Category: Brands

They visualized, they executed, and they conquered the minds of billions of people of the world through their computer software skills and created a history that catapults the outlook of the users. Microsoft founded by Paul Allen and Bill Gates in 1975, in Mexico to develop and sell BASIC interpreters; soon they dominated the world by developing, selling, licensing, and manufacturing computer software solutions, consumer electronics, and personal computers.

THE WORLD THROUGH THE WINDOW

The vision of the world soon widened to the charisma of a digital world and technological advances developed by Microsoft, empowering the people, the corporate world, and the Government through their path breaking programmes like MS Office and Windows. The spectrum of the users changed as their vision penetrated through zenithal information, synchronized by Microsoft’s software programmes while their revenue touched a staggering US$89.95 billion and the number of employees worldwide to a whopping 124,000.

DIGITAL INDIA

Located in Hyderabad, extending their footprints in India in the year 1990, the Microsoft India Development Centre (MSiDC) is Microsoft’s largest software development center outside of their headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Presently, having offices in 9 Indian cities and employing approximately 6,500 people, it focuses towards becoming a key partner of the Indian Government and the local IT industry to support, empower, and be the catalyst to fuel the growth of the local IT industry through its partner enablement programmes. Microsoft intends to digitalize India, contribute towards sustainable economic growth, and social development committing them towards creating-greener, smarter, healthier, and prosperous cities. In synchrony with their mission to enhance India’s inclusive development, they empower startups and smart ideas, collaborate with them and become their reckoning force to present them in the market and become part of a steadily moving smarter India.

Microsoft paces their moves according to the growing needs by putting their clients at the centre, innovating constantly to reinvent productivity and business process, creating intelligent cloud platforms and linking the world through more personal computing solutions.

A Tale Of Vision & Innovation

Known for its revolutionary innovations, Tata Global Beverages is a world leader with a presence in 40+ countries. This pioneering brand has several popular products, with a consolidated revenue of $1.5 billion, under its umbrella. For 50 years, its delicious beverages have captured the imagination of people all over the world

Tata Global Beverages ’ journey to becoming one of India’s largest multinational conglomerates has been an inspiring one. By maintaining high standards of quality, it earned the goodwill of people all over the world. Till this day, the organization strives to strengthen the incredible legacy of Jamsetji Tata and his vision to enable India to produce everything at home, from salt to steel.

A Mighty Portfolio

Established in the 1960s, the organization has been procuring, acquiring and collaborating with the finest and most popular brands across continents to turn into the world’s largest beverages and drinks holdings company. The organization’s main focus is on tea, coffee and water and their production, procurement and distribution. With more than 250 million servings of its products being consumed every day, it is no surprise that Tata Tea, Tetley, Teapigs, Eight O’Clock Coffee, Himalayan Grand Coffee, Joekels, and Tata Gluco Plus are major market holders in the UK, Canada, US, India, South Africa and the Middle East along with dozens of other countries.

Tata Global Beverages is a proponent of the farm to table mantra. The organization is involved in several stages of tea and coffee production including manufacturing and exporting. The company has acquired or collaborated with Starbucks, Pepsico, James Finlay & Co., Allied Lyons, Consolidated Coffee and Tetley Ltd. to build a massive umbrella corporation. As a result, it has under its banner some of the most recognizable brands like Starbucks, Tetley, Tata Tea, Mount Everest, TiON and others. The company has also strategically allied and merged with other companies to enter several unexplored areas. In fact, it is the first Indian beverage company to run its operations in China, Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Innovations That Propel Business

To build a sustainable business in the long run, the organization has adopted a dynamic strategy to work with only quality suppliers and farmers. The organization has joined hands with highly competent partners who can assist in fulfilling its vision and business objectives. To keep up with the fast-paced world of technology, the company includes the
integration of ERP, modern Supply Chain Softwares and Content Management Systems in every step of its sales and procurement process. It is keen on bettering Human Resources Management and recruits only the best resources. It also has an elaborate supply chain methodology that ensures the smooth supply of all of the organization’s products. Tata Global Beverages believes that automation is the future. So it has implemented several systems to automatically manage the finance, accounting and even legal entries of its companies.

Tata Global Beverages is committed to being a socially responsible brand. Not only has it won several accolades and awards for its leading products, but it has also been recognized for its contributions towards climate and environmental sustainability.

