Motorola Consolidates Its Retail Footprint In Andhra Pradesh

~ Announces 50 new Moto Hubs~

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  To open 50 Moto Hubs across top 12 cities in Andhra Pradesh
• Plans to open 1000 stores across 100 cities by end of 2018

Continuing its robust retail expansion in Andhra Pradesh, Motorola India today announced 50 new ‘Moto Hubs’ across top 12 cities namely Vijayawada, Guntur, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Anantapur, Kadapa, Chittoor, Nellore, Ongole, Eluru, Rajahmundry, Kakinada to further strengthen their retail presence in the southern market. Moto Hub is a key destination that provides easy access and availability of all Motorola products to customers; where they will be able to experience the entire portfolio of Motorola devices at convenient locations, including the online exclusive devices like the popular moto e⁴ plus and moto g^5s plus, apart from the newly launched moto x⁴ and moto z² force.

Motorola has been aggressively increasing its retail presence in South India; a market that has witnessed significant growth in the recent past. According to GFK, approximately 2L smartphones are sold in  Andhra Pradesh per month. 27% of the total smartphones sold in the South are in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, making them key focus markets for us in the region.

B V Mallikarjuna Rao, Regional Sales Lead, Motorola Mobility India said “We as a brand have always focus on re-designing customer experiences by providing better platforms to bring our products closer to our  customers. All the previously opened Moto Hubs across the country  have been a great success and we are positive that the people of Andhra Pradesh will reciprocate the same with equal or more enthusiasm.”

As part of the strategy to consolidate its retail presence across the country, Motorola advanced its retail presence in Telangana with the opening of 50 new Moto Hubs across top 8 cities. It also announced its entry in Madhya Pradesh with the opening of 60 Moto Hubs across Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur this month. Furthermore, Motorolaalso advanced its retail footprint in the southern market by announcing 100 Moto Hubs across Tamil Nadu with 50 Moto Hubs in Chennai and 100 new ‘Moto Hubs’ in Karnataka across top 8 cities out of which 50 will be in Bengaluru. In addition to this, it also announced the opening of 50 new Moto Hubs in Mumbai and 25 Moto Hub stores in Kolkata respectively. Motorola commenced the year 2018, with the opening of 50 new Moto Hubs in New Delhi.

Motorola has also collaborated 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.

All Moto Hub stores house the entire portfolio of Motorola devices, including moto e⁴, moto e⁴ plus, moto c, moto c plus, moto g families including moto g^5s plus, moto g^5s, moto g⁵ plus and moto g⁵ as well as moto z franchise and moto mods along with Motorola accessories like on-ear and in-ear headphones, moto shells and covers.

Vijayawada19th April 2018