Géant hypermarket opens in Kuwait's 360 mall

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About Géant Hypermarket, Kuwait:

Géant Hypermarket at the 360º Mall, 6th Ring Road is spread over an area of over 17,000 square meters with over 40 checkout counters. Géant hypermarket stocks and sells everything - groceries, frozen foods, bakery products, butchery, seafood, textiles, fashion wear, shoes, jewellery, electronics, sporting goods, household items, household accessories, cosmetics, perfumes etc. plus a French style café , Le Bistro. In addition Géant has a fabulous French bakery with over a hundred varieties of breads and cakes freshly baked everyday, a seafood market that offers an amazing array of over 150 varieties of the freshest seafood. Choicest meat cuts are available at the butchery while the rotisserie and delicatessen offer a fabulous selection of ready to eat hot meals,

Contemporary design and layout, spacious wide aisles, easy to follow signage, warm customer service coupled with a no frills philosophy of offering customers quality products at the lowest prices plus the convenience of one stop shopping for all their needs delivers the promise of an extraordinary shopping experience. Géant attracts customers from all income groups.

About Fu-com:

Retail Arabia under its operating division Fu-com operates the Géant hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenient stores in key GCC markets.

In 1999 Retail Arabia acquired the franchise for operating Géant hypermarkets in leading GCC markets. Géant hypermarkets are a part of a French retailing giant with 9,948 stores in 11 countries with a turnover of more than EUR22bn, 20% of which comes from international sales. Created in 1898, the company operates a variety of hypermarket and supermarket chains (Géant, Monoprix, Franprix/Leader Price), convenience stores (Petit Marché, Spar, Vival and Eco Service) as well as restaurants and cafes.

Retail Arabia launched the first Géant hypermarket in Bahrain in 2001, followed by Dubai in 2005. Along with Géant the group has also successfully launched its supermarket brands in Bahrain and Dubai.

About Fu-Com Kuwait:

Fu-com Kuwait is a joint venture between Retail Arabia and the Tamdeen Group. Tamdeen is a leading real estate company in Kuwait with over 900 employees. Tamdeen was founded in 1982 and is listed in the Kuwait Stock Exchange. The Tamdeen Group has pioneered numerous retail and mixed-use development in Kuwait and has the launched 360º Mall. Plans are underway to launch Géant hypermarkets in other malls of Tamdeen. In addition Fu-com Kuwait will be launching its supermarket brand in Kuwait. The first supermarket will open in Salmiya in the fourth quarter of 2009 followed by Sulaibikhat in mid 2011.

The team at Fu-com is a dynamic mix of nationalities with years of retail experience in the international, regional as well as the local Kuwait market. Fu-com Kuwait is committed to bring world class retailing to Kuwait.

For further information please contact:

Rawan Farhat
PR Account Executive
BPG Public Relations
Level 6 ACICO Tower, Jaber Mubarack St, Sharq
PO Box 623 Souk Al Dakly, 15257 Kuwait
T +965 22 411 676 ext 109
F +965 22 492 644