The meet-and-greet event was organised by Arabian Supply Centre and Mutlu.
Mutlu, Turkey's "bestselling battery brand", together with its authorised distributor in Qatar, Arabian Supply Centre (ASC), held a customers' meet-and-greet event in Doha.
DTI files raps vs online retailer over K-pop fiasco !-- -- Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star) - June 15, 2019 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has filed a complaint against online marketplace Shopee Philippines for changing the mechanics of its meet-and-greet event with K-pop girl group Blackpink without securing approval from the agency.
The DTI had received complaints from disappointed Shopee customers who were promised they would be able to participate in the meet-and-greet event with Blackpink but were left with nothing.
Some 116 shoppers were notified by Shopee they qualified for the meet-and-greet event, but later they were removed from the list due to a glitch in the online retailer's system that showed there were other shoppers who made higher amount of purchases on the site and should be declared as winners.
BLACKPNK had already held its concert on June 6 and angry customers went on Twitter with the hashtag #ShopeeScam to express rage at 116 of the customers being left out of the
meet-and-greet event.
There were several ways to be part of the meet-and-greet event.
The Department of Trade and Industry has launched an investigation into the promo for the meet-and-greet event.
"Modern Family" star Sarah Hyland left the show's Australian
meet-and-greet event in tears after a male fan groped her.
Following the program, PWC president Lenore Janis said, "The aim of this annual
meet-and-greet event is to break down barriers.
Under Shopee's promo, a total of 568 users who spend the most amount on the online shopping platform would get a pass to attend the
meet-and-greet event with Blackpink at the Samsung Hall in SM Aura set last Thursday.
7, and will be followed by his
meet-and-greet event in Osaka on Aug.
He is in the country for a
meet-and-greet event for a local clothing brand scheduled for Friday.
Actor So Ji-sub will hold
meet-and-greet events in Japan next week, his agency said Tuesday.
