The supermarket chain has a pipeline of 91 hypermarkets and stores lined up to open despite the Covid disruptions
Lulu Hypermarket
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi’s top supermarkets and hypermarkets support ban on single-use plastics
As part of the voluntary declaration, Abu Dhabi’s top retail brands – including Carrefour, Lulu Hypermarket, Choithrams, Spinneys, Waitrose, Abu Dhabi Cooperative Society and Spar – will charge customers a fee for each reusable plastic grocery bag
Lulu Group
UAE retail giant opens first hypermarket run exclusively by women
Lulu Group says store in Jeddah’s Al Jamea is managed by a team of 103 women
Lulu Group International
UAE retail giant vows to press on with expansion despite virus challenge
Chairman of Lulu Group says he hopes to add 25 hypermarkets to portfolio before the end of 2021
Bahrain investments
GFH acquires majority stake in Bahrain shopping mall
Investment company buys 80% of Hidd Mall in Muharraq as it expands retail portfolio
Eco-friendly
LuLu Hypermarkets introduces reusable and paper bags at Saudi Arabia outlets
LuLu Group has plans to expand its workforce to include 5,000 Saudi nationals by the end of 2020
Lulu Group
Lulu Group announces plan to invest $500m in Egypt
Lulu Group will build hypermarkets, mini markets and a logistics centre in addition to handling four urban communities
Kuala Lumpur
UAE retail giant eyes more hypermarkets across Malaysia
Lulu Group plans to launch four more hypermarkets in Malaysia by the end of 2020
ACE
Biggest IKEA in Dubai set to open in December
IKEA store will be joined by ACE, M&S and Lulu at new Festival Plaza mall
Andy Shi
Chinese smartphone giant inks key UAE distribution deal
Oppo says new partnership with Lulu in the UAE marks the beginning of a relationship that will evolve to cover the GCC
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
UAE issues first permanent residency to boss of retail giant Lulu
Yusuff Ali, the chairman of Abu Dhabi-based Lulu Group, has been issued with the UAE’s first gold card permanent residency
Abu Dhabi
Turning Tablez: Adeeb Ahamed
Over the next two years, the retail arm of Abu Dhabi’s LuLu Group International is aiming to more than triple the number of branded outlets it operates across India. The man leading the charge to conquer a bigger slice of this growing $792bn retail market is Adeeb Ahamed
Abu Dhabi
Retail giant Lulu announces projects to support expansion plans
ZonesCorp says Lulu Group International is planning cold storage and warehousing projects in its Abu Dhabi Food Zone
Lulu Group
UAE retail giant plans new Saudi malls, supermarkets
Lulu signs deal with the Saudi Arabian National Guard Forces to open two shopping centres and seven supermarkets
Al-Futtaim
Dubai’s Festival Plaza mall on track to open in December 2019
Al-Futtaim says Festival Plaza substructure works are now complete and ongoing superstructure progress is well underway, while leasing property has begun
Al-Futtaim
Dubai’s Festival Plaza project to include Lulu hypermarket
Al-Futtaim’s latest shopping destination under construction in Jebel Ali has announced that Lulu will be its hypermarket of choice.
Egypt
UAE retail giant says to invest $500m in Egyptian expansion
Lulu Group announces plan to build four new hypermarkets in 6 October City, New Cairo, and Obour over next two years