Retail business is now evolving and has become one of the business sector that holds an important role. One of them is PT Mitra Adiperkasa, Tbk. This company is a retail company that has middle and upper class brands. This retail company is one of the business owned by Syamsul Nursalim and his nephew, Boyke Gozali. Right now, Mitra Adiperkasa owns more than 1.800 stores in retail’s main area on 59 cities in Indonesia.
The establishment of this company started with the opening of the first Sogo department store in 1990, which at the moment its franchise rights are still held by Sogo Japan. Then on January 23, 1995, Mitra Adiperkasa established and owned the franchise rights for Sogo in Indonesia. From there, this company keeps growing until now.
Besides Sogo, there are a few other department stores under Mitra Adiperkasa, such as Seibu, Galleries Lafayette, Debenhams, and Lotus. It not included other fashion brands such as Zara, Topshop, Topman, Massimo Dutti, Marks & Spencer, Dorothy Perkins, Bershka, Stradivarius, Lacoste, New Look, Dr. Martens, Cotton On, Club Culture, Camper, Brooks Brothers, BCBGMaxazria, Forever New, Suite Blanco, Staccato, Steve Madden, Pretty Feet, Thomas Pink, Wallis, Warehouse, Max & Co, TUMI, Desigual, Miss Selfridge, NEXT, Swarovski, Pandora, Penshoppe, Nine West, Linea, Kipling, and Oasis. Meanwhile, Starbucks, Burger King, Pizza Marzano, Cold Stone Creamery, Domino’s Pizza, Chatter Café, Paul Bakery, Godiva, Cold Stone Creamery, Krispy Crème, Chatter Box Cafe, Genki Sushi, and Noodle & Rice are included in food and beverage division under this company. Not only that, MAP also owns franchise rights for sport apparel, golf, children apparel, and toys brands.
As one of the giant retail companies in Indonesia, Mitra Adiperkasa also achieved many achievements, two of them are Top 40 Companies in Indonesia (on the 23rd position) from Forbes Magazine and Asia’s Most Preferred Brand in Retail from Asian Leadership Awards. This retail company has listed its stock in Bursa Efek Jakarta since the date of the establishment and still keeps growing its business and becomes one of the well-known names.