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Aρρarel Group
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryRetail
Founded1996
FoundersNilesh Ved & Sima Ved
Headquarters
Dubai, UAE
Number of employees
14000[1]
Websiteapparelglobal.com

Apparel Group LLC is a UAE based fashion and retail conglomerate company headquartered in Dubai, UAE.[2][3][4]

History

The Aρρarel Group was founded in 1996 by Nilesh Ved & Sima Ved. The Group has more than 75 international brands from around the world, spread across 1,750+ stores across the globe employing 14,000 multicultural staff.[5][6][7][8][9]

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.[10][11][12]

Supporting the United Nations Global Compact’s principles on human rights, labour, environment & anti-corruption, Apparel Group is a member of United Nation’s Global Compact since 2015.[13][14]

Operations

The group has 2,025 retail outlets, 20000 employees, and 80 brands. It is operational in 14 countries, predominantly in the GCC region. The group was founded by Sima Ved.[15][16]

Apparel Group operates in 14 countries, mostly in GCC region including UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Egypt and South Africa. The group has over 98 brands.[17][9] [18][19][20]

Some of the destinations that Apparel Group brands are part of include:

CSR and Philanthropy

In Dec 2016, Anastacia and Andie MacDowell joined hands with the Apparel Group for a charity fundraiser called “The Global Gift Gala”.[22]

In 2018, the Apparel Group supported Pink Caravan to assist those suffering from the disease of Breast Cancer.[23]

In Dec 2019, Apparel Group and Tim Hortons raised a fund AED 370,000 to support the Smile Cookie Campaign and to provide critical medical care to children in need.[24]

To support the Expo 2020 Dubai Cares program, Apparel Group donated SKECHERS worth AED 1.5 million in school kits. In 2022, it partnered with Nefsy and Taharum Charity Foundation to help those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and distributed 150 meals from Tim Hortons to less fortunate children. It also tied up with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation to donate 1,500 school bags to an orphanage. It engaged in several charitable activities during Ramadan in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, including clothes donation and an internal employee donation campaign. It was included in the Members of the Dubai Chamber Sustainability Network Taskforce that will start utilising Prompt Payment Practices for Suppliers and Subcontractors.[25][26]

The brands under its portfolio also take part in several CSR initiatives. TOMS introduced a shoe recycling program during its 15th anniversary at the Mall of the Emirates. F5 raised Dh30,000 for children's education with Emirates Red Crescent, while ALDO held a fundraising campaign to offer access to clean drinking water in the rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. [27][28]

The group was included among the Members of the Dubai Chamber Sustainability Network Taskforce that will start utilising Prompt Payment Practices for Suppliers and Subcontractors.[29]

Awards

  • Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award 2019 for 10th Cycle[30]
  • Gulf Sustainability and CSR Awards 2019[31]
  • 2018 Dubai Chamber CSR Label’ for the 6th consecutive year by the Dubai Chamber’s Centre for Responsible Business[32]
  • 22nd Business Excellence Awards 2016: Dubai Quality Appreciation Award[33]
  • Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award (SKEA) 2014 in Gold category for 13th Cycle[34]
  • Dubai Chamber’s CSR Label Award 2014[35]
  • Supply Chain & Transport Awards 2014[36]
  • RetailME Awards 2013 for 27 categories[37]

References

  1. ^ "Apparel Group". Great Place To Work.
  2. ^ "Huda Beauty's Mona Kattan And Apparel Group's Sima Ved To Headline Dtec Forum, Powered By Entrepreneur Middle East, In June Web Story". Business Big News.
  3. ^ Roy, Abhirup (October 6, 2022). "Nykaa forge ties with Dubai's Apparel Group to expand business in Gulf countries".
  4. ^ "Like parents, like daughter: Meet Selina Ved of Dubai's Apparel Group who is all set to make beauty her business". gulfnews.com.
  5. ^ "Tommy Hilfiger now on 6TH STREET". imagesretailme.com. 4 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Skechers donates over 6,000 pairs of shoes to healthcare heroes". Future of retail business in middle east. 20 October 2020.
  7. ^ "How does the Nykaa-Apparel Group partnership help the two companies?". Business Today. October 13, 2022.
  8. ^ "Apparel Group is official Gold sponsor of World Corporate Summit 2022". gulfnews.com.
  9. ^ a b "India's Nykaa and Dubai's Apparel Group forge Gulf alliance". Reuters. October 6, 2022 – via www.reuters.com.
  10. ^ "India's Nykaa and Dubai's Apparel Group forge Gulf alliance". Inside Retail. October 10, 2022.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference auto2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Release, Press. "Apparel Group launches 20 new fashion, lifestyle & F&B Brands in Place Vendôme in Qatar". www.zawya.com.
  13. ^ "CROCS gives out free pairs of shoes for Dubai's frontliners". The Filipino Times. 19 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Apparel Group partners with Siraj Power to cut warehouse energy use". logisticsmiddleeast.com.
  15. ^ Mehta, Somya. "Teen Entrepreneur Sarisha Ved on starting her sustainable e-commerce venture". Khaleej Times.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "Apparel Group brand ALDO celebrates its festive collection with Janhvi Kapoor at The Dubai Mall". gulfnews.com.
  18. ^ Salian, Neesha (October 7, 2022). "Apparel Group, Nykaa partner to set up omnichannel beauty retail platform in GCC".
  19. ^ Jose, Teena (October 7, 2022). "Nykaa Joins Hands With Apparel Group To Expand In GCC Region". Entrepreneur.
  20. ^ Salian, Neesha (October 10, 2022). "TOMS gives 10 $10,000 grants to 10 mental health-focused organisations".
  21. ^ "Apparel Group brand 6thStreet.com opens the GCC's first fashion and lifestyle phygital store in Dubai". ANI News.
  22. ^ "Hollywood stars come out for DIFF charity gala". Arab News. 14 December 2016.
  23. ^ AlSadr, AHmed (16 July 2018). "Pink Caravan and Nine West Pin Hopes on the UAE's Charitable Spirit Once Again". Dubai Global News.
  24. ^ "Tim Hortons UAE cookie campaign raised over AED 370,000". Caterer Middle East.
  25. ^ "Apparel Group campaigns touch lives across UAE and Saudi Arabia". Khaleej Times.
  26. ^ "Apparel Group joins Nefsy and Tarahum Charity Foundation". Khaleej Times.
  27. ^ "Apparel Group campaigns touch lives across UAE and Saudi Arabia". Khaleej Times.
  28. ^ "Apparel Group joins Nefsy and Tarahum Charity Foundation". Khaleej Times.
  29. ^ Staff Report. "Dubai Chamber presents 54 companies with CSR Label in H2-2021". Khaleej Times.
  30. ^ "Winners & Testimonials". dubaichamber.com.
  31. ^ "Gulf Sustainability and CSR Awards - Winners 2019". gulfsustainabilityawards.com.
  32. ^ "Dubai Chamber awards 35 firms with CSR Label for their efforts". gulftoday.ae.
  33. ^ "42 winners awarded at the 22nd Business Excellence Awards". gulfnews.com.
  34. ^ "SKEA". www.skea.ae.
  35. ^ "DUBAI CHAMBER CSR LABEL PRESENTED TO 11 COMPANIES FOR THEIR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS". dubaichamber.com.
  36. ^ "Supply Chain and Transport Awards 2014 winners". ArabianIndustry.com.
  37. ^ "Apparel Group big in RetailME Awards". Khaleej Times.
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