Guyanese woman among 3 winners of Harris Paints “Strokes of Genius” Christmas promotion
Guyanese Padmini Persaud is pictured with staff from Harris Paints Guyana as follows: (L-R) Garfield Manasseh, Sales Manager Trade; Ayodele Knights, Senior Finance Officer; (Padmini) and Jenelle Dublin, Finance and Human Resource Officer
A Guyanese who transformed her bedroom, a Barbadian who is reinventing her home, and a Dominican woman who is changing up the house for her mother, were announced winners in Harris Paints’ regional “Strokes of Genius” Christmas promotion for 2022.
Customers were invited to show their ‘strokes of genius’ by sharing the before and after photos of their Christmas paint project, including a Harris Paints can in the photo, providing proof of purchase by email and using the correct #strokesofgenius hashtag at the time of posting. They were also invited to talk about how Harris Paints helped them to transform their space using the hashtag.
The competition was conducted on social media between October and December 31, 2022, and catered to customers in Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, St Lucia, Dominica, Antigua, St Kitts & Nevis, St Vincent, Anguilla, and Grenada.
However, the winners were chosen from eligible entries, and the top three posts with the most likes by the end of the promotion were Padmini Persaud of Guyana, Renee Ifill of Barbados, and Curtlyanna Wade from Dominica.
They shared in the US$10,000 prize, with Padmini getting US$5000, Renee receiving US$3000, and Curtlyanna collecting US$2000.
Padmini, who purchased her paint from Gafoors, McDoom, Greater Georgetown, was using Harris Paints’ affordable Excel Paint that offers 30 premixed ready-to-go colours.
On the other hand, Renee has been undertaking a passion project transforming her house in Barbados and plans to use her prize money to work on the kitchen, while in Dominica, Curtlyanna painted her mother’s house in her favourite blue because most of the other homes in the community were painted in yellow.
“We were happy with this competition because we were able to reach 10 countries across the region and it really showcased the creativity of our customers and reminded us again how the power of paint can uplift and transform people’s lives just by changing their environment,” Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Harris Paints International, Luke Ticknor stated.
“Painting is one of the easiest and most affordable ways to change up a space and to generate a fresh new look, and our customers definitely took that to heart in this Christmas promotion.”
The Strokes of Genius competition, a part of Harris Paints’ 50th anniversary celebration activities, ran alongside a number of special Christmas offers on selected paint products in most of the territories in the Region.
Harris Paints also introduced their revolutionary new Quantum i12 Technology paint during the recent anniversary celebrations.
