Sectors

Department Stores

Multi-category retail destinations offering curated merchandise across fashion, home, and lifestyle, serving as cultural anchors in their communities.

3 Brands
Department-Stores

Community Anchor

Heritage department stores with multi-generational customer loyalty create irreplaceable community institutions. These retail destinations offer curated local brands alongside international names, building cultural relevance that pure e-commerce cannot match.

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Resilient Brands

Bosco di Ciliegi
~₽28-29B RUB
REVENUE
Resilient Brand

Bosco di Ciliegi

In 2022 every Western luxury house Bosco imported for 30 years left Russia at once. A factory built three years earlier is why it survived.

Moscow 🇷🇺
Founded 1991
Founder-Controlled · Retail Operator
Naran Group
Resilient Brand

Naran Group

Mongolia had never known private enterprise. Naran borrowed $8,000 in 1990 — and hasn't missed a TOP-100 enterprise ranking since 2008.

Ulaanbaatar 🇲🇳
Founded 1990
Founder: D. Udval
Founder-Controlled · Distributor

Profiled Brands

GAMA Supermarket
~RM42M MYR ($8.9M USD)
REVENUE

GAMA Supermarket

SOGO Japan's $17B bankruptcy created GAMA's opportunity. Management buyout, turnaround playbook, sales quadrupled—now 240 stores.

George Town, Penang 🇲🇾
Founded 1967
Founder: Andrew Lim
Founder-Controlled · Retail Operator

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