Emaar Properties, being an integral part of the real estate industry in Dubai, takes pride in the fact that it has made significant contributions to put Dubai on the global platform as a developed real estate market. In 2013, when 160 nations voted for Dubai to host the prestigious Expo 2020, the real estate sector enjoyed a big boost. Since then, Emaar Properties has played a significant role in expanding facilities in preparation for the grand global event.

A RICH PORTFOLIO

Emaar Properties immensely values the trust its shareholders have placed in the company. It is this faith that has helped the organization to shape the country’s skyline. This belief and trust of the people have helped the company in attaining worldwide recognition. Emaar’s portfolio is a rich and diverse one. The company has successfully built the world’s largest mall along with world-class hotels and other places of luxury. Its shopping centres, retail and hospitality buildings, as well as other properties, are a reflection of its competency in the property market. Besides offering a lifestyle to its customers, the Group has strongly focussed on implementing excellent designs with great quality and has ensured timely delivery of all its projects. The company not only aspires to contribute significantly to the country’s economy but also hopes to add value to the lives of people.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

International standards of quality and designs par excellence have placed Emaar Properties in an elite league of companies across the world. Its success has been underlined by the numerous awards it has received. It has won the ‘Modern Luxury Hotel Award’ for its project – The Palace Downtown Dubai along with receiving the Traveller’s Choice Award in 2017. Emaar Properties has also received ‘The Contemporary Luxury Hotel Award of the Year 2017’ by Luxury Travel Guide Awards and ‘Mid-Market Launch of the Year’ at the inaugural Hotelier Express Awards.

ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS

Emaar Properties has been conscious of the conservation of the environment and has drafted effective policies for ensuring environmental sustainability. The company spreads the same awareness to its employees and ensures strict adherence to the guidelines and policies. The company follows a work culture that poses minimum risks to the ecosystem.

In its attempt to maintain an environmentally sustainable work culture, the company has aligned itself to the ‘green vision’ of the UAE. By following methods of waste management and pollution control, the company brings environmental awareness to its various residential communities and its people.

EMAAR FOUNDATION

Despite scaling new heights in business and exploring novel possibilities in the real estate world, the company is still focussed on its social responsibility. It has been supporting the cause of Dubai Cares, which is a philanthropic organization providing education to underprivileged children. It is also connected with the Dream for Future Africa Foundation.

Micky Jagtiani, Chairman and Founder of the Landmark Group, started his retail business in 1973 with $6000 by opening a baby products shop in Bahrain, beginning a quintessential success voyage of excellence and international supremacy.

VISIONARY STEPS

Always staying ahead of its competition, Landmark Group has expanded quickly and strongly into several verticals of food, hotels and leisure, while creating its own extraordinary network of logistics and distribution. Gradually and firmly evolving into one of the largest retail and hospitality conglomerates internationally with an establishment of more than 2,300 operational outlets, being managed by more than 55,000 professionals, the Group has embraced more than 30 million square feet of retail space across 22 countries. It entered the Indian region in 1999, and opened its first Lifestyle store, LIFE Trust, in 2000. Next, Spar Hypermarkets were conceptualized in 2008 and then the Group celebrated the opening of its 2000th store in 2015.

HALLMARK OF EXCELLENCE

Offering its customers a diverse portfolio of about 60 world-class brands amalgamating in-house and franchise labels, it has created several category leaders.

Micky Jagtiani himself has conceptualized about half of these brand concepts, and has developed Landmark Group as the parent company of big players like Lifestyle, Max Fashion, Home Centre, Spar Hypermarkets and EasyBuy. In addition, Landmark Group has made an excellent mark in leisure, food, hospitality and healthcare sectors with Landmark Leisure, Balance Wellbeing 360, CITYMAX Hotels, Candelite, restaurant division Foodmark and iCare Clinics. Some of the prominent international brands of Landmark Group include Puket, Aerosoles and Reiss in addition to its hospitality division Zafran Indian Bistro, Carluccio’s & Fun Ville.

Its focus on making best options available to its customers has led it to become the largest importer of non-food items in the Gulf region. It also owns several labels & franchise rights for some leading global fashion names and footwear brands including the widely acclaimed shoe designer Steve Maddens. It also owns the Middle East franchise rights of the UK- based Fitness First chain. Micky Jagtiani also has a stake in Debenhams, which is hailed as the second largest apparel retailer of the UK.

BACK TO THE SOCIETY

Landmark International Foundation of Empowerment provides medical facilities and mid-day meals to underprivileged schoolchildren in India. It has also launched healthcare awareness initiatives such as Beat Diabetes and SHE programs.

