Yusuf Gecü who is the President of the Association of Merter Industrialists and Businessmen (MESIAD) mentiones the sector effects of Merter and the projects they plans to realize. Gecü who states that they carry out joint projects with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in the name of the association which contributes 4- 5 billion dollars per year for the country economy, says ‘’Within 2016, Being the leading of Merter on all of the world fashşon centers with our international promotion campaigns is our priority. In the activities we carry out, our brands which are always with us are very important to us.’’
Gecü: 2015 was very difficult for especially employment and our personnel
The President of MESIAD who evaluates 2015 sectoral- based says ‘’Fight of Russia with Ukraine which is an important market for us and making the Russian plane crash due to the frontier infringement warning heaps of times damaged the politics and trade of both of two countries. Before this, we had big problems in our commercial marketing due to the disorders occurred in Syria, Egypt and Iraq. Despite all of these negativenesses, our brands in Merter achieved to save themselves with its strong location’’. Gecu underlines that they organized a solution- focused meeting with the sector representatives as being MESIAD in order to meet the deficit which were caused by the neighborhood countries. He added his speech that they are looking at 2016 in hope.
MESIAD is also maintaining its efficiency with its activities
The President of MESIAD, Gecü who uttered that 2015 was a moving year as being the association, stated that they organized design competition for the young generations who will direct the future. ‘’We organized ‘’Young Designers Competition’’ so as to gain fresh bloods to our sector. Fort his organization, especially the Ministry of Economy didn’t spare its support from our association’’ said Gecü.
Gecü who emphasized that they told the activities of MESİAD with the promotions on national printed media and the programs on TV, said ‘’The latest, we told the sector potential of Merter for the businessmen in Arab countries by hosting them’’.
Special Advantages for the members of MESIAD
MESIAD has a system named ‘’MESIAD Common Purchasing Platform’’ on the purpose of reducing the general expenses of the members and contributing to the business budget. President Gecü who gave information on this system, said ‘’Within this platform and as a result of the meetings carried out, we signed agreements which will reduce the general expenses’’.
