Panda Retail Company
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Panda Retail Company is a Saudi Arabian
History
United Panda Co. was founded in
In, September 2003, Azizia Panda United company made it to the
In 2004 Panda launched its own private label and opened its first hyper market under the brand name HyperPanda.[7]
In March 2006, Azizia Panda United opened its fifth hypermarket in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.[8] In April, opened its first outlet outside the kingdom of Saudi Arabia with an investment of AED 50 million (US$13.6 million). The outlet was located in Dubai’s Festival City.[9] It was closed ten years later.[10][11]
In December 2007, United Azizia Panda made sales worth SR3.7 billion in 2007, a 35% increase from 2006.[12]
In 2008, Al Azizia Panda United acquired Giant Stores in Saudi Arabia from Al-Muhaidib Group and merged it into its operations.[6] In the following year Savola Group acquired all 11 Geant Stores, a franchise by al Hokair Group KSA through an asset purchase agreement, and merged it with Panda.[13]
In March 2009, Azizia Panda unveiled the biggest bottle of shampoo in the world with 4,000 liters content of "Herbal Essences" and measuring 4.8m long.[14]
In July 2010, the minister of commerce and industry of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah bin Ahmed Zainal Ali Reza approved the transformation of United Azizia Panda Company from a
In 2014, Panda introduced Pandati stores.[7]
In 2015, Panda opened its first store in Egypt.[7] After two years, opened its first hypermarket in Upper Egypt.[17]
In November 2016, Panda Retail Company CEO Muwaffaq Mansoor Jamal, resigned after 12 years of service. Savola Group CEO Eng. Rayan Fayez named interim CEO.[18][19]
As of June 2016, the company operated 65 HyperPanda stores and 156 Panda Chain outlets across Saudi Arabia.[20] In 2016 the retailer closed 51 Pandati stores.[10]
In December 2017, Panda Retail Company interim CEO Eng. Rayan Fayez resigned. Former inspector general of the Saudi Ministry of Health, and CEO of Al Nahdi Pharmaceuticals Dr. Bandar Hamooh, named acting CEO.[21][22]
In November 2022, Panda Retail Company is rebranded with the new logo and Hyperpanda is changed to Panda Hyper.[citation needed]
See also
References
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- ^ "Leadership Team". Savola Group.
- ^ The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia, 2001
- ^ Bloomberg Business week.
- ISBN 9780060850302.
- ^ a b Azizia Panda sets new mark for Guinness Book of World Records Archived March 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b c Panda Retail Company Savola Group
- ^ Azizia Panda Savola to open its fifth hypermarket Zawya Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Savola unveils Dubai hypermarket plan.
- ^ a b Hyperpanda to shutter its doors in Dubai Festival City The National
- ^ Dubai Festival City says goodbye to HyperPanda
- ^ Azizia Panda Logs SR3.7bn in Sales Arab News Archived March 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ UPDATE 3-Saudi Savola expands retail chain with Geant buy Reuters
- ^ Al Azizia Panda wins the spin on biggest shampoo bottle AMEinfo Archived October 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Aziziah Panda Transformed Into Closed Joint Stock Company Zawya
- ^ أسواق بنده تستحوذ على 7.7% من سوق التجزئة وأرباحها أقل من العثيم بكثير خلال عام 2010 (Panda Retail Company owns 7.7% of retail market cap and its profit far less than Al-Othaim) Argaam
- ^ Saudi Panda to open its first Upper Egypt hypermarket next Wednesday
- ^ "Panda Retail's CEO resigns, Savola's Fayez steps in". Argaam. November 24, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
- ^ "Announces Resignation of Mr. Muwaffaq Mansour Jamal, CEO of Panda Retail Co. and appointment of Eng. Rayan Mohammed Fayez as Acting CEO of Panda". Market Screener. November 24, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
- ^ Panda Retail opens five new outlets in 30 days Arab News
- ^ Savola's Retail Unit Panda Names New CEO albawaba
- ^ "صافولا" : تعيين بندر حموه رئيسا تنفيذيا لشركة "بنده" (Savola: Naming Bander Hamooh as CEO of Panda) Aliqtisadi