Deeply committed to making a difference, the Landmark Group is focused on conducting its business responsibly, while ensuring the wellbeing of the society. As a Group, its committment extends towards making positive changes within the organization and the society. Leaders and employees are deeply aware of their responsibilities towards stakeholders, environment and society, and constantly strive to find new ways to improve the lives wherever they can, while reducing the environmental impact of their business activities.

The fate of telecom industry was sealed when the Reliance Industries Telecom upstart Jio’s voice over LTE (VoLTE) wireless 4G network, bedazzled the users and set the ball rolling to multiply the data usage exponentially, connecting India’s unconnected, and laying the telecom infrastructure at prices almost everyone could afford.

The deep pockets of Reliance industries and the vision of India’s richest man Mr. Mukesh Ambani had amassed more than 128 million subscribers since its launch in September 2016, by offering free voice and cut-price data for months.

MAKING THE WAVES

The grand entry of Reliance Jio changed the entire caricature of the telecom industry announcing a waveof generous offers, while the competitors steadied hard to fight a battle of prices.

The users jingled their way to be connected like never before without feeling the pinch of prices.

Mr. Ambani with a futuristic foresight became the facilitator with a messianic zeal to provide the data network, which according to him is an “essential infrastructure” that the country needs to drive to the next economic revolution. He laid a new vision, and paved the way for a much needed power of an interconnected world that could gain from internet penetration, especially for programs like e-governance, rural e-health, and e-agriculture; without a tight-fisted data usage and call rates that became affordable for all.

Free voice calls, cheap 4G data rates, dirt cheap 4G devices and the promise of industry wide unrestricted internet access catapult the entire industry into an important shift from pining for data and data scarcity, to potentially an era of data abundance. Correspondingly, it affects the country wise reduction of data rates due to the competition posed by Reliance Jio.

In a lightning fast move that has left the competitors gasping, Reliance Jio is here to stay and penetrate into the lives of millions of Indians connecting and communicating and empowering them with information that could change their lives and make a better India.

Earlier known as The Development Bank of Singapore Limited and renamed as DBS Bank in 2003, it is a multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Marina Bay Financial Centre Singapore. It has transformed from a regional bank to a global bank with Temasek Holdings being its largest and controlling shareholder.

MOST RELIABLE BANKING PARTNER

Set up by the Government of Singapore in 1968 to take over the industrial financing activities from the Economic Development Board, DBS has grown into more than 250 branches, 1100 ATMs across 50 cities and operates in 17 markets.

It has a strong capital position as well as “AA” and “Aa1” credit ratings by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s. These ratings are considered among the highest in the Asia-Pacific region and therefore, DBS Bank is also known as the “Safest Bank in Asia”. Its other remarkable recognitions include being honoured as the “Best Digital Bank in the World” and the “World’s Best Bank”.

STRATEGIC ESTABLISHMENT

DBS Bank was established at the behest of United Nations which conducted an industrial survey mission in 1960 to assess the economical situation in Singapore with the objective to initiate an industrialisation programme for Singapore. United Nations proposed that a development bank must be established in Singapore along with an economic body to attract foreign investments and to finance and manage the industrial estates. On the basis of United Nations’ report, DBS was established with the primary objective of providing loans and financial aid to the manufacturing and processing industries, and to help establish and upgrade existing industries in Singapore.

To further extend its operations and reach, DBS Bank acquired the POSB Bank in 1998 which was also earlier known as the Post Office Savings Bank since it was established in 1877 by the British Colonial Government in Singapore. With the acquisition of POSB Bank, DBS Bank received one million depositors and deposits of more than 1 billion SGD, which instantly gave it a dominant market share as its number of customers crossed more than four million. All the branches of POSB Bank which were already the highest in Singapore especially in the suburban neighbourhoods and all its ATM outlets which were also the highest in number in Singapore came under DBS Bank’s jurisdiction. The shared facilities also strengthened DBS Bank immensely.

STRONG INTERNATIONAL MARK

With its branches and offices in mainland China, Dubai, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, SouthKorea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, United Kingdom and United States, it is strategically located in the key trade and financial hubs of several countries.

Such a strong international presence has helped it immensely in offering a comprehensive range of commercial and corporate banking services to a large number of international clients.

In China, it has become the only bank among nine foreign banks to receive an approval from the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) to prepare for local incorporation in Mainland China.

