On November 5th, CHINASHOP 2015 opened in Wuhan. Big names gathered together at the fair with a reputation as the “wind vane” and “weatherglass” of China’s retail industry. Nearly 600 well-known domestic and overseas retail suppliers in total participated in the fair. Sanpower Group brought fantastic smart products, novelty products, smart health products under its various brands of Funtalk Telecommunications, Hisap, More, An Kang Tong and Brookstone. Sanpower Group and its brands shined at this year’s fair, at either during the opening ceremony, at exhibition site or various award ceremonies.

UAVs kicked off the opening ceremony

The theme of the fair was “integration, transformation and reinventing retail value.” It focused on topics such as how to speed up the transformation of the physical retail industry, how to optimise commercial layouts and improve shopper experience via innovation as well as how to use new technologies and new tools to realise differential management at the same time. Guo Geping, President of the China Chain Store & Franchise Association, attended the opening ceremony and gave a speech. She also kicked off the opening ceremony together with the vice presidents of the China Chain Store & Franchise Association and representatives of companies including Procter & Gamble (China), Coca-Cola, IBM, Oracle, Jingdong Home and Intel, to name a few.

As an exhibition leading in transformation, the opening ceremony was supported by a UAV team specially assigned by Hisap, with an acute sense for science and technology. As soon as the leaders pressed laser transmitters, multiple UAVs, carrying the slogan of “CHINASHOP” and “We are working together”, the motto of Hisap, flew into the air. Later, UAVs also led leaders attending the opening ceremony to step into the exhibition hall. The acrobatic performance from the UAVs elicited cheers from the crowd.

Smart products drew everyone’s attention

At the fair, Sanpower Group was at Stand 132 in the A1 exhibition area and was absolutely brilliant. The exhibition area, gathering UAVs, robots, smart healthcare products for the elderly and children security devices, attracted numerous citizens, exhibitors and industry experts to stop and take a look.

Funtalk Telecommunications brought a large number of smart and interesting high-tech products: SIXPAD, known as “the magic body builder for the lazy”, Smart Tiger smart colour-up music lamps, PAPA pocket projectors and so on. Funtalk, which is in overall transformation and upgrade on its way to being Smart Funtalk, is introducing nationally and internationally novelty smart goods and professional services on a large scale. Moreover, Funtalk is actively developing product customisation and exclusive sales with large factories to realise diversified competition at the same time. Previously, Funtalk joined hands with its partners to create the nationally original “iPhone colour customisation service”, which inspired the phone changing trend of Apple fans in large cities.

Besides Funtalk, Hisap also brought multiple robots and novelty products from Brookstone, attracting many people to take them for a spin. Remote healthcare service devices from An Kang Tong piqued the interest of middle-aged and senior participators. “Mobile health management expert” More apps also came to the fair with some buzz. By scanning the 2D code and experiencing it on site, many audience members said that this app is very practical because you can obtain health information while having fun.

Also, forums, award ceremonies and so on were held on the three-day 17th CHINASHOP. Funtalk Telecommunications and Hisap of Sanpower Group won multiple awards and drew the attention of all audiences.