Apparel Group LLC
Apparel Group LLC is a UAE based fashion and retail conglomerate company headquartered in Dubai, UAE.[1][2][3]
The group has 1900 retail outlets, 16,500 employees, and 75 brands. It is operational in 14 countries, predominantly in the GCC region. The group was founded by Sima Ved.
Apparel Group is functional in 14 countries, mostly in the GCC region, such as UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, India, South Africa, and Indonesia.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][3]
History
Apparel Group was founded by Sima Ved and her husband Nilesh Ved in 1996. Their first venture was the franchisee of Nine West in Dubai.[11][12][13]
Brands functional under the group include Aéropostale (clothing), Nine West, Aldo Group, Charles & Keith, Tim Hortons, Dune London, Inglot Cosmetics, The Children's Place, Skechers, Cold Stone Creamery, Tommy Hilfiger (company), LC Waikiki.[14][7][15]
References
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- ^ Staff, Entrepreneur Middle East (June 9, 2019). "Huda Beauty's Mona Kattan And Apparel Group's Sima Ved To Headline Dtec Forum, Powered By Entrepreneur Middle East, In June". Entrepreneur.
- ^ Mehta, Somya. "Teen Entrepreneur Sarisha Ved on starting her sustainable e-commerce venture". Khaleej Times.
- ^ "How does the Nykaa-Apparel Group partnership help the two companies?". Business Today. October 13, 2022.
- ^ "Apparel Group is official Gold sponsor of World Corporate Summit 2022". gulfnews.com.
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- ^ "India's Nykaa and Dubai's Apparel Group forge Gulf alliance". Inside Retail. October 10, 2022.
- ^ Release, Press. "Apparel Group launches 20 new fashion, lifestyle & F&B Brands in Place Vendôme in Qatar". www.zawya.com.