Established in 1993 in the UAE and owned by Government of Dubai, Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) is an eminent oil and gas company functioning around the energy sector value chain. Ever since its inception, the company has made the best use of innovative strategies, ultramodern technology, and customer-centric approach to become a major player across various segments of the energy sector. It has been making a significant contribution to Dubai’s economic expansion and sustainable development.

The provider of fuel and non-fuel products, ENOC has gained strong footholds across the UAE and abroad, including Malaysia, Turkmenistan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Tanzania, Morocco, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. The group is all set to lead the oil and gas industry by 2020.

THE FOREMOST CONTRIBUTOR TO GROWTH

Serving a clientele of 60 markets, and employing over 9,000 staff, ENOC embraces world-class technology to take long strides in refining, lubricant blending, storage, aviation and retail to accomplish the growing energy requirements of UAE.

The ENOC group is primarily involved in supplying, trading, and processing (STP) of petroleum products. The business segment plays a significant part in handling the supply unit of the brand in any geographical region and delivering different refined products at the company’s retail networks in Dubai. It uses the supply and trading operations to its advantage and ensures the profitability of the group through exceptional marketing strategies and by tapping the right marketing outlets in the country and abroad.

EXPANDING ITS PRESENCE

A distinguished brand, ENOC, has an inseparable role in almost every aspect of Dubai’s development, such as automotive, aviation, hospitality and social infrastructure. Its highly dedicated team of experts provides the company with great expertise in performing business tasks, employing robust systems and processes, and finding the right business solutions to give the company a competitive edge.

ENOC has marked its presence in international markets by launching an exploration and production portfolio and establishing its own set of high-quality standards. The group has made rapid progress through its first-class customer service, innovation in energy, resource management, and commitment to human capital development. It is also extending its reach to customers with 116 ENOC and Emirates Petroleum Products Company (EPPCO) service stations operating in the UAE. As one of the top suppliers of gasoline, ENOC supplies high- quality fuels, including special un-leaded gasoline (ULG) 85 & super unleaded gasoline (ULG 98) in the motor gasoline category.

ENOC has won many awards for promoting environmental protection & for exceptional procurement proficiency and transparency in the SCM. It received Dubai Award for Sustainable Transport (DAST) and Annual Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Supply Management Awards in 2016.

Headquartered in London, Standard Chartered Bank has a powerful presence in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. It has established a global footprint across 70 countries along with a network of over 1200 branches and an employee base of around 87000 people who bring immense expertise to keep the reputation of the bank high.

With a market capitalisation of approximately 24 billion Euros, Standard Chartered is currently one of the largest companies having its Primary Listing on the London Stock Exchange.

OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE SUITE OF SMART BANKING SOLUTIONS

The Bank aims at delivering smarter and customised banking experiences to help users save, spend and enjoy a comprehensive suite of digital solutions and rewards exclusively designed for them. It goes out of the way to take its customers through swift and easy banking solutions and services

The Bank leverages its global capabilities and deep local knowledge to provide a wide array of financial products and services to cater to its individual and business customers globally. It offers tailor-made solutions in the areas of insurance, education plans, loans, credit cards, recurring deposits, personal savings, and business investment solutions. The bank also offers a complete suite of comprehensive insurance solutions that offer the best protection, savings plans, wealth creation and comfortable retirement schemes.

BRINGING GROWTH THROUGH VISIONARY LEADERSHIP

The bank has brought several companies under its ambit to make its products and services a cut above the rest. Its various subsidiaries include Standard Chartered Securities Limited, Standard Chartered Private Equity Advisory, Standard Chartered Investment and Loans, Standard Chartered Finance, and Standard Chartered Global Business Services.

In order to serve the customers in the best possible manner, the bank has divided itself into two divisions namely the consumer bank and the wholesale bank. The consumer bank is a retail-oriented bank that focuses on individuals, small business and high-net-worth clients. For retail customers, the unit manages savings and allows customers to make transactions besides providing wealth management services, mortgages and auto finance. The wholesale bank deals with global corporations, financial organisations, agri-businesses, and commodity traders to help customers manage their treasury function through trade finance, cash management, and custody services. Both the divisions are being led by exemplary supervision of experienced leaders whose profound visionary approach enables the bank to take unprecedented steps to achieve massive success.

Besides achieving business excellence, the bank has been spearheading laudable initiatives to contribute to society. Pursuant to its corporate vision and values of striving for the betterment of the society, the bank also runs educational programmes including a study tour of Shanghai, a summer internship and a study seminar in the US.

