Retailer Overview: mybadmintonstore.com
Final time I used to be in Hong Kong I visited Winston Chan of mybadmintonstore.com. Over lunch we talked about his retailer, his enterprise philosophy in addition to badminton market and badminton basically. There are numerous attention-grabbing issues that I wish to share with BadmintonCentral members.
Solely been right here in Hong Kong for a number of days, I used to be already getting influenced by the tradition there. Hong Kong is understood for being extremely environment friendly on all the things and boy did I be taught that shortly. Right here, lunches aren’t merely for filling one up gastronomically, they’re additionally nice alternatives to meet up with outdated buddies in addition to making new ones. The opposite day I known as up Winston of mybadmintonstore.com (MBS) fame to go to his store in Sheung Wan. Winston and I chatted for ages about all the things badminton. Being a neighborhood retailer in addition to a serious internet-based worldwide mail order firm, MBS is in a singular place within the area of interest market of badminton merchandise.
Getting from my workplace in Wanchai to MBS in Sheung Wan requires me to dig up some outdated reminiscences of the difficult bus routes in HK island. MBS is positioned in a small pc mall within the busy Queen’s Street West, which is a serious route that i’m aware of. The placement is a block away from the Western Market public badminton court docket. Winston has executed his homework on location. I took an categorical bus from Wanchai and was in entrance of MBS in lower than 10 minutes. MBS can be a number of blocks from the MTR station and that will be various if coming from far-off. Nevertheless, for under 3 MTR stops it was quicker for me to go by bus.
Winston and I actually have loads in widespread, except for sharing a ardour for badminton, we each studied within the UK. Upon ending his research in UK, Winston ended up doing gross sales for big companies in each UK and Hong Kong. Throughout these occasions, Winston honed his gross sales and advertising and marketing information and talent that he later discovered invaluable as a entrepreneur. With that entreprenerial spirit, MBS was born in 2004.
MBS began off as a web solely retailer that operated out of Winston’s residence. MBS because the identify recommend is a badminton specialty retailer. It solely supply badminton fanatics merchandise. In 2008, the operation grew bigger and Winston secured a nook location in a mall in Sheung Wan. MBS now employs 2 further workers to cope with every day operations.
True to Hong Kong spirit, MBS’s retailer entrance, abeit being tiny to western customary, is definitely fairly widespread in HK. Occupying roughly 200 sq ft on the far nook of the shopping center, they managed to suit 3 lively working workers and an entire set of merchandise together with something you possibly can think about from the widespread rackets, strings, shuttles, clothes, to specialty objects like grommets, flying clamps and goggles. A stringing machine occupies the central location.
It seems that shifting from his residence to an actual retailer entrance was not solely a logistic transfer, but additionally a strategic transfer as nicely. Having an actual retailer entrance is sweet for native and abroad prospects to conveniently see and buy MBS merchandise, in addition to good for MBS’ on-line picture as a reliable firm.
Apart from the shop entrance in Sheung Wan, MBS even have warehouses in HK. When a order is available in, merchandise will get collected within the warehouse to be sorted, packaged, and despatched off to their comfortable prospects.
Over lunch Winston and I talked loads about his operation and his enterprise philosophy.
Winston’s essential enterprise philosophy is serving the shoppers. He consider in offering what his prospects want. He spent a good quantity of his time not solely coping with the every day operations, however he additionally exit and hunt down specialty badminton merchandise which might be exhausting to search out. Uncommon are badminton shops that not solely cater to the common badminton participant, but additionally cater to extra fanatic objects like badminton stringers in addition to uncommon rackets like JP and discontinued rackets.
I personally was comfortable to see that MBS provides numerous stringing equipment. I shortly devoured up some Yonex and MBS flying clamps, some grommets in addition to a load spreader. Many specialty objects like these are troublesome to search out and particularly uncommon to see beneath one retailer. It was definitely very handy for me.
Philanthropy can be one thing that MBS engages in. Desirous to unfold the eagerness of the game, Winston consider that everybody deserves to benefit from the recreation of badminton. To that finish, he has donated tools to kids in slums in Brazil, granting them the prospect to play and share our love and fervour for badminton. On high of that, MBS additionally sponsors native and international badminton groups, hanging tools buy offers with them.
As Winston mentioned, “I wish to unfold the enjoyment of badminton.”