Nakumatt
File:Nakumatt Logo.png | |
Private | |
Industry | Retail trade |
Founded | 1987 |
Headquarters | Nairobi, Kenya |
Products | Supermarkets |
Subsidiaries | In Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda |
Website | Home Page |
Nakumatt is a Kenyan supermarket chain. "Nakumatt" is an abbreviation for Nakuru Mattress.[1]
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Overview
As of December 2015[update], Nakumatt had nearly 65 stores in the African Great Lakes countries of Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania. It employed over 5,500, and had gross annual revenue in excess of US$450 million.[2] At that time, it had plans to enter other African countries and to increase the number of stores in the countries where it already had a presence.[3]
Regional subsidiaries
On 23 August 2008, Nakumatt opened its first store outside Kenya in the Union Trade Center, in Kigali, Rwanda.[4] In June 2009, the first Nakumatt store in Uganda opened on Yusuf Lule Road on Kololo Hill, in central Kampala, the capital city. In November 2010, Nakumatt expanded its footprint in Kampala by acquiring Payless Supermarket, a Ugandan supermarket chain with two stores in the Kampala suburbs of Bugoloobi and Bukoto, bringing the number of stores in Uganda to three.[5] The initial investment in the store in Kololo was approximately US$3 million. The two Payless Supermarket stores cost an estimated US$650,000. Nakumatt plans to expand the new stores at a later date.[6] In February 2016, the retail chain announced plans to open five new stores outside Kenya during the first half of the year.[7]
Branches
As of October 2015[update] the supermarket chain had 55 stores in the African Great Lakes, including at the following locations:[8]
- Kenya — Thirty-four stores.
- Uganda — Nine stores: 1. Oasis Mall, Yusuf Lule Road, Central Kampala 2. Luthuli Rise, Bugoloobi[9] 3. Kira Road, Bukoto 4. Village Mall, Bugoloobi[10] 5. Acacia Mall, Kololo[11] 6. Muganzirwazza Mall, Katwe. 7. Victoria Mall in Entebbe[12] 8. One in Mbarara.[13] and 9. One in Naalya, in suburban Kampala[14]
- Rwanda — Three stores in Kigali.
- Tanzania — Five stores; one in Moshi,[15] one in Arusha, and three stores in Dar es Salaam.[16][17]
- Burundi - One store in development in Bujumbura
- South Sudan - Cancelled
Finances
Turnover in 2006 was over US$300 million, up 150% on the previous year.[18] In 2013, turnover (annual gross revenue) was estimated at about US$650 million.[19]
Ownership
Nakumatt is a wholly Kenyan, privately held company, owned by the Atul Shah family and Hotnet Limited. In July 2013, Kenyan print media indicated that the chain planned to sell a 25% stake to yet an unidentified investor and use the funds for regional expansion. After that sale, the Shah family will still remain the largest shareholder in the company.[20]
Safety
The chain has a poor safety record and has faced strong criticism mainly regarding shoppers and employees safety. Main case in point is the 2009 Nakumatt fire in which over 29 people lost their lives. It's claimed that workers locked the supermarket doors when the fire started thereby trapping shoppers and employees inside. Most victims were burnt beyond recognition.
Despite this, the supermarket still has the emergency exit doors heavily locked raising safety concerns in case such an incident was to recur which is highly possible.
2009 Nakumatt fire
A Nakumatt store in Nairobi suffered a massive fire on 28 January 2009, killing 25 people.
High-end malls
Nakumatt has played a significant role in the urban development of Kenya's largest and capital city, Nairobi, through the construction of upscale malls throughout the Nairobi area, which include brand name stores, banks, international eateries, theatres, etc.:
- Nakumatt Mega - 24-hour supermarket
- Nakumatt Junction
- Nakumatt Ukay - Kenya's first 24-hour supermarket
- Nakumatt West Gate - In development - destroyed in Westgate shopping mall attack in 2013
- Nakumatt Prestige
- Nakumatt Galleria on Langata Road
- Nakumatt Lifestyle - 24-hour supermarket
- Nakumatt Thika Road - In Thika Road Mall
- Nakumatt Garden City - along Thika Super Highway
Sole Sad & Invisible
The website of Nakumatt Holdings Limited was hacked by Iranian Hackers called Sole Sad & Invisible. The website as of 31 May 2014 shows a message that the website is under construction. Have got a new website www.nakumatt.net [21]
See also
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External links
- EngvarB from May 2014
- Use dmy dates from May 2014
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles containing potentially dated statements from December 2015
- Articles containing potentially dated statements from October 2015
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- Supermarkets of Kenya
- Retail companies established in 1987
- 1987 establishments in Kenya