Private (family-owned) | |
Industry | Fashion and Footwear, Food, Health & Beauty, Optics, Pharmacy, Home Furnishings and Leisure & Entertainment |
Founded | Part of Alshaya group of companies founded in 1890 |
Headquarters | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
Area served
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Middle East and North Africa, Russia, Turkey and Europe |
Key people
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Products | Franchising, Chain stores |
Number of employees
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33,000 |
Website | http://www.alshaya.com |
M.H. Alshaya Co. (Alshaya) is a multinational retail franchise operator that is headquartered in Kuwait, and operates more than 75 consumer retail brands across the Middle East and North Africa, Russia, Turkey and Europe.
The company currently operates more than 3,400 stores in seven sectors – Fashion & Footwear, Health & Beauty, Food, Optics, Pharmacy, Home Furnishings and Leisure & Entertainment – and employs more than 47,000 people.
The brands managed and operated by Alshaya include Raising Canes,Mothercare,H&M,American Eagle Outfitters,Debenhams, Harvey Nichols Kuwait,Payless ShoeSource,Topshop,Starbucks,Shake Shack,The Cheesecake Factory,Pinkberry,P. F. Chang's,Le Pain Quotidien, Katsuya by Philippe Starck,The Body Shop, Make-up Art Cosmetics (MAC), Victoria's Secret,Boots pharmacy, Vision Express, Pottery Barn, Williams Sonoma,KidZania Kuwait and Milano.
M.H. Alshaya Co. is the retail business of the Alshaya group of companies, which was founded in Kuwait in 1890. In addition to its retail operations, the Alshaya group has holdings in real estate, construction, hotels, automotive and general trading, largely centred in the Middle East. Its hotel division owns the Sheraton Hotel in Kuwait and the Oberoi Hotel in Medina, Saudi Arabia.