Yet another big year for the Al Shaya Group, which was founded way back in 1890. It is now a major retailer in the region, with 4500 employees and 550 retail stores. M.H. Alshaya has 135 Starbucks coffee shops across the Middle East and Turkey with over 1500 employees, led by the company’s president, Mohammed al-Shaya.
The Amman outlet was the first Starbucks coffee shop in Jordan. M.H. Alshaya opened its first coffee shop in Kuwait in 1999. M.H. Alshaya is also the Middle East franchisee of a large number of international companies including Debenhams, Next, River Island, Motivi, VaVaVoom, Mothercare, Peacocks, Steve Madden, Stride Rite, Bear Factory, Liz Claiborne, Tommy Hilfiger, Claire’s, Etam, Tammy, Elena Miro, Oltre, Vero Moda and Exit. The main group is divided into four sectors – real estate, hotels, automotive and the M.H Alshaya company.
It owns a wide portfolio of land, whilst its hotels include the Kuwait Sheraton and Medina Oberoi. It also has exclusive dealerships for Mazda and Peugeot in Kuwait. It is the exclusive partner for Starbucks across the Middle East, just as the American coffee giant begins a major expansion drive in the Middle East. It also has a joint venture with UK health and beauty chain Boots to develop up to 100 stores in the region over the next five years and has recently brought fashion house H&M to the region.
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