Padini Case Study

Background and the business line of PADINI
Padini is a Malaysia-based investment holding company. Padini began as a backend operation in Malaysia’s apparel industry, manufacturing and supplying garments to order for retailers and distributors.
Padini sells shoes and accessories, garments, ancillary products, maternity wear and accessories through various subsidiaries. They focus about both genders. Padini offers customer of both sexes and ages through a variety of brands: Padini, Padini Authentic, PDI, P & Co, Seed, and Miki.Vincci, Vincci+ and Vincci Accessories Its most prominent brands are Padini and VINCCI. The goods are normally exported to mainly Asian countries. Its goods are sold in retail flagship stores and concept stores. The concept

He graduated from the University of Malaya in 1989 with his Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons) Degree. In 1990, he becomes a Sale and Marketing executive of Isetan of Japan Sdn Bhd. In 1995, he had been promoted to the position of Manager of the Merchandising Department.
Foo Kee Fatt (Chairman of the Audit Committee, Member of Nomination Committee, Independent Non-Executive Director), he was first appointed to the Board on 2 January 2009. He is a member of Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He is also an approved company auditor under Section 8 of the Malaysian Companies Act, 1965.
Background and business line of VOIR
Voir Holdings Berhad is an investment holding company. The Company operates in three segments which are Retailing, Investment holding and Café operation.
There are 4 operating subsidiaries, own brands which are SODA, South China Sea, G&H and Applemints. It holds the executive license to distribute international sport brand , Diadora from Italy. Besides that, Voir owns the Garden Lifestyle Store and Café, a semi fine-dining restaurant chain, as well as Covo, a brand which bring the opulence beauty product to customer at a responsible

It can help to overcome the issue of unemployable graduates. By providing the pratical pre-job training, a labour resource can be builded up from which Padini may select the qualified candidates to fill the executive-level vacancies available in Padini. Two programmes which are Retail Trainee Programme and Graduate Retail Internship Programme had been set up in order to achieve the target.
Retail Trainee Programme is opened to fresh graduates interested in pursuing a career in retail, and it covers both classroom and on the-job training. In year 2013, two sessions of this programme which involved 11 participants were carry out and a sum of RM18,110.00 was incurred for it. Besides that, Graduate Retail Internship Programme focuses exclusively on the practical aspects of the retail trade. This programme’s intention is to let participants who are existing undergraduate students to experience how the group’s brands is being positioned and how the different brand identities will impact upon how retail is conducted. In year 2013, 4 students were engage in this programme and a total of RM4,883.00 was spent to carry out this