The Yateem Centre

Vol.1/03Vol.1/03Vol.1/03Vol.1/03

@@@@@@

Shop until you drop

@@@@@@@@

Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until Shop until you dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou dropyou drop

@you drop

@@you drop

@@you drop

@

Shop until you drop

The Yateem Centre

The Yateem The Yateem The Yateem The Yateem The Yateem The Yateem The Yateem The Yateem The Yateem The Yateem CentreCentre

The Yateem The Yateem CentreCentre

The Yateem The Yateem CentreCentre

The Yateem The Yateem CentreCentre

The Yateem The Yateem CentreCentre

The Yateem The Yateem CentreCentre

The Yateem The Yateem CentreCentre

The Yateem The Yateem The Yateem The Yateem @@@

The Yateem Centre

TWhat’s New at the Yateem Centre?

Mall Fashion

Winter Shopping

Over the Moon – Interview with Businesswoman Marokh Akhtarzadeh

Store Directory

0604WHAT’S IN STORE FOR YOU ...

Contact Yateem Centre Management Office

(+973) 17215615Cover Credits: On Her - Jumpsuit from Clouds Original; Shoes from Bedaya. On Him - T-shirt and Polo Shirt, Belt and Jeans from Jeans Apparel

02

081012

Yateem Centre

Yateem Centre 03

he Yateem Centre, was the firstmallinBahrain, and it celebrates

its 30th birthday next year. Once inside, the Centre unfolds around you. Loosely cylindrical in shape, it is a cavern of marble and a palace of commerce. The shops are unique and offer a range of products that you’re unlikely tofindinthelargermalls.

Gold and jewellery play an important part here, dazzling visitors with their intricate designs. In total there are more than a dozen jewel and watch outlets, dealing in a full range of classic and modern jewellery

pieces to bargain watches and costume jewellery. Bringing things right up-to-date, there are a number of electronics shops, selling both specialist and mainstream items; and a

number of fashion stores that deal in the latest fashions.

The Yateem Centre wasBahrain’sfirstfullyairconditioned retail space and was designed so that people could shop in comfort all year

round. Whilst resolutely not a souq it retains some of the best of their qualities. There is camaraderie between store keepers not often seen in malls. They all know each

other and will watch out for each other’s stores when essential errands must be run. The store

owners love to talk and will be quick to offer hot sweet tea and a stool for you to sit on. The Yateem Centre feels like how shopping ought to feel

T“There is camaraderie between store keepers not often seen in malls. They all know each other, will watch out for each other’s stores when essential errands must be run.”

Teeming with cultural, religious, and historic treasures, the labyrinth of marvels that can be found in Bab Al Bahrain makes for a truly unique adventure. Whether it’s for shopping or for just browsing the goods, this original – or thereabouts – gate into old Bahrain, which leads to a massive and impressive newly refurbished souq offers the inquisitive tourist an exciting glimpse into this tiny island kingdom.

HISTORY

Yateem Centre04

Gift ideas fo

r

Eid

There’s always something new and exciting to check out at The Yateem Centre.

PenshoppeThe Philippine fashion brand

is proud to announce that they are now in the Kingdom! Penshoppe offers a variety of styles to choose from. It’s affordable, it’s chic and it’s oh so trendy!

What’s New at the Yateem Centre?

AdidasForfitnessenthusiasts,getkittedout

in the latest fashion. The Adidas store has just opened which means you can work out looking fashionable on all their latest collection.

Free wi-fi!All Yateem Centre shoppers

getaccesstofreewi-fiattheFoodCourt. Grab a cup of your favourite coffee, chill out after shopping, and surf the web for free!

