Lulu Group International is a global retail and business conglomerate whose headquarter is located in Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates. It was formed by an Indian businessman, M.A. Yusuff Ali, who still serves as chairman and managing director of the company
According to the information in the World Economic Forum, Lulu is said to have a revenue of approximately $6.9 billion and over 40,000 employees from 37 countries. According to a September 2026 report, the company has more than 280 hypermarkets and supermarkets operating in 22 countries although previous reports have stated otherwise, making it hard to give precise figures for its stores and countries of operation.
As described by CB Insights, Lulu is a diversified conglomerate whose focus is in the areas of retail, manufacturing and processing, distribution, hospitality, and real estate. It's hospitality investment arm, Twenty14 Holdings, recently made a $120 million acquisition of Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh.
India remains a key market. Lulu launched a $300 million mall in Lucknow and has announced a logistics and food processing centre in Amritsar, Punjab, supporting global marketing of Indian agricultural products. In the United States, the group opened food processing and logistics bases in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. At the 2026 World Government Summit, Yusuff Ali also discussed the company's deepening commitment to India.
At the Gulfood 2026 exhibition, Yusuff Ali asserted that geopolitical instability, shipping disruptions, and inflation have necessitated having command over supply chains by large retailers.
Lulu also continues to increase its offerings of branded products, according to the company's marketing director, which keeps consumer prices down while retaining high quality. Yusuff Ali is alleged to have discussed the issue of food supply security in the Gulf area with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In 2024, Lulu caught media attention when it came out in reports that the company was mulling an initial public offering of at least $1 billion to help it expand. In terms of philanthropy, Yusuff Ali contributed AED 150 million, equivalent to about $40.8 million, to the "Mother of the Nation Endowment for Orphans" project, which was formalized by Awqaf Abu Dhabi in March 2026.
In September 2026, the Armenian government talked about including more products of Armenia in Lulu's hypermarkets and supermarkets. This is an example of the part Lulu Group plays as a gate through which products exported to Gulf consumers pass, which it plays not only for Indian goods but also for those produced in the UAE.
