title: Dubai Holding Group
text: # Dubai Holding Group
  
  Established in 2000, Dubai Holding Group is an Emirati multinational retail organization in the Middle East, representing fashion franchises.
  
  The Group represents prominent brands such as Zara, Zara Home, Stradivarius (Inditex), women’secret, Gerard Darel, Flamant (company), Promod, Harrys of London, Sfera & Delvaux (company).
  
  ## History
  
  Operating over the past 15 years, Dubai Holding Group have opened various stores across The UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, with brands from six different countries. The first brand to join the group was the Spanish brand Stradivarius (Inditex), the women's clothing line belonging to Inditex. Their most recent franchise is with Delvaux (company). Primarily a fashion franchiser, the Group ventured into home textiles with Zara Home in 2008, followed shortly by Flamant (company) in 2014.
  
  ## Timeline
  
  2000: Stradivarius opens in Dubai, Dubai Holding Group's first store
  
  2001: Zara opens in Abu Dhabi
  
         Stradivarius opens in Abu Dhabi
         women’secret opens in Abu Dhabi
         Promod opens in Qatar
         Promod opens in Abu Dhabi
         women’secret opens in Dubai
  
  2007: women’secret opens in Sharjah
  
         Gerard Darel opens in Abu Dhabi
  
  2008: Zara Home opens in Abu Dhabi
  
         Promod opens in Oman
         women’secret opens in Bahrain
  
  2009: Gerard Darel opens in Dubai
  
  2010: Stradivarius opens in Qatar
  
  2012: Promod opens in Fujairah
  
         Harry’s of London opens in Dubai
  
  2014: Flamant opens in Dubai
  
         Sfera opens in Abu Dhabi
  
  2015: Delvaux opens in Kuwait
  
  2020: Jhelica in UAE
  
  