{"id":17240,"date":"2022-04-15T12:07:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T12:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=17240"},"modified":"2022-07-27T08:30:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T08:30:03","slug":"international-womens-day-meet-10-inspirational-women-in-middle-east-retail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/04\/15\/international-womens-day-meet-10-inspirational-women-in-middle-east-retail\/","title":{"rendered":"7 questions with &#8230; Sara Chemmaa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\nSara Chemmaa, founder and CEO of children-centric brand Citron, shares the ten-year vision for her brand. Citron was founded when Chemmaa identified a space in the market for stylish leakproof lunchboxes. Since its launch in 2017, Citron has grown to stock over 200 products, including a sustainable range, a bamboo range and a teenage-centric range. To date, the brand has sold over 150,000 products.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the best way to start your day?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A good breakfast, yoga and meditation is the best formula to start a great.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could be any character from a movie, who would you be?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lady Gaga\u2019s character in the movie \u2018A star is born\u2019.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your greatest achievement?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My three kids.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What advice would you give your 13-year-old self?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Believe in yourself, you are stronger than what you think.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you had 24 hours left on Earth, what would you do?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Spend every second with my kids, husband and family.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who or what is your biggest inspiration?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My biggest inspiration is my kids.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What would you like to achieve in the next 10 years?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I could fit many things in a 10-year period, but here are the top three I\u2019d like to see after one decade: firstly, I\u2019d like to see Citron listed on the NY Stock exchange; secondly, I\u2019d like to see my kids grow healthy and happy; and finally, I\u2019d like to see myself as a happy and fulfilled mother, wife and entrepreneur.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citron founder, Sara Chemmaa, shares the dream of finding her company on the New York Stock Exchange. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":17241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3937,3936],"tags":[4096,4095,4097],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17240"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17856,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17240\/revisions\/17856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}