First Time at MARA Digital
This article was originally written in August 2016
MARA Digital was launched in a big fanfare, dubbed at the Low Yat killer. I suspect it was hastily planned, after there was an incident at Low Yat. And the Menteri trying to prove that Low Yat Plaza was just a flook and given the right resources, there could be another IT hub in town. And his vision was for the business to be controlled by Bumiputera.
So, after almost a year after the launch, I went to have a look.
And it was lame! I wanted to look for a new mouse, but they couldn't give me what I wanted. I wanted a gaming mouse from Razer. One of the vendor even pretended that he never heard of the brand! OMG!
The shops occupied one of the middle floors, and I was done after 10 minutes. It was that bad. I ended up spending more time at Permata Complex next door afterwards. And there were even more selection of hand phones there!
I don't think that MARA Digital will be anything near a success. With news that the stock was controlled by a single supplier - to make sure that the stock were all "original" - you could already see the corruption and monopoly there. Business will not prosper with such control, and I predict that it would die a slow death.