Oman's second Carrefour opens at Qurum City Centre |
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Muscat, Oman, November, 10, 2008: CarrefourCarrefour
, the French retail giant's hypermarket opened its second outlet in the Sultanate's new mall Qurum City Centre. Located in the heart of downtown Qurum, the mall has been attracting families, shoppers and tourists from all walks of life into the cities latest and newest shopping sensation. Considered worldwide as the hypermarket role model and second largest retailer in the world, the CarrefourCarrefour
outlet at Qurum City Centre encompasses 12,552 square metres and offers more than 35,000 products in its hypermarket, which would provide shoppers with a wide range of diversity and choice at one shopping destination.
With its range of groceries and general merchandise, CarrefourCarrefour
is able to satisfy all routine shopping needs in one trip. CarrefourCarrefour
customers will be served by a staff of 400 people and 60 cashiers.
Henri Changeaux, Senior Vice-President GCC-Retail for MAF Hypermarkets (Carrefour)MAF Hypermarkets (Carrefour)
, said: "At CarrefourCarrefour
, you will be able to meet most of your needs at affordable prices and assured quality. We are delighted to be able to bring to the people of Qurum and its neighbourhoods the quality of service and commitment that consumers around the world have come to expect and enjoy from CarrefourCarrefour
," he added.
Qurum City Centre is very pleased to have CarrefourCarrefour
as its anchor store as it serves to provide a wide range of products from basic essentials to general merchandise and will be able to satisfy all routine weekly shopping needs in one trip.
Qurum City Centre's management's dedication to quality helps them to attract the best choice of retailers and CarrefourCarrefour
underlines their commitment to provide their customers with an enjoyable shopping experience with best possible deals available to them closer to their homes.
Qurum City Centre comprises of the first covered car park of almost 1000 spaces in a shopping mall in the down town Qurum area. It is also the first shopping mall in this area to be open from 10 am to 10 pm. CarrefourCarrefour
is open from 9am to midnight everyday.
Home to over 75 retail outlets providing visitors with a wide spectrum of choice, Qurum City Centre is the second shopping mall development from Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim the developers of the popular Muscat City Centre in Oman.
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About MAF Shopping Malls:
MAF Shopping Malls is the region's leading shopping mall developer with an established network of operating centres in the Middle East and North Africa. The company is part of MAF Properties, one of the major operating subsidiaries of the Majid Al Futtaim GroupMajid Al Futtaim Group
. It has seven operating centres totaling over 500,000 square metres of GLA, including four centres in UAE, two in Egypt and one in Oman. MAF Shopping Malls deals with over a 1,200 retailers across the globe and its centres draw combined foot traffic of over 90 million shoppers annually.
MAF Shopping Malls' world-class shopping centres have revolutionised the retail industry over the past 15 years with breakthrough developments such as Ski Dubai, the first indoor Ski Resort, Mall of the Emirates, the first shopping resort in the Middle East and the popular City Centre franchise (which can be found in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman) that has been exported across the region to Egypt (Maadi and Alexandria), Oman (Muscat), the upcoming Bahrain City Centre and Mirdif City Centre.
Media Contact information:
For more information, please call:
Ahmed Hamdy
Marketing Manager
Muscat City Centre
Ph: +968 24558888
Fax: +968 24558320
Email: Ahmed.Hamdy@maf.ae
Media Inquiries:
Saloni Suri / Shaddad Al Musalmy
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller
Oman, Muscat
Tel: +968 24562762
Fax: +968 24562763
s.suri@asdaa.com
s.almusalmy@asdaa.com
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