Al Futtaim Group

The latest news, tenders and projects from Cairo, Egypt.

Al Futtaim Capital's plan aims to address housing shortage, set for 2010 launch.

UAE to hold first event of its kind later this month to debate employment policy.

Retailer increases commercial activities in Kuwait with a number of brands at 360 MALL.

Hypermarket chain confirmed as the anchor store for mall developer's New Damascus development.

The UAE's multi-brand electronics powerhouse launches Go Green Initiative, enticing customers to return old appliances in exchange for gifts.

Dubai's Al Futtaim Retail Division is braced to open the biggest distribution centre in the emirate. Lynne Nolan discovers its plans and why retailers should invest in inventory management.

Hotel giant to expand regional portfolio of properties from 26 to 65 by 2011, CEO says.

Festival City will showcase 250 international and regional retail brands and create ‘numerous employment opportunities' for the city's population.

Dubai family-owned group says it may buy 95% of Robinsons and delist company.

A five-month delay and numerous challenges didn't stop Depa successfully fit-out Al Futtaim's new management offices in Festival Tower.

The retail division of Al-Futtaim recently hosted an awards ceremony to honour its supply chain partners.

British retail giant Marks & Spencer intends to bring its environmental initiatives to the region.

As Dubai's decision to ban smoking gets underway, leisure managers are thinking fast about taking non-smoking steps.

A diverse range of professionals from the logistics sector came together for the SCATA Awards.

Crushed aggregate from new plant could be used for first and second layering on projects.

Sales of DVD players, MP3s, digital camcorders, games consoles and digital TVs are thriving, illustrating consumers' gravitation towards a ‘digital lifestyle'. Nowhere is this trend more prevalent than in the Middle East, where the market is being dramatically transformed. Channel Middle East investigates the role that the regional channel is playing in the digital lifestyle revolution.

The partnership between logistics companies and humanitarian aid organisations has proved invaluable in transporting relief to countries ravaged by natural disasters and wars. Now, with the launch of Dubai International Humanitarian City, the Middle East is preparing to become an international superhub for the sector.

Al-Futtaim Capital, the investment and development arm of the UAE's Al-Futtaim Group, has launched a US $500 million real estate development fund.

Former Toshiba Middle East and Africa boss Ahmed Khalil is making his much-anticipated return to the regional technology market by joining giant pan-Gulf group Al-Futtaim - the notebook vendor's exclusive distribution partner in the UAE.

Former Toshiba regional boss Ahmed Khalil is joining Al-Futtaim — the vendor’s UAE distribution partner.

The UAE conglomerate's fund will focus on urban developments in the region.

AFHC Securities will target high net worth individual investors and could start trading on the DIFX.

The Festival Waterfront Centre, the next phase of development in Dubai Festival City’s retail district, opened on December 14, just in time for the start of the 2006 Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF)

Ambitious retail, commercial residential development sets high standards

Al Futtaim Group has unveiled the US $3 billion (EGP17 billion) Cairo Festival City.

Al Futtaim Trading Group is bringing greater management control to its huge IT environment with one of the Middle East’s first Tivoli projects. The benefits are expected to go far beyond just reducing chaos, Al Futtaim believes it will uncover hidden treasures through a better understanding of all its businesses.