PENSHOPPE

PE

NS

HO

PP

E

PENSHOPPE

Adidas

Adidas

Free wi-fi!Free wi-fi!Free wi-fi!Free wi-fi!All Yateem Centre shoppers

getaccesstofreewi-fiattheFoodgetaccesstofreewi-fiattheFoodCourt. Grab a cup of your favourite Court. Grab a cup of your favourite coffee, chill out after shopping, coffee, chill out after shopping,

Free

Yateem Centre 05

SPO

T TH

E D

IFFE

REN

CE

Spot the five (5) differences in the second picture. Send your answers before 31st December to yateem@batelco.com.bh with ‘Competition’ in the subject. Three (3) lucky winners will win BD25 Gift Vouchers. Congratulations to our last winners: Moh’d Zubair, Sarah Ali and ‘Mubeen the Great’

COMPETITION

Polo shirt, t-shirt, belt and jeans: Jeans Apparel

Jumpsuit: Clouds OriginalShoes: Bedaya

Yateem Centre06

ocated on the road leading into Manama Suoq, the Yateem Centre is one of those malls which you tend to forget. However, this hidden building holds a variety of different shops ranging from clothes to jewellery to electronics. As soon as you walk in you will

be spoiled for choice with all the different shops full of beautiful materials, trendy clothes, exquisite handbags and shoes and much more. The centre caters to the needs of everyone providing clothes for every age and occasion. Make sure to take advantage of the amazing prices and stop by and shop till you drop without breaking the bank.

LFashion

Mall Fashion

Cap, shirt and shorts: Jeans Apparel Sandals: AbdulGhaffar

Ballet outfit from Moon’s Topshop

Yateem Centre 07

and much more

Jeans, Tops and Accessories from Penshoppe

AccessoriesBags

Yateem Centre08

Coat, scarf, shirt and jeans: AbdulGhaffar

Winter Shopping

Dress and coat: Denim Chic

Be fashionable this winter but at a fraction of the price only at the Yateem Centre.

ShoppingShopping

Check out the

season’s must-have

pieces...!Leather coat and shirt: Smash

Hat and top: Clouds Original

Yateem Centre 09

All from Olympia Sports

Footwear

Women’s leather jackets: Smash

Sports leather jacket: Smash

Over the Moon

She’s been in the business for over 30 years …. Businesswoman Marokh Akhtarzadeh shares how she started her enterprise.

MMarokh Akhtarzadeh

Yateem Centre10

arokh Akhtarzadeh opened her very own shop in

1979 in Manama, after years of working in her father’s business. “This was when I told my dad I wanted my own business, because at the time I didn’t want to work for him anymore as the business was already established,” she says.

She says a lot of what she’s learned in running a business is thanks to her father, Ghulam Akhtarzadeh, who opened

theveryfirstsupermarketanddepartment store in Bahrain in 1966. This was where she made her beginnings in business - when her father made her the

head of the ladies’ department at the store. She was in charge of ordering everything from

underwear, cosmetics and ladies garments. Marokh says she absolutely enjoyed her experience then, and this was what gave her the inspiration to

open her very own shop. When Yateem Centre

opened in 1980, she decided

“People buy whatever they like, and our brands have its own base of loyal customers, most notably those from the KSA, Egypt and Iran,” she emphasises.

Yateem Centre 11

to move her shop there - importing and selling ladies’ undergarments, swimwear and cosmetics. “I am responsible for most of the business operations but my husband also helps me out,” she says.

Moon’s Topshop also exclusively trades ballet costumes and supplies. To this day, it remains the sole dealer of high-quality ballet supplies in Bahrain. The supplies are imported from England and sold mostly on retail, with customers coming largely from Saudi Arabia. Marokh explains that the reason she started selling these items was when her daughters who were young then, took up ballet and she found it very difficulttofindballetcostumesfor them, so she decided to sell them herself.

As for the cosmetic brands, they import the brand ‘Flormar’ from Turkey, one of their fastest moving products as well as ‘Karaja’ from Italy - and both are distributed on a wholesale basis in their 25 outlets all over the island, including their branches in the GCC, Egypt and Iran - with stocks replenished every two months.

