Metrojaya
Formerly | Metrojaya Berhad |
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Type | Private Limited Company |
Industry | Retail |
Founded | 31 December 1974 |
Headquarters | 3rd Floor Menara PMI, 2 Jalan Changkat Ceylon, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Number of locations | 5 department stores 70 specialty stores 1 hypermarket store |
Products | Clothing |
Parent | MUI Group |
Divisions | Cape Cod, East India Company, Emanuelle, Laura Ashley, Living Quarters, Passages, Reject Shop, Somerset Bay, Zona |
Website | www |
MJ Department Stores Sdn Bhd is a popular retail company in Malaysia which offers items at a medium-to-high rate.[citation needed] The company opened its first store at Pertama Complex, Kuala Lumpur in September 1976 with a retail space of 18,305 sq ft (1,705 sq metres).[1] Metrojaya's latest outlet, in Berjaya Times Square closed in December 2009 after only three years of operation. Metrojaya currently has four outlets in Peninsular Malaysia namely Mid Valley Megamall, Island Plaza, and The Curve, Mutiara Damansara.
The Metrojaya group currently operates a chain of four department stores and more than 70 specialty stores that occupy over one million square feet of floor space, including Cape Cod, East India Company, Living Quarters, Reject Shop and Somerset Bay.
Retail operations[]
The company is principally involved in operating departmental stores and investment holding whilst its subsidiary companies are principally involved in property holding, investment holding as well as the operating of specialty stores and general merchandising stores. Metrojaya department stores offer a wide range of merchandise that cater to the needs and tastes of middle and high income groups. The group operates four department stores, one hypermarket store under the Cosmart name at the Bukit Jambul Complex in Penang and one "MJ by Metrojaya" Fashion Concept Store at The Curve in Mutiara Damansara.
The retail operations can be broadly classified as:
- Ladies Department (includes apparel and accessories);
- Gents Department (includes apparel and accessories);
- Juniors Department (for teens and young adults);
- Children Department;
- Homes Department (includes kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, garden);
- Cosmetics and Fragrances.
Department stores[]
- West Malaysia
- Mid Valley Megamall, Kuala Lumpur (190,000 sq ft)
- The Curve, Mutiara Damansara (60,000 sq ft)
- East Malaysia
- Suria Sabah, Kota Kinabalu (125,000 sq ft)
- , Kuching (130,000 sq ft) - closed 2019
MJ Outlet[]
- West Malaysia
- Brem Mall, Kepong (46,000 sq ft)
- East Malaysia
References[]
- ^ "Corporate and Business History". Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
External links[]
- Metrojaya Berhad (MYX: 4987), bursamalaysia.com
- Company Overview of Metrojaya Berhad, bloomberg.com
- 1974 establishments in Malaysia
- Department stores of Malaysia
- Companies based in Kuala Lumpur
- Companies formerly listed on Bursa Malaysia
- Privately held companies of Malaysia
- Malaysian companies established in 1974
- Retail companies established in 1974