Motorola plans to open 1000 stores across 100 cities by end of 2018

With an aim strengthen its retail presence, in southern India, Motorola plans to open 100 new Moto Hubs in Tamil Nadu including 50 Moto Hub stores in Chennai alone where users they will experience the entire portfolio of Motorola including the recently launched Moto Z2 force and Moto X4.

Sudhin Mathur, Managing Director, Motorola Mobility India said, "We are highly focussed on sharing meaningful experiences and engage with our customers in a more effective way. Moto Hubs is a way to address customers' needs by offering them a platform to interact, engage and purchase. We will continue to expand our retail presence and enhance the customer experience by making our product portfolio accessible to them and ensure that their varying needs are met with."

As part of the strategy to consolidate its retail presence across the country, Motorola, earlier this month announced the opening of 50 new Moto Hubs in Mumbai and 25 Moto Hub stores in Kolkata. Furthermore, in January 2018, Motorola had announced 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 g5s plus, moto g5s, 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.

Motorola has been expanding its footprint in South India and according to GFK, approximately 5.5L smartphones are sold in Tamil Nadu per month out of which Chennai contributes 37 percent (2L units). Chennai has emerged as a significantly big market for smartphones in India and Motorola is amongst the top 5 smartphone brands in Chennai.

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