"Lotus" is the national flower of Thailand, and ECHO Lotus was founded in Thailand." Lotus" is the holy flower of Buddhism, symbolizing good fortune, Thailand is a country where Buddhism is prevalent, and the name was taken to reflect the pursuit of social and group undertakings *** with the development.
Continuing its steady growth, Lotus has maintained an annual sales growth of approximately 20% to 30% and a customer base of over 50 million. Meanwhile, in the next three years, Lotus will embark on a phase of rapid growth and plans to establish 100 stores in major cities throughout China by 2005. Relying on our hierarchical management and purchasing power, Lotus will be able to further extend and complete its chain network in China and expand the principle of Everyday Low Prices.
Lotus aims to be the favorite "one-stop" shopping destination for families. We offer a wide range of high quality, low-priced products, from fresh vegetables to snacks, from home appliances to transportation, from clothing to furniture, from health and beauty products to toys and much more. At Lotus, we aim to provide a warm and friendly service to all our customers. We want to bring more jobs to China and make a difference to people's quality of life and standard of living.
Tse Yee Chor (1896-1983), formerly known as Tse Chin Keung, was a native of Pong Chung Village, Waisha Town, a patriotic overseas Chinese and industrialist.
At the age of 27, he went to Thailand to work, and then pooled his capital to establish Zhengda Company, which operated rapeseed and fodder, and developed into Zhengda International Investment Company Limited after several years of hard work.
In 1950, he returned to China with his wife and successively served as a technician and deputy director of the state-run Chenghai Farm, deputy director of the state-run Baisha Farm, a member of the county People's Committee, chairman of the county Overseas Chinese Federation, a member of the provincial government, and a member of the All-China Federation of Overseas Chinese, etc. During his tenure at the farm, he put all his salary into his own pocket. During his tenure at the farm, he gave all his salary to Chenghai Farm to organize welfare undertakings.
He engaged in agricultural research, in addition to the introduction of excellent vegetable varieties, but also with cadres and workers to explore the test, has cultivated, selected and bred "Chengnan" rice, white corn, white sand early white corn, white sand early cauliflower No. 11, white sand hybrid early radish, white sand cauliflower, white sand early cauliflower, white sand early cauliflower, early chickens heart early cabbage and a large number of excellent varieties, some of which are also exported to Southeast Asia. Some of these varieties have been exported to Southeast Asian countries.
In 1965, he returned to Thailand. In his later years, Xie Yichu enthusiastically support the hometown culture and welfare undertakings, has contributed to the construction of Chenghai County Overseas Chinese Hospital, Chenghai Overseas Chinese High School. To commemorate Xie Yichu love of the motherland, love of science, Chenghai County Overseas Chinese High School to his deathbed instructed his children to build a science museum named "Yichu Science Museum".
Thailand's retail supermarket giant Lotus will change its name to Bupleien. The head office of Lotus has issued a notice to all regions of the country that the name "Lotus", which has been used in China for more than three years, will be changed to "Bee Lotus" one after another.
It was revealed that in April 2007 at the annual meeting of Lotus, the relevant material has been changed to "Bee Lotus", but at that time there was a large internal disagreement, and some people think it is awkward, so the name "Bee Lotus" was delayed in determining, and later added "Lotus", "Lotus", "Lotus", "Lotus", "Lotus", "Lotus", "Lotus", "Lotus", and so on. Later on, the name "Lotus" and "Zhengda Lotus" were added as candidates. In the end, the Chia Tai Group decided to change the name of all 76 stores to "Bee Lotus".
A senior executive of Lotus South China said that the next store LOGO and outdoor advertising will be renamed, in addition, the enterprise's CI color will be replaced, from the original green background white lotus iconic pattern, changed to a red background yellow lotus logo. And set the "Bee Lotus" new name, is to comply with the parent company of the store should be the Grand Bee Group. According to the introduction, the Zhengda Group in Thailand named "Bee Group".
According to reports, in 2004, "Lotus" by the "Wankelong" to change, the reason is that the enterprise's internal shareholding changes, "easy to begin" from the Zhengda Group Chairman Xie Guomin's father, the founder of the Zhengda Group Xie Yichu's name, because the Zhengda Group has decided that his father's name is only used for charitable causes in the future, so the Lotus Supermarket will be renamed. "The name change has nothing to do with the company's next development strategy." The source emphasized.