Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Liwa Trading recognised the Middle East’s demand for timeless pieces as it launches Chaps, a timeless American sportswear brand, with the opening of two of its flagship stores in the UAE — Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Chaps is showcasing at its flagship stores the Spring 2016 collection for men, women and boys. Chaps signals ...
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Leveraging its technology and experience
Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Casio has been developing watches since 1970s, and later started developing PDAs and cellular phones from the 1990s to the 2000s. Leveraging its technology and experience with both watches and information devices, Casio continues to develop wrist devices that deliver true value to users in innovative ways. Casio’s corporate creed is ‘creativity and contribution’. ...
Read More »Providing women a diversity edge
Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Glowork was formed in 2011 by young entrepreneurs who aim to enable women and increase diversity in the workforce. As it is the first dedicated organisation where its online portal considered being a platform that links female jobseekers and employers, it also has a system that allows women to work virtually from home that has ...
Read More »Creating natural food without preservatives
EMIRATES BUSINESS In 1986, Pret A Manger opened the doors of its very first shop, in London, UK. Pret’s founders Julian Metcalfe and Sinclair Beecham were on a mission to create handmade, natural food, avoiding the obscure chemicals, additives and preservatives common to so much of the ‘prepared’ and fast food on the market. A fresh and healthy menu ...
Read More »European inspiration with clear-cut interiors
Our Correspondent/ Emirates Business A casual yet refined dining concept serving French-European delicacies from 10 am until late evening, Classic Car Cafe boasts of a relaxing atmosphere and mouth-watering food served in the backdrop of classic cars. The perfect place to socialise — where business colleagues; families and groups of friends catch up over food. With the classic car ...
Read More »Mindtripp: Doing the usual the unusual way
Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Mindtripp is an experiential events company with client relations spanning over a decade. Founded by Amrrita S Jhamm, a certified CSR practitioner, Mindtripp has been executing events on industry-level in sectors such as hospitality, tourism, education, finance and business. Jhamm, Chief Mindtripper, said, “At Mindtripp, we are all about creating experiential based events. That’s ...
Read More »Carving the art of Swiss watchmaking
Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS La Chaux-de-Fonds is the cradle of Swiss fine watchmaking. In 1887 Georges Eberhard, then aged 22, founded the Eberhard & Co Watchmaking Manufacture there. From the very outset, the Firm specialised in the manufacture of technical watches, producing its first wrist chronograph in 1919. This complication would later become the firm’s specialty. Eberhard & Co ...
Read More »Cutting edge technology at a nominal price
Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Over the past two years since honor was first launched, the brand has been growing globally at 100 percent year-on-year, which the company expects to replicate in the Middle East market again this year. Since, the launch of honor in this market in May 2015 with honor 6 plus and subsequent honor 4X and honor ...
Read More »Luxury, expert craftsmanship and innovative technology
Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Vertu aims to deliver the world’s best luxury mobile phone experience to its customers by combining expert craftsmanship and peerless materials with innovative technology and unique services. Today, Vertu leads the market that it pioneered over a decade ago. The Vertu range of mobile phones is made up of three distinct models — Signature, Signature ...
Read More »Good food, great service and excellent coffee
Our Correspondent/ Emirates Business Australian cafe chain, ‘The Coffee Club’ entered the UAE market in the beginning of 2015 with its first branch at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Mall and later expanding to Dubai in March 2015. Over the past one year, the coffee chain has ventured into different locations in the UAE. “The first year has been a whirlwind. The ...
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