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Headquartered in Kuwait, M.H. Alshaya Co. is a leading international franchise operator for nearly 90 of the world’s most recognised retail brands including Starbucks, H&M, Mothercare, Debenhams, American Eagle Outfitters, P.F. Chang’s, The Cheesecake Factory, Victoria’s Secret, Boots, Pottery Barn and KidZania. With stores across the Middle East and North Africa, Russia, Turkey and Europe, Alshaya operates across diverse customer sectors including Fashion & Footwear, Health & Beauty, Food, Optics, Pharmacy, Home Furnishings and Leisure & Entertainment.
We operate over 3,900 stores across all our markets and employ more than 53,000 people from over 120 nationalities.
M.H. Alshaya Co. is the retail business of the Alshaya Group, which was founded in Kuwait in 1890 and today represents one of the most dynamic companies in the Middle East.
تعد شركة محمد حمود الشايع ومقرها في الكويت من الشركات الرائدة في الشرق الأوسط والوكيل لأكثر من 90 علامة تجارية عالمية في قطاع مبيعات التجزئة، ومنها: "ستاربكس" و"اتش آند ام" و"مذركير" و"دبنهامز" و"أمريكان إيجل" و"بي. إف. تشانغز" و"تشيزكيك فاكتوري" و"فيكتوريا سيكريت" و"بووتس" و"بوتري بارن" و"كيدزانيا". وتنتشر متاجر الشايع في أنحاء مختلفة من العالم تمتد من منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا لتصل إلى روسيا وتركيا وعدد من الدول في القارة الأوروبية ضمن قطاعات متنوعة تشمل الملابس والأحذية، والصحة والجمال، والأغذية، والبصريات، والصيدلة، والمفروشات والأثاث المنزلي، والترفيه العائلي.
وتدير الشركة أكثر من 3,900 متجر وتوظف الشركة أكثر من 53,000 موظف من 120 جنسيات مختلفة.
شركة الشايع هي إحدى شركات مجموعة الشايع التجارية التي أسستها عام 1890 عائلة الشايع في الكويت، وقد أصبح اسم الشركة مرادفا للتجارة الناجحة سواء على مستوى الشرق الاوسط والعالم.
Our Customer Contact Centre team can be reached on https://alshaya.com/en/our-customers/customer-contact-centre/
Customer Contact Centre hours: Sunday – Saturday from 10am to 10pm (Kuwait Local Time, GMT+3)
Terms of Use
Welcome to the official M.H. Alshaya Co. Facebook Page. We created this page to provide a friendly environment for fans to interact and discuss Alshaya’s offerings. We expect any visitor to this page to respect other users. All users must comply with Facebook’s Terms & Conditions and Alshaya’s Terms of Use (which can be found at https://alshaya.com/terms-of-use/). We reserve the right to report and block any user who we find to be violating any of these terms. While we encourage you to interact with each other and share comments, link, and other content, we reserve the right to remove any posts that we deem inappropriate, including any content that:
(i) infringes copyright or intellectual property;
(ii) contains spam, viruses or corrupt files;
(iii) is irrelevant or off topic;
(iv) condones or promotes illegal activity;
(v) contains profanity, abusive, slanderous, defamatory, hateful, harassing, threatening or obscene language; or
(vi) contains personal information such as telephone numbers, email or postal addresses.
User generated content posted to this page does not necessarily reflect the values of Alshaya, its employees or partners. Alshaya does not endorse any opinions expressed. Alshaya is not responsible for any User generated content and does not warrant the accuracy of any statement or product claims made on this page.
You may only use this page if you are over 13. By using or uploading content to this page you are affirming that you are over 13 years of age and that you have read, understood and agree to Alshaya’s Terms of Use (https://alshaya.com/terms-of-use/)
By uploading content to this page (including photos and videos) you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, broadcast, distribute, edit and publish such material in any media now known or hereafter developed, for our and any of our affiliated entities' business purposes. You agree not to hold us liable for any claim arising out of our use of the content you have uploaded. You also irrevocably waive any "moral rights" or other rights in any material that you submit.
The Cheesecake Factory restaurants in the Middle East operate under a licensing agreement.
We operate over 3,900 stores across all our markets and employ more than 53,000 people from over 120 nationalities.
M.H. Alshaya Co. is the retail business of the Alshaya Group, which was founded in Kuwait in 1890 and today represents one of the most dynamic companies in the Middle East.
تعد شركة محمد حمود الشايع ومقرها في الكويت من الشركات الرائدة في الشرق الأوسط والوكيل لأكثر من 90 علامة تجارية عالمية في قطاع مبيعات التجزئة، ومنها: "ستاربكس" و"اتش آند ام" و"مذركير" و"دبنهامز" و"أمريكان إيجل" و"بي. إف. تشانغز" و"تشيزكيك فاكتوري" و"فيكتوريا سيكريت" و"بووتس" و"بوتري بارن" و"كيدزانيا". وتنتشر متاجر الشايع في أنحاء مختلفة من العالم تمتد من منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا لتصل إلى روسيا وتركيا وعدد من الدول في القارة الأوروبية ضمن قطاعات متنوعة تشمل الملابس والأحذية، والصحة والجمال، والأغذية، والبصريات، والصيدلة، والمفروشات والأثاث المنزلي، والترفيه العائلي.
