata has emerged as the 6 biggest smartphone city in India with a market size of 1.5 lakh units per month. Motorola has a strong consumer base across West Bengal and have always valued the differentiated and premium experience offered by the brand and hence we are enhancing our footprint in the city.

As part of the strategy to consolidate its retail presence, earlier in January 2018, Motorola had announced the opening of 50 new Moto Hubs in New Delhi. Furthermore, Motorola partnered with Poorvika Mobiles across 43 cities in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and Karnataka and with Big C and Lot Mobile stores across 55 cities in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to provide retail access to consumers. This has taken the total number of Moto Hub stores under the state format partnerships to 400, Motorola is targeting one-third of the company’s total sales to come from organized Motorola outlets, Moto Hubs across formats.

Moto Hubs also house Motorola accessories like on-ear and in-ear headphones, moto shells and covers. The recently launched Moto Mods will also be available for customers to experience and purchase. Customers can experience the all new JBL Sound Boost 2 speaker, Moto TurboPower Pack battery mod and the GamePad Mod to explore their passions.

Kolkata, 8^th March 2018