Danube Company Explained

Danube Company Limited
Type:Retailers
Industry:Hypermarket
Location:Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Key People:AbdulRazzaq BinDawood
(Chairman), Ahmad AR. BinDawood (CEO)
Owner:Bindawood Holding[1]
Products:Retail - Hypermarket

Danube Company Limited is a supermarket and hypermarket chain in Saudi Arabia. It is owned by BinDawood Holding, the grocery retail operator of hypermarkets and supermarkets in Saudi Arabia.[2] Since becoming part of BinDawood Holding in 2001, Danube has grown to 47[3] current locations.[4]

Branches

Danube opened its first hypermarket at the Heraa International Mall in 1993 in Jeddah. Then, the branch moved to a hypermarket about 0.5 kilometres away from Heraa International Mall. Danube hypermarkets are located at Medina Road (originally Heraa International Mall), Serafi Megamall, Redsea Mall[5] and at Central Park Mall[6] [7] Danube opened its first hypermarket in Riyadh's Hayat Mall in 2006 and built its second at Panorama Mall in 2010.[8] [9] [10] Danube has 47 store locations across the Kingdom and Danube Online is live in Jeddah, Riyadh, Al Khobar, Dammam and Taif.[11] [12]

Online presence

Danube Online was launched in 2017,[13] a first mover in the eCommerce grocery space in Saudi Arabia, and available via digital platform and mobile app which offer fully integrated services. Danube Online delivers Danube grocery products in six cities across the Kingdom.[14] [15] [16] [17]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Saudi Arabia's BinDawood grocery retailer plans to list on Tadawul . The National . en.
  2. Web site: Graham. Emma. 2020-08-31. Saudi retailer BinDawood to list 20% of company on the kingdom's Tadawul exchange. 2020-09-02. CNBC. en.
  3. Web site: 2020-12-31. Danube stores see 23.5% sales surge during pandemic. 2020-12-31. Arab News. en.
  4. Web site: 2017-10-22. Majed Al-Tahan: At the cutting edge of Saudi Arabia's e-commerce revolution. 2020-09-02. Arab News. en.
  5. Web site: Red Sea Mall . 2011-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120218051035/http://redseamall.com/hypermarket.php . 2012-02-18 . dead .
  6. Web site: Olat Development Co. Ltd. olaat.com. 2015-04-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044459/http://www.olaat.com/index%20-News.html. 2016-03-04. dead.
  7. Web site: Danube Hypermarket | الدانوب هايبر ماركت - الفيحاء - جدة, Minţaqat Makkah. foursquare.com. 2015-04-10.
  8. Web site: 2018-09-30. Danube begins 15-day French food festival in Saudi Arabia. 2020-09-03. Arab News. en.
  9. Web site: افتتاح الفرع الثاني للدانوب بالمنطقة الوسطى في بانوراما مول بالرياض. 2020-09-03. جريدة الرياض. ar.
  10. Web site: Danube Hypermarket opens its second branch in Riyadh | Business | Saudi Gazette. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150417165913/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010013161854&archiveissuedate=31%2F01%2F2010. 2015-04-17. 2015-04-10. saudigazette.com.sa.
  11. News: 16 June 2020 . Retail mogul Ahmad BinDawood grapples with coronavirus challenge . www.ft.com .
  12. News: BinDawood opens Danube hypermarket in Taif . Arab News . 16 April 2019 . en.
  13. Web site: 2020-05-18. Danube Online lists nongrocery items on Noon.com. 2020-09-02. Arab News. en.
  14. Web site: 2019-11-28. Health comes first for Danube Online shoppers. 2020-09-02. Arab News. en.
  15. Web site: East. Forbes Middle. New App Set To Innovate Saudi's Online Grocery Shopping Space. 2020-09-02. Forbes ME. en-US.
  16. Web site: Welcoming the World Forbes Custom. 2020-09-02. www.forbes.com. en.
  17. Web site: 200 % زيادة مبيعات عملاق التجزئة السعودي بن داود عبر المنصة الإلكترونية بسبب إجراءات مواجهة فيروس كورونا. 2020-09-02. أريبيان بزنس. ar.
  18. Web site: Retail Technology of the Year . World Retail Congress 2019.
  19. Web site: 2019-09-25. Saudi Arabia's digital pioneers honored at IDC CIO Excellence Awards 2019. 2020-09-03. Arab News. en.
  20. Web site: Saudi Top Achievers Award 2019 . sauditopachievers.sa.com.
  21. Web site: 2020 Shortlist . www.worldretailawards.com . en.

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