VAHAP KÜÇÜK

LC Waikiki – Tema Mağazacılık

Chairman

A SUCCESS STORY FOR ALL BUSINESSES

A lesson to learn: a “case study” with the guidance of the much anticipated speaker of Retail Days…

“Change has to come when you are at the top, not in a state of coma.”

• Average growth rate p/a since 2004: 40%
• Growth rate in 2010: 47.58%
• Corporate turnover in 2010: Over 2 bn TL
• Projected year-end store count in 2011: 400
• Projected year-end store count in 2013: 500
• Projected turnover in 2020: 10 bn USD
• The highest corporate tax payer in Turkish retail industry
• Market leader in each apparel category since 2004
• Among all sectors, local and global brands, the 6th most-remembered brand in Turkey
• Operating in 8 countries around the world, 4 new soon to come

This session is all about sensing the best moment for change and acting upon it.

VAHAP KÜÇÜK Vahap Küçük started merchandising while living in Doğanşehir / Malatya. Not long after, in 1990, he moved to Istanbul where he became one of the founding partners of Tema Tekstil Pazarlama A.Ş. within Taha Group and served as the general manager of the company for eight years. In 1998, Vahap Küçük started to work for Tema Mağazacılık Hizmetleri Ticaret A.Ş. as the general manager and attended the Strategic Business Administration Expertise Programme at the same time. Since 2003, Vahap Küçük has continued to serve as the chairman of LC Waikiki - Tema Mağazacılık Hizmetleri A.Ş. as well as having been the board member of Tema Holding and Taha Holding.