{"id":20796,"date":"2023-01-24T15:58:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T15:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=20796"},"modified":"2023-02-23T22:35:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T22:35:54","slug":"giordano-me-sets-ambitious-target-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2023\/01\/24\/giordano-me-sets-ambitious-target-for-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Giordano ME sets ambitious target for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hong Kong-based clothing retailer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giordano-me.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giordano <\/a>has announced plans to embark on a robust expansion in the Middle East, with a target to have 300 stores in the region in its portfolio by 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When asked about some recent major milestones in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/11\/16\/giordano-me-expands-as-gcc-rebounds-and-grows\/\">fashion brand&#8217;s<\/a> development, CEO and managing director for Giordano Middle East, Ishwar Chugani, said: \u201cIt has to be celebrating 30 years of being present in the Middle East region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAs such, 2022 has been an amazing year for us. Our overall sale-to-date in 2022 is up by 29 per cent as compared to 2021. The total quantity of goods sold this year will exceed five million pieces, which is much higher than any of the previous years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Just in the last 12 months, Giordano has opened 10 stores in the region, juggling it with 10 more international stores in new markets such as Bangladesh, Ghana, Pakistan, Kenya and Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Created in 1993 as a subsidiary of Giordano International, Giordano ME provides strategic support, logistics and management to the brand\u2019s franchise partners across the region. In addition, it works on Giordano\u2019s expansion and franchising across the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u201cLooking ahead, we will undertake continuous expansion through franchising with Africa and Central Asia as major focus areas,\u201d said Mr Chugani.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Today, Giordano ME operates more than 270 stores across the GCC, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Iraq, Mauritius, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Armenia, Georgia and Mongolia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Alongside focusing on the brick-and-mortar segment, Giordano ME has been actively involved in managing its online business which has recorded double-digit year-on-year growth. The brand serves more than two million customers in the GCC and more than 12 million globally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Giordano International was founded in Hong Kong in 1981 and is now one of the world\u2019s leading international retailers of men\u2019s, women\u2019s and children\u2019s apparel and accessories.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong-based clothing retailer Giordano has announced plans to embark on a robust expansion in the Middle East, with a target to have 300 stores in the region in its portfolio by 2025. When asked about some recent major milestones in the fashion brand&#8217;s development, CEO and managing director for Giordano Middle East, Ishwar Chugani,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":20797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154,4484,1],"tags":[4657],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20796"}],"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\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20796"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21585,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20796\/revisions\/21585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}