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Six Brands from Landmark Group Honoured as some of UAE's Strongest Brands
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Babyshop, Shoe Mart, Splash, Lifestyle, Home Centre and Ecco receive Superbrands Recognition
Dubai, UAE - 25 July 2010: Six brands from the portfolio of Landmark GroupLandmark Group
- one of the largest retail conglomerates in the Middle East -- have been awarded the highly coveted status of Superbrands. Babyshop, Shoe Mart, Splash, Lifestyle, Home Centre and Ecco were all bestowed with the prestigious award for excellence in branding by the UAE Superbrands Council at the annual event to honour UAE's strongest brands. Commenting on the honour, Renuka Jagtiani, Vice-Chairperson, Landmark GroupLandmark Group said: "This recognition is an affirmation that our brands have delivered on the Group's promise of providing 'exceptional value' to our consumers. I accept this honour on behalf of our 31,000-strong employees that make up the Landmark GroupLandmark Group family. Congratulations to the entire team of Babyshop, Shoe Mart, Splash, Lifestyle, Home Centre and Ecco for this deserving honour."
Superbrands is globally recognised as the independent arbiter and authority for exceptional branding. The rigorous assessment and selection criteria for gaining a Superbrand status involved a voting process by the Superbrands council members after which a second stage of voting was carried out by 2,500 marketing professionals. Often referred to as the 'Oscars of branding', only brands with the highest score get the celebrated designation of a Superbrand.
Landmark GroupLandmark Group has received a wide array of accolades from various trade bodies and government institutions. Recently, Centrepoint, also one of the Group's brands, received the Superbrands award from the Kuwait Superbrands Council. The Group's philosophy of delivering exceptional value and putting customer first is heavily entrenched across all its business divisions - from retail to food, leisure and hospitality.
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About Landmark Group
Founded in 1973 in Bahrain, the Landmark GroupLandmark Group has successfully grown into one of the largest and most successful retail organizations in the Middle East and India. An international, diversified retail conglomerate that encourages entrepreneurship to consistently deliver exceptional value, the Group operates over 900 stores encompassing over thirteen million square feet across Middle East, India, Egypt, Turkey, Yemen and Pakistan (franchise operation).
Landmark GroupLandmark Group
employs more than 31,000 employees and provides a value-driven product range for the family through its core retail concepts: Centrepoint, Babyshop, Shoe Mart, Splash, Lifestyle, Beautybay, Iconic, Home Centre, Q Home Décor, Max, Shoexpress, E-Max and Landmark International, which includes franchise international brands such as New Look, Reiss, Aftershock and Koton. Besides retail, the Group has also diversified in the leisure, food and hospitality segments with Fun City, Spaces, Citymax Hotels and Foodmark, the restaurant division which includes franchise brands like Mango Tree, The Meat Company, Carluccio's, La Gaufrette, Bazerkan and Ushna.
The Group recently opened 21 stores and 3 restaurants at the Mirdif City Centre in Dubai, encompassing a retail area of over 300,000 sq. ft.
For more information, please contact
Toju Ogbe, BPG Public Relations for Landmark GroupLandmark Group, Dubai
Tel: +9714-295 3456
Mob: +971-50 1045 113
Fax: +9714-295 1027
E-mail: toju@batespangulf.com
Corporate Communications & CSR - Landmark Group
Tel: +9714-809 4000
Mob: +971-50 7085 912
Fax: +9714-809 4342
E-mail: bhuvana.acharya@cplmg.com
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