our history
Al Abdul Karim is a synonym name to the foundation and development of garment business in the region. Our Chairman and Founder Sheikh Mohammed Al-Abdul Karim established the vision of our industry. In 1957 Al-Abdul Karim Exhibition was established as a garment store in the old town Riyadh Al Thumeree Street as one of the first garment stores in the region. The shop gained popularity as a distributer of leading European brand names and became a destination store across the Kingdom. The journey that Sheikh Mohammed Al-Abdul Karim began years back transformed into a long term relation with major European fashion houses and leading traders. Few years later, the wholesale distribution has started to serve other garment shops within Saudi Arabia.
During the early 70's and later, the sons of Mohammed Al-Abdul Karim joined the company and contributed to foster the business with larger distribution and wider store network. The year 2000 has witnessed the transformation of the company business conduct to a life style fashion retail company in tie up with major world class fashion retail brands. Since then the number of stores and brand portfolio have widened to embark the retail growth of our region. M. A. Al Abdul Karim & Co. Ltd. is now a diverse company with activities into retail, wholesale, real estate and equity investment. The company is proud of its still strong relationship with its business partners since its inception and commitment to continuous development.
