_______________________________________________________________________________________________ Excellent Stores
“ Innovation has always been at the core of the Group’ s ethos,” Alex begins.“ In the early 1990s, it pioneered warehouse membership shopping, introducing a revolutionary concept to the market. In 2014, it made waves by launching one of Trinidad and Tobago’ s first e-commerce platforms, heralding a fully integrated omnichannel retail experience. Regional expansion ensued with the establishment of the Global Procurement office in 2016 under the entity Global Market Sourcing Limited and the opening of the first retail branch in St. Lucia in 2018. In 2021, the Group ventured into the Bonded Warehousing market, further diversifying its operations.
“ Throughout its illustrious history spanning 66 years, the Group weathered numerous challenges, including civil uprisings, devastating fires, economic downturns, and the most recent Covid pandemic. Yet, it demonstrated remarkable resilience, adapting its business models, enhancing technological capabilities, and making strategic decisions to ensure sustainability and profitability.”
Live, Create and Do
And that resilience has really paid off; today, Excellent Stores remains to be one of the oldest, largest CPG retailers across Trinidad and Tobago. Encompassing over 20 different product divisions in its portfolio – spanning across over 30,000 SKUs – its product range boasts everything from home furnishings to kitchenware, clothing to cosmetics, to food and healthcare. The company’ s expertise also extends into its wholesale and distribution services, providing leading products and topquality service to customers across the island and across the Caribbean region.
From every previous generation of family and employees to now, this is how we operate; we seek to be honorable in everything we do and every person we interact with
“ Our product offerings cater to a multigenerational customer base where we provide the tools, inspiration and time for our customers to Live, Create and Do, their best selves,” Alex explains.“ Being a retailer ourselves helps to build credibility as a distributor because we understand what a retailer wants / needs, how to merchandise and the margins they need to make a profit.”
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