Dubai Holding Group

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Dubai Holding Group
Company type Private
IndustryRetail
Founded2000
Headquarters Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Area served
Middle East/GCC
Products Apparel, Footwear, Accessories, Homeware, Furniture
Number of employees
500
Website http://www.dubaiholdinggroup.com/

Established in 2000, Dubai Holding Group is an Emirati multinational retail organization in the Middle East, representing fashion franchises. [1]

Contents

The Group represents prominent brands such as Zara, Zara Home, Stradivarius (Inditex), women’secret, Gerard Darel, Flamant (company), Promod, Harrys of London, Sfera & Delvaux (company). [2]

History

Operating over the past 15 years, Dubai Holding Group have opened various stores across The UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, with brands from six different countries. The first brand to join the group was the Spanish brand Stradivarius (Inditex), the women's clothing line belonging to Inditex. [3] Their most recent franchise is with Delvaux (company). [2] Primarily a fashion franchiser, the Group ventured into home textiles with Zara Home in 2008, followed shortly by Flamant (company) in 2014.

Timeline

2000: Stradivarius opens in Dubai, Dubai Holding Group's first store

2001: Zara opens in Abu Dhabi

Stradivarius opens in Abu Dhabi
women’secret opens in Abu Dhabi
Promod opens in Qatar
Promod opens in Abu Dhabi
women’secret opens in Dubai

2007: women’secret opens in Sharjah

Gerard Darel opens in Abu Dhabi

2008: Zara Home opens in Abu Dhabi

Promod opens in Oman
women’secret opens in Bahrain [4]

2009: Gerard Darel opens in Dubai

2010: Stradivarius opens in Qatar

2012: Promod opens in Fujairah [5]

Harry’s of London opens in Dubai [6]

2014: Flamant opens in Dubai

Sfera opens in Abu Dhabi [7]

2015: Delvaux opens in Kuwait [8]

2020: Jhelica in UAE

See also

Multiply Group PJSC

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