After a five year hiatus, Stihl Australia revived their national dealer conference in style this year. With over 200 dealers and their managers travelling to Cairns in March to attend the 3-day event, that included a sneaky peak at the new Stihl zero turn mower, as well as an address by Dr. Nikolas Stihl – Chairman of the Advisory and Supervisory Board. Stihl dealers and their accompanying delegates were treated to a tropical themed welcome dinner, before kicking off the formal proceedings with the entire Stihl Australia team at the Convention Centre. This included major discussions around sales and marketing, and Stihl plans for the next 12 months as well as an in-depth discussion by Paul Bloxham, Chief Economist HSBC. Our team found this presentation most engaging and informative when looking at the macro-economic conditions and how these have, and continue to impact the Australian market.
These Stihl presentations were then supplemented with smaller break out sessions designed to help us, your Stihl dealers, provide a more targeted and tailored customer service offering to our customers, as well as ways to strengthen our businesses in the current economic climate. We also had the chance to look at the Stihl range of products on display, which included new battery powered outdoor power equipment, and the much anticipated Stihl battery powered RZA zero turn ride on lawn mower. Not yet available in Australia, but sure to be popular when its released – keep your eyes peeled!
The whole week was topped off by an Oktoberfest farewell dinner and perfect Stihl celebration, those that stayed on also had the chance to see the Stihl Timbersports live and in action! Congratulations to winners Brad De Losa and Maddison Kirley who took out the Stihl event! A truly wonderful and informative conference followed by an amazing celebration of Stihl engineering and technology and athletic strength and endurance – we are so proud to be part of the Stihl Australia Team!
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