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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Almeida Junior receives certification for the use of renewable energy

Company reduces greenhouse gas emissions with electricity generated by renewable sources

 

Almeida Junior’s six shopping malls reduced the emission of 4,041.79 tons of greenhouse gases in 2021, which represents the same as keeping 28,293 trees for 30 years in a reforestation project. The reduction occurred through the use of electricity generated by renewable sources and it has just been certified by Comerc Energia in partnership with Sinerconsult Consultoria Treinamento e Participações Ltda.

The measure integrates the company’s actions into the Principles of ESG (good environmental, social and governance practices). “These are actions with a look to the future. They go far beyond the immediate economy, they are measures oriented to contributing significantly in the communities where we are inserted so that the new generations have a more sustainable world”, says the CEO of the company, Jaimes Almeida Junior.

The use of sustainable technologies, the adoption of practices that encourage the improvement of the environment and quality of life are present in the six shopping malls: Neumarkt and Norte Shopping (Blumenau), Balneário Shopping (Balneário Camboriú), Garten Shopping (Joinville), Continente Shopping (Greater Florianópolis) and Nações Shopping (Criciúma). In addition to the use of renewable energy, measures such as garbage recycling, rainwater reuse, plant recovery, among others, are adopted.

 

About the certification

 

In 2009, Comerc Energia and Sinerconsult Consultoria developed a methodology that identifies the contribution made in reducing greenhouse gases because of the choice of using clean and renewable energy. The amounts identified are expressed in a certificate showing the contribution caused by the option for clean and renewable energy. The calculation is based on a reforestation pattern and the methodology used as a reference for the Brazilian carbon credits project audited by the United Nations (UN).