The Sultan Center (TSC) (

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: مركز سلطان) is a retail store chain from Kuwait.

History

The four-decade-long story of The Sultan Center was founded by Jamil Sultan. In 1981, he established the first self-service retail store in Kuwait; it was based in

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and took on a Home Center format. Jamil Sultan is regarded as a visionary and pioneer in the business community of Kuwait. In addition to founding The Sultan Center, he propelled

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, a state-owned warehouse company into a worldwide logistics firm, and he was the Vice-Chairman of National Real Estate Company Kuwait (NREC), a leading real estate investment and development firm present in the Middle East and Africa. The business ventured into the food retail industry with the opening of the

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store in 1986 that is still serving customers with care as The Sultan Center's flagship store.

Retail presence

The Sultan Center currently operates 70 stores in 4 countries. It owns over 40 stores in Kuwait with a running online shopping service. In Sultanate of Oman, where it first expanded outside Kuwait, it operates 7 retails stores. In addition to that, it owns 17 stores in Jordan and 3 in Bahrain. In February 2020 The Sultan Center celebrated the launch of its new flagship store in

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during an opening ceremony held at the store’s new location in Al Kout Mall.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sultan Center Retail companies of Kuwait Retail companies established in 1976 1976 establishments in Kuwait Companies based in Kuwait City