وتدير الشركة أكثر من 3,900 متجر وتوظف الشركة أكثر من 53,000 موظف من 120 جنسيات مختلفة.
شركة الشايع هي إحدى شركات مجموعة الشايع التجارية التي أسستها عام 1890 عائلة الشايع في الكويت، وقد أصبح اسم الشركة مرادفا للتجارة الناجحة سواء على مستوى الشرق الاوسط والعالم.
Our Customer Contact Centre team can be reached on https://alshaya.com/en/our-customers/customer-contact-centre/
Customer Contact Centre hours: Sunday – Saturday from 10am to 10pm (Kuwait Local Time, GMT+3)
Terms of Use
Welcome to the official M.H. Alshaya Co. Facebook Page. We created this page to provide a friendly environment for fans to interact and discuss Alshaya’s offerings. We expect any visitor to this page to respect other users. All users must comply with Facebook’s Terms & Conditions and Alshaya’s Terms of Use (which can be found at https://alshaya.com/terms-of-use/). We reserve the right to report and block any user who we find to be violating any of these terms. While we encourage you to interact with each other and share comments, link, and other content, we reserve the right to remove any posts that we deem inappropriate, including any content that:
(i) infringes copyright or intellectual property;
(ii) contains spam, viruses or corrupt files;
(iii) is irrelevant or off topic;
(iv) condones or promotes illegal activity;
(v) contains profanity, abusive, slanderous, defamatory, hateful, harassing, threatening or obscene language; or
(vi) contains personal information such as telephone numbers, email or postal addresses.
User generated content posted to this page does not necessarily reflect the values of Alshaya, its employees or partners. Alshaya does not endorse any opinions expressed. Alshaya is not responsible for any User generated content and does not warrant the accuracy of any statement or product claims made on this page.
You may only use this page if you are over 13. By using or uploading content to this page you are affirming that you are over 13 years of age and that you have read, understood and agree to Alshaya’s Terms of Use (https://alshaya.com/terms-of-use/)
By uploading content to this page (including photos and videos) you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, broadcast, distribute, edit and publish such material in any media now known or hereafter developed, for our and any of our affiliated entities' business purposes. You agree not to hold us liable for any claim arising out of our use of the content you have uploaded. You also irrevocably waive any "moral rights" or other rights in any material that you submit.
The Cheesecake Factory restaurants in the Middle East operate under a licensing agreement.
Overview
Location
Kuwait, Al Asimah, Kuwait City
Employees
10001+
Phone
+965 1821 212
Founded date
1890
Mentions in press and media 9
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| Sep 19, 2025 | Israelisches Tech-Unternehmen übernimmt Schweizer FashionTech-Startup | Das israelische Tech-Unternehmen MySize hat die 2012 gegründete ShoeSize.Me AG, die auf Grössenempfehlungen für Schuhe spezialisiert ist, übernommen. ShoeSize.Me bietet KI-basierte Lösungen wie ShoeAI an, um Kunden und Kundinnen online die... |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Back to Starbucks: How Starbucks coffee shops are revitalising community-first third places | In bustling cities and quiet neighbourhoods alike, Starbucks familiar green siren often signals more than just a caffeine stop. It represents that essential ‘third place’ – a reliable comfort zone bridging the gap between home and work, a s... |
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| Apr 21, 2025 | Chipotle heads south of the border with opening of 1st location in Mexico | But at least one U.S.-based Mexican chain has struggled to make it in Mexico. Taco Bell opened a few outlets in Mexico City in 1992 but they closed within two years. The brand opened another store in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2007 which also di... |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Chipotle to expand to Mexico amid Trump trade war with U.S. neighbor | The first Chipotle restaurant in Mexico will open early next year after the company signed a development deal with Alsea. In recent years, Chipotle has been trying to expand internationally, after decades focusing almost entirely on its U.S... |
| Sep 19, 2024 | AlShaya Starbucks franchise stake sale talks on hold, sources say | DUBAI/LONDON : The sale of a stake in the Middle East, North Africa and central Asia Starbucks franchise operated by Kuwait's AlShaya Group is on hold, two people with knowledge of the process said. Boycotts and geopolitical unrest in the r... |
| Apr 23, 2023 | Revealed: The Only Region Where Disney Stores Are Growing | Disney currently only operates 64 stores worldwide, but there is one region where they are thriving ... [+] (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Getty Images |
| Aug 1, 2019 | Eatsa is dead; long live Brightloom! (And its leading robotic retail & software as a service) | The legendary American novelist Samuel Clemens — far better known by his nom de plume Mark Twain — was once famously called upon to debunk a morbid outbreak of fake news suggesting that he had died on a trip to London, riddled with debts an... |
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FAQ about Alshaya Group
When was Alshaya Group founded?
Alshaya Group was founded in 1890.
What has the press written about Alshaya Group?
Parsers VC has collected 9 articles mentioning Alshaya Group, among them “Israelisches Tech-Unternehmen übernimmt Schweizer FashionTech-Startup” (Sep 19, 2025) and “Back to Starbucks: How Starbucks coffee shops are revitalising community-first third places” (Jul 23, 2025).
Is Alshaya Group still active?
Yes, Alshaya Group is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 26, 2025.