Business has been good over the years Marokh says, but recalls that the biggest challenge the business has had was when the 2003 financialcrisishit, and she says

things have remained quite

challenging right up

to

this year. So what makes their

products different from big name cosmetic brands? “People buy whatever they like, and our brands have its own base of loyal customers, most notably those from the KSA, Egypt and Iran,” she emphasises.

She also adds that their steady base of clients like buying their products because they are priced mid-range. “It’s not very expensive and teenagers and young women who are working like to buy makeup that they can afford,” explains Marokh.

Future plans include launching more outlets and negotiations with some of the new shopping centres in Bahrain - to also open shops there.

At the end of the day what motivates her to get up in the morning and attend to her business? “My grandchildren are my inspiration - they are ten, four and three years old. They bringhappinessandfulfilmentin my life.”

So what’s her message for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to try their luck in starting a business?

“Start small and everything will follow. Something small will eventually become big - so they

should not hesitate,” she says simply •

Moon’s Topshop is located at the

ground floor, Yateem Centre,

Manama.

Yateem Centre12

Zahrat Al Khaleej

Women

Al Zarqaa Boutique

Bedaya Boutique

Clouds

Denim Chic

Jeans Apparel

Moh’d Saleh for Zary

Nina Fashion

Nortel Fashion

ODW Boutique

Paros Boutique

Whisper

Other Al Hilal Bookshop

Amazona Bookshop

Artbitz Gallery

Audit IT

Awal Stores (Luggage)

Aziz Kazerooni (Luggage)

Bahman Store Ltd

Gano Excel Gulf Centre

Immediate Printing

Mona Stamps

Perfect Eye Optician

Pronto Toys

JM Boutique

TNP Natural Products

Valentino Salon

Yateem Optician

Yateem Centre ManagementOffice

Centre Point

Diplomat Corner

Faqihi Bros.

Jeans Apparel

Littlewoods

Marquis Fashion

Planet Fashion

Smash

Perfumes & Cosmetics Candy Country

Moon’s Top Shop

Reda

Shoes Seven Stars

Shoe Shine

Sport

ADIDAS Discount Store

Lee Sports

Mondial Sports

Olympia Sports

Telephones & Accessories Abeer Mobiles

Travel

Air Arabia

Al Amwaj Travel

Bahrain Air

Watches Pop Corner

City Corner

Happy Times

Majdi

Rayan

Watch Center

Electronics Electronics Mania

Gajria Electronics

Game Station

Food Costa Coffee

Jasmi’s

Penny’s Restaurant

Saffron Souk

Gifts & Handicrafts Abu Firas Antique

Kohinoor

Kashmir Valley

Household Al Yakaza Trading

Majestic Furniture

Sun Island

(Coming Soon)

Jewellery

Al Mahmood Pearls & Jewellery

Al Zain for Jewellery

Al Zain for Jewellery

Classic Jewellery

Gems

Gold Master Jewellery

Middle East Jewellery

New Silver Jewellery Shop

Ornamental Trading

Ramez Jewellery

Men

Abdulghaffar

Al Waseem

Cave Boutique

Store Directory11

6-8

32

G33

G7

F2-F3

F1

36

5

9

44

11

23

4

5

12-13

14

20

37

34

5

11

14

8-10

42-43

8

4

25

6

18

20-21

40

3-4

19

21

24

9-10

6-7

1-3

18

16

14-16

11

1

37-38

12-13

18

19

21

28

31

29

41

27

14-15

20

16

19

22

15

23

17

30

26

45

25

35

1

18

30

34

10

26

9

12

36

33

24

22

32

2 6-7

35

Gro

und

Floo

r

Yateem Centre 13

Yateem Centre14

Mezzanine Floor

Yateem Centre 15

First Floor

PARKING FOR SHOPPERS

FREE CAR PARK

*2 Hours Free with minimum BD2/- receipt

Free