Archive for Articles – Retail & Wholesale Trading

Dubai Duty Free wins Brand of the Year for 2010 award from Superbrands

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
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Dubai Duty Free wins Brand of the Year for 2010 award from Superbrands

Superbrands Middle East today announced that Dubai Duty Free has won the ‘Brand of the Year’ at the sixth annual Superbrands tribute event, which was held at the Intercontinental Dubai Festival City. The country’s strongest brands were individually honoured at the event, which also saw the unveiling of the 2010 Superbrands book featuring many of [...]

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Jacky’s Electronics scoops Superbrand award for the fifth time

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
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Jacky’s Electronics scoops Superbrand award for the fifth time

Jacky’s Electronics – the UAE’s leading chain of Electronics, Entertainment and Telecommunications stores – has for the fifth time scooped a Superbrand Award at a special ceremony held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dubai Festival City. “The award this year is especially sweet for us considering the fact that we’re receiving it a day before [...]

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MM Scarpa, the Swiss fashion label, opens in the Dubai International Financial Centre

Thursday, July 8th, 2010
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MM Scarpa, the Swiss fashion label, opens in the Dubai International Financial Centre

After the sweeping success all over the Europe, the Swiss Fashion Label “MM Scarpa” opened his Flagship Store in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Due to this expansion MM Scarpa is following the strategy to serve the Arabian Gulf Countries starting from Dubai. With this step, MM Scarpa enables the fashionable men in the Arabian [...]

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Matalan launches its second department store in Dubai at Lamcy Plaza

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
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Matalan launches its second department store in Dubai at Lamcy Plaza

Matalan, the United Kingdom’s number one value department store, today inaugurated their third store in the UAE. The leading fashion and home ware retail chain launched the store at Lamcy Plaza, Dubai. The store was officially inaugurated by Mr. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, the celebrity UK interior designer, at a gala event held at the mall. The [...]

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Palm Strip Shopping Mall offers exciting deals and entertainment during DSS 2010

Monday, July 5th, 2010
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Palm Strip Shopping Mall offers exciting deals and entertainment during DSS 2010

Palm Strip Shopping Mall, a part of Dubai Investment Properties (DIP), announced that they have received great response in the first 15 days of Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS). Retailers at the mall are offering customers fantastic deals, promotions and discounts on purchases as well as raffle coupons and a chance to win two BMW 3 [...]

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Candy Group’s TRIO, three-in-one cooker-oven-dishwasher, launched by Eros Group in the UAE

Monday, June 28th, 2010
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Candy Group’s TRIO, three-in-one cooker-oven-dishwasher, launched by Eros Group in the UAE

Eros Group, the sole distributor of world-renowned brands – Samsung, Hitachi, Candy, BenQ, Linksys by Cisco, TCL & Taurus – and one of the leading players in consumer electronics, telecom and allied multi-products in the Middle East, announced the launch of Candy Group’s new range of TRIO – The World’s First Three-in-One Cooker – Oven [...]

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Homes r Us opens new store at Union Coop Hamriya Shopping Centre Hor Al Anz

Sunday, June 27th, 2010
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Homes r Us opens new store at Union Coop Hamriya Shopping Centre Hor Al Anz

Homes r Us, one of the fastest growing home furniture and furnishings brand in the Middle East, has recently unveiled its eighth store at Union Coop, Hamriya Shopping Centre, Hor Al Anz. The duplex store offers fresh concepts and a wide spread stylish collection of home furniture, furnishings and décor. On the successful launch of [...]

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Eternal by Ajmal boutique opens at Wafi City

Thursday, June 24th, 2010
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Eternal by Ajmal boutique opens at Wafi City

Born out of the core belief that perfumery is an intricate art form, Ajmal Eternal, now re launched as ‘Eternal by Ajmal’ opens the doors to its opulent new boutique at Wafi City. Steeped in a luxurious fusion of old-world Arab charm and modern chic, ‘Eternal by Ajmal’ is a sensory experience that brings together [...]

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Oasis Centre lines up 52 days of festivities for Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS)

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
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Oasis Centre lines up 52 days of festivities for Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS)

Oasis Centre, regarded as Dubai’s friendliest mall, today announced it has lined up various programmes for the 52-day long Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) including free screening of Soccer games live from South Africa and an exclusive LG Bonanza raffle. Organised to promote shopping and summer tourism in the emirate from 17 June – 7 August [...]

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Visions of Dubai gold coin, featuring The Palm, launched by DMCC and World Gold Council

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
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Visions of Dubai gold coin, featuring The Palm, launched by DMCC and World Gold Council

Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) and the World Gold Council today launched The Palm edition of the prestigious “Visions of Dubai” (VoD) gold coin series. The coin features the image of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on the front and [...]

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Al-Futtaim reiterates its support for Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) 2010

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
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Festival Centre Canal Walk.

Al-Futtaim has reiterated its support as key sponsor of this year’s edition of Dubai Summer Surprises, thus continuing its commitment to offer visitors memorable experiences with the Group’s world class brands at award-winning venues. Festival Centre at Dubai Festival City, the flagship property of Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate will once again see plenty of activities [...]

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Al-Futtaim appoints Robert Willett as Group Chief Executive Officer

Monday, June 14th, 2010
| Categories : Articles - Appointments, Articles - Retail & Wholesale Trading
Al-Futtaim appoints Robert Willett as Group Chief Executive Officer

Robert Willett, the former CEO of Best Buy International, has placed organic growth and customer centricity as cornerstones of the Al-Futtaim group’s march into a new era of positive change; building on the solid foundations in place. Describing himself as a simple shopkeeper, the UK business veteran will take the reins at Al-Futtaim as Group [...]

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Eros Group announces Niranjan Gidwani as Deputy CEO

Sunday, June 13th, 2010
| Categories : Articles - Appointments, Articles - Retail & Wholesale Trading
Mr. Niranjan Gidwani, Deputy CEO, Eros Group.

Eros Group, the sole distributor of world-renowned brands – Samsung, Hitachi, Candy, BenQ, Linksys by Cisco, TCL & Taurus – and one of the leading players in consumer electronics, telecom and allied multi-products in the Middle East, today announced Niranjan Gidwani as the Deputy CEO for the Group. He was promoted to Deputy CEO from [...]

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