H E Sheikh Hassan bin Khaled Al Thani, Lulu Group International Managing Director Yusuffali MA, Lulu International Director Mohamed Althaf, Qatar Chamber Vice-Chairman Muhammed bin Ahmed bin Towar Al Kuwari, Ambassadors and RAF Director General Dr Ayed Al
Doha: The new regional headquarters of Lulu Hypermarket Group on the D-Ring Road was inaugurated by H E Sheikh Hassan bin Khaled Al Thani yesterday at 11:00 am in a glittering ceremony attended by the ambassadors of several nations such as Australia, Spain, Poland, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, and many other dignitaries including Muhammed Ahmed Towar Al Kuwari, Vice-Chairman of Qatar Chamber and Vice-President of Qatari Business Council, and officials from the US Commercial Service.
The state of the art regional headquarters of Lulu Group with all most modern amenities extends over an area of 7,000 sqm in three levels with two-level underground parking facility.
In the Qatar region, Lulu Group commenced its operations in 2000 with its first venture ‘Lulu Center Department Store’ on Al Rayyan Road and today the Group has six hypermarkets to its credit, and another three hypermarket projects are under progress; one of them will be inaugurated by the last quarter of 2016 at Al Messila.
Lulu Hypermarket Group owned and managed by Yusuffali MA is one the most successful and highly diversified consumer business group in the gulf region, having major presence in the fields of supermarkets, department stores and hypermarkets all over the GCC countries. The Group was christened in the year 1966 by establishing its first venture in the UAE. The Group today stands as an epitome of professional success with its highly diversified and expanding business empire spanning the globe. Presently, the Group operates 131 state of the art shopping malls and hypermarkets.
Besides, the Group owns export and re-export houses, Meat processing plants, Garment manufacturing units & IT Training Institutes, etc.
Lulu Group also have a broad network of well-established sourcing offices and logistics centres in Brazil, UK, Spain, Hong Kong, the main land China, Thailand, Kenya, Benin, Tanzania, Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Vietnam, etc. to cater to the regular requirements of the above stores.
Based in the UAE, Emke Group’s activities today transcend geographical boundaries to reach India, Hong Kong, UK, US, the mainland China, Thailand, Indonesia, Kenya, Benin, Tanzania, Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Vietnam, Malaysia and Middle East countries such as UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and Yemen.
Over the years, Emke Group has become synonymous for excellence in the fields of retailing, export, import and distribution of fresh and frozen foodstuff and consumer staple goods, garment manufacturing and IT training etc. Ranked as one of the biggest Indian-owned conglomerate in the Gulf region, the Group has a vast multi-ethnic organisational structure of over 38,400 employees comprising of 37 different nationalities.
