Giordano recognised

Hong Kong fashion retailer Giordano clinched the 2013 RLI Emerging Market Retailer of the Year award in the recently concluded Global RLI Awards at the National History of Museum in London.

The leading apparel retailer was nominated for representing the essential retail qualities of entrepreneurship, originality and flexibility. Giordano bettered three other international nominees short-listed from many entries across the globe, as it demonstrated a robust and growing retail format and played a role in the development of emerging economies where it operates.

According to Retail and Leisure International publisher Jayne Rafter, the awards celebrate and reward the success and creativity of the industry’s most impressive developments, leading retailers, leisure operators and affiliated business partners, through concepts, initiatives and design excellence.

Other winners from different categories were: Yongsan International Business District from Seoul, South Korea; Kidzania; Boux Avenue, Asics, McDonald’s and Burberry Flagship store from the UK.

“This award means a lot to Giordano International and Giordano Middle East FZE as it recognises our efforts in delivering not just quality products but innovative and creative retail entrepreneurship,” said Giordano International’s CFO and Ishwar Chugani.

“Our business has expanded exponentially since 1981. Around the world, Giordano now boasts of 2800 stores in 40 countries with continued focus on expansion into emerging markets such as Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America.”

Chugani added that Giordano’s passion is to continuously reinvent itself to offer customers essential and relevant collections as well as offer the best customer experience while shopping in each of its stores.

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