Lulu Hypermarket

Lulu Hypermarket (stylized as LuLu Hypermarket) is a hypermarket chain and retail venture started by Lulu Group International in 2000. M. A. Yousuf Ali is the managing director of the group that is based in Abu Dhabi. LuLu has over 35,600 employees of various nationalities.

It is one of the largest retail chains in Asia and is the biggest in Middle East with 121 outlets in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and one in Kochi, Kerala, India. Research firm Deloitte, recently placed it amongst the world’s 50 fastest growing retailers.

History

LuLu Group International opened its first supermarket in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in 1995, when the retail business scenario in the region started to change with the entry of Continent (now Carrefour). Later, more LuLu Supermarket stores were opened in different parts of Abu Dhabi There are also several Lulu stores found in the emirate of Dubai. In the late 1990s, the LuLu Center department stores were launched, and the group expanded to other countries in the Middle East.