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Dubai, UAE
Noon was born from a bold vision: to build a world-class e-commerce platform that truly understands the Arab world. Foun...
Dubai, UAE
Namshi — meaning 'let's go' in Arabic — was founded in Dubai in 2011 with a simple but powerful idea: bring internationa...
Västerås, Sweden
The story of H&M begins in a small Swedish town in 1947, when a 30-year-old entrepreneur named Erling Persson returned f...
Seattle, Washington, USA
Amazon's story is one of the most remarkable in business history. In 1994, Jeff Bezos quit his high-paying Wall Street j...
Älmhult, Sweden
IKEA's story is a testament to the power of a simple idea executed brilliantly. In 1943, a 17-year-old Swedish farm boy ...
Nanjing, China
SHEIN's rise from obscurity to global fashion phenomenon is one of the most extraordinary business stories of the 21st c...
Annecy, France
Carrefour — meaning 'crossroads' in French — was born at a literal crossroads in Annecy, France in 1959. Marcel Fournier...
Limoges, France
Sephora's story begins with a revolutionary idea about how beauty products should be sold. In 1969, French entrepreneur ...
A Coruña, Spain
Zara's story is one of the most remarkable rags-to-riches tales in business history. Amancio Ortega, the son of a railwa...
Herzogenaurach, Germany
The story of Adidas is inseparable from one of the most dramatic family feuds in business history. Adolf 'Adi' Dassler b...


























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