The airline seeks to reflect the best of Arabian hospitality – cultured, considerate, warm and generous – as well as enhance the prestige of Abu Dhabi and is also treated as a centre of hospitality between East and West. The goal is to be a truly 21st century, global airline, challenging and changing the established conventions of airline hospitality.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Every year, they have received a range of awards that reflect the company position as one of the world’s leading premium airline brands, including ‘World’s Leading Airline’ at the World Travel Awards for five consecutive years. Browse through our Factsheets & Annual Reports for the complete list.

WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP

They are committed to a strategy of collaborative growth in order to gain the scale they require to be competitive in the global air transport market. Beyond the organic growth, this is being achieved through the development of a strong base of code share partnerships, and minority investments in strategically important airlines, which combined, provide access to hundreds of destinations they do not serve with their own aircraft.

ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE

Etihad Airways understands that their reputation is judged by how they act. This is why the core values emphasise the importance of doing business with integrity and taking responsibility to do what is right and ethical at all times. These values underpin the Etihad Airways Code of Business Conduct and are central to how they interact with the customers and suppliers.

To ensure the continued compliance with the Code of Business Conduct, Etihad’s Ethics Line is designed to allow employees, customers, members of the public and other stakeholders to raise concerns and report potential breaches of our values.

Over the last 11 years, Etihad Airways has brought new competitive choice to millions of travelers, on more than 100 of routes and on scores more through the code share partners.

Now, the dominant mega-carriers of the United States and Europe are trying to block that competition. They claim that Etihad receive Government subsidies – a claim they categorically reject.

The world’s biggest airlines want to restrict the new choice and the better service that they provide. They don’t think that’s right. Etihad believes travelers should have the right to choose. They believe that Open Skies means more choices. They believe that their guests should have the right to choose outstanding service, on state-of-the-art aircraft, at competitive prices.

CODESHARING

Because Etihad started decades after all of our major competitors, they knew they could never catch up on their own. So they have always tried to work with others.

Etihad did approach each of the major global alliances to discuss membership options – to find they had none. The global alliances chose not to let them join.

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Etisalat was established almost four decades ago in the UAE as the country’s first telecommunications service provider. The brand provides innovative solutions to more than 169 million subscribers across 19 countries in Middle East, Asia and Africa.

The vision of the company is to provide a best-in-class total customer experience domestically and internationally, deliver attractive returns to shareholders while investing in the long-term future of the company, and supporting economic development in all the markets it operates in. The aim is to up opportunities and to actively help people reach their goals. Etisalat is known for delivering whatever committed.

Etisalat currently has the widest coverage of 3G and 4G mobile technologies in the UAE. They have established an extensive Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) network, making the UAE rank as the most fibre-connected country in the world with 85 percent fibre-optic penetration. After rendering services to more than 1.3 million homes in the UAE, their FTTH network enables an ultrafast residential Internet network speed of 500 Mbps, one of the highest recorded in the world. They built UAE’s first and the region’s widest 4G LTE network in 2011. The telecommunication leader has an extensive network of over 680 international roaming partners.

LEADING BY EXAMPLE

Over last few years, they Etisalat has transformed into a fully integrated telecom operator and ICT solutions provider. In support of the UAE’s goal to create smarter cities by digitizing initiatives, they have brought smarter services into every aspect of their customer offerings. They provide a range of end-to-end managed solutions to a range of industry verticals. Etisalat also delivers wholesale products and services to communications services providers.

Aspiring to be the most admired telecom group in emerging markets, Etisalat strives to consistently foster innovation and deliver first-in-market technologies wherever it operates. This is evidenced by its expeditionary trials of 5G services in the UAE – the first-ever in the region – including coordinating the development, design and deployment of future ICT platforms for fifth generation mobile broadband. Abu Dhabi is the first capital in the world to be fully connected and has the highest speed fibre optic on the planet.

UNLIMITED REACH

A world where the reach of the consumers is not restricted by matter or distance, people effortlessly move around the world, staying in touch with family, making new friends as they go, as well as developing new interests. Businesses of all sizes, no longer limited by distance, will be able to reach new markets. Innovative technologies will open up fresh opportunities across the globe, allowing the supply of new goods and services to everyone who wants them.

A diverse technological expertise has helped Etisalat capture significant market share as it expands across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, most notably in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, where the introduction of mobile broadband services, including video call and mobile television, has changed market dynamics and provided affordable mobile internet access for millions of people.

Etisalat’s performance and services have been widely recognized by the industry. It has won many major awards, including the prestigious annual GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards for the past four years.