Sri Lanka's Metropolitan Computers recently received the "Most Innovating in Marketing in 2009" award for its region from Acer Singapore, according to a statement from the company.

The award, which is said to be for "significant improvement" in country-specific market share and sales, follows on from "outstanding growth in 2009 due to some innovative marketing strategies implemented to overcome the economic downturn of last year".

Further, Metropolitan indicated that its 2009 growth was prompted by strategies including "dynamic partnerships with industry leaders in various sectors and changes in channel sales strategies".