Businessman Jaimes Almeida Junior receives the Honorary Citizenship of São José

The entrepreneur Jaimes Almeida Junior, founder and CEO of the Almeida Junior Group, was honored with the title of Honorary Citizen of São José. The honor takes into account the contribution of personalities from the most different areas to the development of the city and is part of the celebrations for the city’s anniversary, which is turning 273 years old. The title ceremony was held on the 16th, in a solemn session at the Adolpho Mello Theater, in the São José’s Historic Center. Governor Jorginho Mello was also honored.

Almeida Junior’s CEO spoke on behalf of all the honorees. “I am very happy and honored to receive the title of honorary citizen of San Jose, this pulsating and enterprising city. We congratulate São José for these 273 years of a history so rich in development and evolution, we thank once again for the beautiful tribute and I also congratulate the other recipients of the title who contributed so much to the development of São José”, Jaimes highlighted.

Jaimes Almeida Junior, from Santa Catarina, started his trajectory as an entrepreneur very early. He founded Almeida Junior in 1980, and in the 1990s began investing in the shopping mall industry, and it has not stopped growing, and today there are six shopping malls in the most important regions of Santa Catarina. Almeida Junior is the leader in the shopping mall segment in southern Brazil, with a 71% market share.

In 2012, it opened Continente Shopping in São José, the largest mall in Santa Catarina. The mall quickly consolidated itself as a qualified shopping and leisure center in the region, providing a new dynamic to the commerce and service sectors and generating thousands of direct and indirect jobs. “Continente Shopping has a partnership relationship with the city, in countless actions. There has been a transformation in the entire surroundings of the mall. Entrepreneurship is fundamental for growth and actions like this should be recognized”, councilman Mauro Fiscal highlighted.

“Continente Shopping has been part of the history of São José for almost 11 years, has brought in stores from qualified national chains, and has consolidated itself as the largest entertainment and gastronomy center for families and a major driver for the development of the region, in addition to its great social contribution in generating more than two thousand direct jobs and being a major contributor to the city’s coffers,” added honoree Jaimes Almeida Junior.

Neumarkt shopping malls, from the cities of Blumenau and Nações, from Criciúma, win the Top of Mind award

On the night of Thursday, 25, in Florianópolis took place the ceremony of awarding the trophies

 

Neumarkt Shopping, from Blumenau, and Nações Shopping, won the 27th edition of the Top of Mind award as the brands most remembered by consumers in the shopping malls segment in their respective regions. The award and delivery of the trophy was this Thursday, 25, at the Federation of Industries of the state of Santa Catarina (FIESC), in Florianópolis. This initiative is promoted by NSC in partnership with Instituto Mapa.

For the 23rd consecutive year, Neumarkt Shopping, in Blumenau, was recognized by Top of Mind as the mall most remembered by consumers in Vale de Itajaí. Neumarkt’s award was received by Almeida Junior’s marketing and relationship director, Monique Campos. The superintendent of Neumarkt Shopping, Marco Aurélio Garzin, points out that, in addition to understanding and adapting to consumer and market changes, Neumarkt is committed to always innovate and surprise customers. “Over these almost 30 years, the shopping mall always seeks to renew its mix, bringing to the residents of Blumenau and region great national and international brands, many of them unprecedented in the region, in addition to betting on differentiated actions to delight its audience”, he asserts.

Neumarkt turns 29 in September. “Neumarkt has always distinguished itself due to the fact that it goes far beyond a shopping center, offering amenities to facilitate people’s daily lives and events that delight all ages. Now, following the manifesto “Live what there is to live”, we want to strengthen this connection with our customers even more, so that they can experience unique moments inside the shopping mall”, emphasizes the Marketing Manager of Neumarkt Shopping, Girlaine Caldas.

Nações Shopping won for the second consecutive year as the most remembered brand by consumers in the shopping malls segment in the south of Santa Catarina. “This is proof that the actions carried out by the malls are making a difference in the lives of our customers. Our mission is to bring the public the best in entertainment, stores and gastronomy. Nações is, without a doubt, the Giant of the South”, declares the superintendent of Nações Shopping, Marcos Paulo Souza.

Nações Shopping, opened six years ago, was recognized in the Top of Mind 2022 award for its strategy of qualifying the mix of exclusive stores, in addition to promoting unprecedented special moments and experiences with exclusive national events, involving the entire southern region of Santa Catarina. “Nações is responsible for marking the lives of our customers through special moments, with memorable experiences. We present the best in the retail market to our customers”, concludes the Marketing Manager of Nações Shopping, Fernanda Almeida.

 

About the award

The award, which is in its 27th edition, recognizes the brands most remembered by the people of Santa Catarina. Promoted by NSC in partnership with Instituto Mapa, this year awarded in 39 categories companies from various origins.

The topic of this year’s communication campaign was “Brands that are in the head are shaped in the heart”. The winners received a trophy handcrafted in crystal. The award event was held in a hybrid format, in person only for guests and with digital transmission on the NSC Total portal.

Almeida Junior launches AJFans, the SuperApp for the company’s shopping malls

Services such as paying for parking and purchasing movie tickets will be available via the app from this Friday.

 

Attentive to the best consumer experiences, Almeida Junior has just launched AJFans, the SuperApp with services for the public of the company’s six shopping malls. The application is now available for download on Android and iOS systems and, as of this Friday, the 19th, it will provide facilities such as: payment for parking and the purchase of movie tickets through the SuperApp, interaction with stores and information about shopping malls, events and other news.

“We continue to further increase the offer of the best experiences for consumers. We are looking for solutions to structure a true phygital ecosystem, based on data and customer-oriented”, says the company’s CEO, Jaimes Almeida Junior. AJFans is a SuperApp developed internally by Almeida Junior’s innovation and technology center whose purpose is to bring more and more news and experiences to more than 7 million people who visit the company’s shopping malls every four months.

The AJFans SuperApp starts operating in the six Almeida Junior shopping malls in Santa Catarina: Continente Shopping, Balneário Shopping, Garten Shopping, Nações Shopping, Neumarkt Shopping and Norte Shopping. By accessing the new application, consumers can choose the shopping mall of their choice and find all the stores in that unit and their contact channels, such as messaging apps (WhatsApp and Telegram), delivery apps (Ifood and 99Food, for example) and social networks (Instagram, Tik Tok, among others).

The next step will be the launch later this year of the Almeida Junior Rewards Program, which will have AJFans as its main tool with promotions and offers of exclusive experiences created from the wide customer base and data originated in the company’s ecosystem. “App-based promotions and rewards, generating direct benefits for customers based on their shopping journeys, are examples of products developed from this new technological blueprint developed in-house”, adds Almeida Junior’s marketing and relations director, Monique Campos.

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