Executives of Globe Retail, Liu Jo and Furla during the opening of their stores in Jeddah.GLOBE Retail, part of Globe Group, specialized in retail fashion business, food and beverages, recently unveiled its collaboration with two new Italian brands, Liu Jo and Furla in an event full of glamour and fashion. In addition to other leading brands that Globe Retail holds, these are for each of the internationally acclaimed brands Furla and Liu Jo, the second store in Saudi Arabia, together with Riyadh. The location of these two single-brand stores is at one of the exclusive areas of the city, Stars Avenue mall that hosts the most appealing brands worldwide. The launch was done through a press gathering, attended by female media and top fashion bloggers of Jeddah. Furla is one of the major players in the worldwide leather goods market that has been creating -strictly in Italy- and distributing quality bags, shoes and accessories of essential elegance throughout the world since 1927. Based in Bologna, Italy, in a historic 18th century villa, the company is present in 63 countries with 319 single-brand stores situated on the most prestigious international shopping streets, a distribution network with over a thousand official points of sales and a large travel retail network. Ajwad Suleiman, executive manager of Globe Retail, said “the inauguration for Furla and Liu Jo in Jeddah represents a great step in expanding our network in Saudi which will contribute to the Saudi people lifestyle. After establishing our two branches in Panorama Mall in Riyadh & Star Avenue Jeddah, we are still planning and very excited to open more stores within the coming two years, based on our confidence of the great potential for our brands in the Saudi territory.” – SG
