Perhaps you’ve just read our previous list detailing our favourite appliance stores in the district of Bangsar, and are now wondering about our top picks in the country for this year (2018). Whether you’re new to this part of the world – or you’re just curious to see who our favourites are, we hope this list informs you of the best options in Malaysia as it details five appliance store chains (from 2016 and 2017) that we think deserve the recognition.
Image Credit: ESH Electrical
While we brought up ESH’s extensive product range and their dedication to customer service previously, we neglected to mention that in addition to a warehouse in Puchong and a local distribution network, they have a number of stores dotting the width of the Klang Valley: from their northernmost outlet in the commercial area of Metro Prima, Kepong to their southernmost in Subang Jaya’s USJ 21 district.
Image Credit: Harvey Norman
While their flagship store is normally the most well-known outlet of the premier Australia-based provider of consumer electrical appliances, computers, furniture, and bedding, Harvey Norman has the highest visibility and one of the most robust distribution networks of any international brand operating in Malaysia, with an outlet in almost every major high-density commercial development – including one in the Vivacity Megamall of Kuching, Sarawak.
Image Credit: HLK
Beginning with a single store in Balakong in the year 2000, the HLK chain has expanded to a grand total of 19 outlets, with stores located adjacent to residential areas throughout the peninsula’s centre and up to the limits of the valley: from Rawang, Pandan Indah, Kajang, to Klang, and even all the way up north to Sitiawan, Perak. HLK provides a product range that could be considered the widest in the country, with premium-rated stores in the Atria Shopping Gallery, Sunway Putra Mall, and Sunway Velocity Mall, and shipping of any their affordable offerings in home appliances and consumer electronics to nearly any address in the Klang Valley.
Image Credit: Sen Heng
Beginning from a humble half lot with an inventory amounting to less than 30,000 ringgit in 1989, Sen Heng is perhaps one of the most prevalent appliance chains with over 100 individual stores in current existence. The only other appliance store chain in this list with a presence in East Malaysia, Sen Heng’s reach exceeds that of all the other entries presented here with outlets in both administrative centres of Sabah and Sarawak, in the cities of Kuching and Kota Kinabalu respectively.
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With Putrajaya slated to become the new centre of peninsular Malaysia and the adjacent planned neighbourhood of Cyberjaya looking more likely to expand in coming years, there is a growing need for appliance stores in these new southern districts of Klang Valley. With the exception of Harvey Norman, the only appliance chain with a presence in this region would be Tan Boon Ming, which has an outlet at the D’Pulze shopping centre, just beside Cyberjaya’s central boulevard.
*Brands/names are listed alphabetically
