Carrefour Indonesia to open new outlets in partnership with national mosque council
JAKARTA - Major retailer Trans Retail Indonesia will open Carrefour supermarkets in up to 300 mosque districts starting this year in partnership with the Indonesia Mosque Council (Dewan Masjid Indonesia, DMI), Satria Hamid the company’s vice president for corporate communications told Salaam Gateway.
Trans Retail Indonesia, part of the CT Corp group, is currently working with the national mosque body to select districts for the new supermarkets in cities such as Jakarta, Sukabumi, Bandung, Bekasi, and Depok, as well as in provincial centers such as Riau, Padang, Lombok, and Makassar.
“We have signed a memorandum of understanding with DMI and we agreed on three points: boost human capital skills in retail management, grow the number of entrepreneurs from mosque districts, and increase the purchasing power of this captive market,” said Hamid.
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