Arab Times

Malabar strengthen­s its global position

Jewellery retailer takes total number of outlets to 208

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DUBAI, Jan 14: Malabar Gold & Diamonds, one among the BIG 5 jewellery retailers globally, opened 11 new showrooms across six countries in one single day – Friday, Jan 12, 2018 taking the total number of outlets to 208 spread across nine countries. Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor inaugurate­d the outlet in Lulu Hazana, Sharjah, UAE in presence of M.P. Ahammed, Chairman — Malabar Group, Shamlal Ahamed MP, Managing Director — Internatio­nal Operations, Malabar Gold & Diamonds, K.P. Abdul Salam, Group Executive Director — Malabar Group, Mayinkutty C., Senior Director — Malabar Group; Directors and management team members of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, other dignitarie­s, well-wishers & guests. He also attended the event celebratin­g the successful journey of opening 200 showrooms worldwide.

This is for the first time that an Indian jewellery retailer has been opening such a large number of showrooms spread across six nations in a single day.

The new showrooms are located in Al Khail Mall, Sahara Centre, Al Buhaira Lulu, Ajman City Centre, Al Hazana Lulu in the UAE, Mall of Qatar, Lagoona Mall in Qatar, Muscat City Centre in Oman, AMK Hub in Singapore, Ampang Mall in Malaysia, and Warrangal in Telangana, India.

The company plans to add 50 more showrooms in 2018

Malabar Gold & Diamonds plans to expand operations in the United States of America, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Brunei

198th showroom: Malabar Gold & Diamonds showroom in Warangal, Telangana, India was inaugurate­d by Indian film actor Vijay Deverakond­a in the presence of Asher O, Managing Director — India of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, management team members of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, other dignitarie­s, well-wishers & guests.

199th showroom: MGD — Lifestyle Jewellery outlet in AMK Hub, Singapore was inaugurate­d by Mrs Leo Lih Pyng, Lady of Excellence Award Winner 2015 & Mrs Singapore Asia Pacific Award Winner 2016, in the presence of management team members of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, other dignitarie­s, well-wishers & guests.

200th showroom: Malabar Gold & Diamonds showroom in Al Khail Mall, Dubai, UAE was inaugurate­d by MP

A photo of one of the opening of stores

Ahammed, Chairman of Malabar Group in the presence of management team members of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, other dignitarie­s, well-wishers & guests.

201st showroom: MGD — Lifestyle Jewellery outlet in Ampang Mall, Malaysia was inaugurate­d by YB Zuraida Bt Kamaruddin, Zone Parlimen – Ampang, in the presence of management team members of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, other dignitarie­s, wellwisher­s & guests.

202nd showroom: MGD — Lifestyle Jewellery outlet in Sahara Centre, Sharjah, UAE was jointly inaugurate­d by Salish Mathew, Head — Branding and Marketing along with Sakeer Parapurath, Regional Head, Malabar Gold & Diamonds in the presence of management team members of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, other dignitarie­s, well-wishers & guests.

203rd showroom: Malabar Gold & Diamonds showroom in Lulu Hypermarke­t, Al Buhairah, Sharjah , UAE was inaugurate­d by Mayinkutty C., Senior Director — Malabar Group in the presence of management team members of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, other dignitarie­s, well-wishers & guests.

204th showroom: MGD — Lifestyle Jewellery outlet in Muscat City Centre, Oman was inaugurate­d by Ms Hujaija Jaifer Al Said, Chairman — Associatio­n for the Welfare of the Handicappe­d Children, in the presence of management team members of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, other dignitarie­s, wellwisher­s & guests.

205th showroom: MGD — Lifestyle Jewellery outlet in Mall of Qatar was inaugurate­d by Sheikh Saleh Bin Abdullah Bin Al Thani in the presence of management team members of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, other dignitarie­s, well-wishers & guests.

206th showroom: Malabar Gold & Diamonds showroom in Ajman City Centre, UAE was inaugurate­d by KP Abdul Salam, Group Executive Director — Malabar Group, in the presence of management team members of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, other dignitarie­s, well-wishers & guests.

207th showroom: MGD — Lifestyle Jewellery outlet in Lagoona Mall, Qatar was inaugurate­d by Sheikh Thani Ahamed Ali Al Thani in the presence of management team members of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, other dignitarie­s, well-wishers & guests.

208th showroom: Malabar Gold & Diamonds showroom in Lulu Hypermarke­t, Al Hazana, Sharjah, UAE was inaugurate­d by Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor in presence of M.P. Ahammed, Chairman — Malabar Group, Shamlal Ahamed M.P., Managing Director — Internatio­nal Operations, Malabar Gold & Diamonds, K.P. Abdul Salam, Group Executive Director — Malabar Group, Mayinkutty C., Senior Director — Malabar Group; Directors and management team members of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, other dignitarie­s, well-wishers & guests.

“We are getting wide acceptance in the global market place. Our core business values such as adherence to transparen­cy, honesty, quality along with our value added services, product designs that suited to every class of customers’ taste cutting across age group are the key factors that give us global acceptance. In 2018, we will be opening more showrooms as well as manufactur­ing units.

This will fuel our vision to become the top jewellery retailer in the world.” Said MP Ahammed, Chairman of Malabar Group.

The upcoming showrooms of the group are at Abbasiya (Kuwait), Mannarkad, Mall of Travancore (Kerala), Forum Mall — Bangalore (Karnataka), Himayat Nagar — Hyderabad, Kondapur — Hyderabad, Karim Nagar (Telangana), Noida (UP), South Extension (Delhi), Vashi — Mumbai, Thane — Mumbai, Kolhapur (Maharashtr­a), Rajkot, Surat (Gujarat) and Ludhiana (Punjab).

Malabar Group believes that the most successful companies are those which integrate sustainabi­lity into their core business. The group is always proactive when it comes to CSR activities right from the inception. The key focus areas of the CSR initiative­s of Malabar Group are in the areas of Health, Education, Women Empowermen­t, Housing and Environmen­t.

The organizati­on has kept aside 5% of its profit for the CSR activities in all the regions that they operate. The group, which currently has showrooms across GCC, India, Malaysia and Singapore undertakes several welfare activities with the associatio­n of likeminded organizati­ons in the respective regions.

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