Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East and North Africa, has announced plans to open 10 new Carrefour stores in the UAE next year, thus setting it on target to reach 140 hypermarkets and 210 supermarkets in the countries in which Majid Al Futtaim operates by 2018.

Carrefour, franchised by Majid Al Futtaim in 38 markets across the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia, will open two hypermarkets and eight supermarkets across the emirates next year as it looks to meet the growing demand for convenience shopping.

The announcement comes as Carrefour is marking its 10-day anniversary celebrations currently running across all hypermarkets and supermarkets in the UAE.

"This week marks 21 years since Majid Al Futtaim introduced the Carrefour hypermarket concept to the UAE and the wider region as part of its vision to create great moments for everyone, every day. Since then, the brand has become synonymous with providing customers with unbeatable value and choice," he remarked.

"We are proud to continue that tradition through the current in-store promotions to celebrate our anniversary. During our ten day anniversary promotion in 2015, we served more than three million customers, a figure we are targeting to increase 15 per cent this year,” said Miguel Povedano, Executive Regional Director for Carrefour UAE.

“In the last two decades we have witnessed a number of retail trends emerge, including increasing demand for smaller supermarket-style stores in recent years. We will continue to grow the hypermarket brand in the UAE with the addition of two more hypermarkets and address the growing trend for smaller convenient stores through the introduction of eight new supermarkets. We also look forward to extending our home delivery service, which we are currently testing in selected areas in Dubai,” he added.

The Anniversary promotions include Majid Al Futtaim’s leisure and entertainment attractions such as Ski Dubai, Magic Planet and VOX Cinemas, and City Centre Clinic vouchers for all food purchases over Dh2.

MyCLUB members will also receive great discounts daily on two different product categories in loyalty points as well as three amazing daily deals, it added.-TradeArabia News Service