Group of Central Companies (Thai: ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? is owned by a parent company of conglomerates in Thailand engaged in merchandising, real estate, retail, hotels and restaurants Among its subsidiaries are Central Pattana and Central Retail Corporation.The current CEO is Tos Chirathivat, the grandson of the founder of the company.The main competitor is The Mall Group, which features Siam Paragon and The Emporium and several suburban shopping centers.
The founder of Poles emigrated from Hainan Island to Bangkok in 1925. Most of the other Chinese immigrants started business in Bangkok Chinatown. He set up his first shop in Thonburi District on the outskirts of Bangkok across the Chao Phraya River from the city center. He moved across the Chao Phraya River to a location near the grand Oriental Hotel (now Mandarin Oriental), where he opened a shop with his eldest son, Samrit, in 1947. In 1956, the family opened the first department store in Chinatown. In 1957, Tiang's son, Samrit Chirathivat, opened the first General Store Center at Wangburapha, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok. The company's property development arm, Central Pattana was established in 1980, and opened its first shopping mall CentralPlaza Ladprao in Chatuchak District, Bangkok in 1982. In addition to expansion through physical presence in the retail space of Bangkok, the Central Group has in recent years built an online presence in between ASEAN e-tailers.
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Primary subsidiary
- CPN (Pattana Center) real estate development and mall management: CentralPlaza, CentralFestival, and CentralWorld. The Central Retail Corporation (CRC) operates its department and retail stores: Central Department Store, Robinson Department Store, Embassy, ZEN, CRC Sports, La Rinascente, ILLUM, Alsterhaus, KaDeWe, and Oberpollinger.
- CHR (Centara Hotel and Resort) operates more than 40 hotels and private resorts and residences in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Maldives and Sri Lanka.
- CRG (Central Restaurant Group) Thai food franchise: Mister Donut, KFC (only branches) , Aunt Anne, Pepper Lunch, Chabuton, Coldstone, Ryu Shabu Shabu, Terrace, Yoshinoya, Ootoya, Tenya, and Katsuya.
- CFG (Central Food Retail Group) offers fresh goods, groceries and households in various food retail formats to meet the needs of the customer segment. The format includes the Central Food Hall, Tops market, Tops SUPERSTORE, Daily Superiors, Tops Superkoom, Eathai, Central Wine Cellar, Segafredo, Tops Shop Online, and FamilyMart. The business unit also bought Matsumoto Kiyoshi - the number 1 drugstore in Japan.
- CHG (Central Hardline Group) home appliance and electrical equipment store: Power Buy, Baan and Beyond, HomeWork, and Thai Wassadu.
- CMG (Central Marketing Group) imports high-end fashion such as: Casio watches, G-Shock, and Mango outfits.
- CMG-MY (Central Marketing Group Malaysia) operates popular fashion brands such as John Master, KIKO, Baby KIKO, Trudy & amp; teddy and Schwarzenbach
- CGVN (Central Vietnam Group) operates a central brand in Vietnam and Nguyenkim Shopping Center.
- COL (Online Center) books, stationery, and office stores. It operates centralized e-commerce system and apps: B2S, OfficeMate (formerly, Office Depot), and Cenergy Innovation.
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Mal
CPN Malls
Department store
All chains are operated by the Central Department Store Group (CDG)
See also
- The Chirathivat family
- Robinson's General Store
- Big C
- Tesco Lotus
References
External links
- the Central Group website
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