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Who We Are

An Integrated Off-Price Retail Group

Kataya Group is an integrated off-price retail group combining sourcing, merchandise processing, retail development and store operations within one connected business. Our model is built to move authentic branded merchandise efficiently from buying opportunity to market, while preserving value and supporting a constantly renewed customer experience.

Our retail business began in 2010, building on earlier experience in import, export and international trade. Since then, we have expanded across sourcing, supply chain, technology, merchandising, store development and retail operations, creating an end-to-end off-price model designed for disciplined execution, scalable growth and expansion into new markets.

Our Evolution

From import and export activities to an integrated off-price retail group, Kataya Group has continued to expand its capabilities and market reach.

2007

Import & Export

Kataya Group begins with import and export activities, building experience in merchandise sourcing and international trade.

2010

Retail Operating Model

The business expands into a broader retail model, developing capabilities across sourcing, supply chain, merchandising, store development, and operations.

Today

Integrated Off-Price Retail Group

Kataya Group operates in the Middle East, sources through established US and EU networks, and is expanding into Latin America while continuing to develop new retail concepts, systems, and technologies.

How Our Off-Price Model Works

Our sourcing, processing and retail operations work as one integrated business. Each stage is connected, allowing us to manage merchandise from initial buying decisions through preparation, distribution and the final customer experience.

SOURCING

Global Buying & Merchandise Expertise

A buyer inspecting incoming stock from opened cartons in the warehouse, with a tablet in hand

Through established brand and supplier networks in the United States and Europe, Kataya Group identifies off-price buying opportunities across a wide range of merchandise categories and quantities.

Our sourcing capabilities combine commercial buying expertise, supplier relationships, product authentication, assortment planning and pricing analysis. These functions allow us to evaluate merchandise opportunities and build assortments suited to the markets we serve.

Capabilities

Global sourcing
Buying & procurement
Supplier & vendor management
Authentication & product integrity
Assortment planning
Pricing & product analysis

PROCESSING

Integrated Supply Chain & Merchandise Processing

The identification floor: rows of stations where operators photograph, price and tag each item

Managing high volumes of varied merchandise requires more than conventional warehousing. Kataya Group integrates merchandise intake, sorting, inventory management and distribution into a coordinated operation designed for speed, accuracy and traceability.

Our established RFID infrastructure, supported by engineered workflows, integrated systems and automation, provides visibility across merchandise movement and supports efficient allocation and preparation for retail.

Capabilities

Import/export coordination
Warehouse management
RFID-enabled intake & sorting
Inventory control
Logistics & distribution

RETAIL OPERATIONS

Store Development & Retail Management

Shoe walls and display units on a bright sales floor

Kataya Group develops and operates retail environments that combine compelling off-price value with considered store design, strong merchandising and disciplined operational execution.

Our retail capabilities extend from store development and visual merchandising to marketing, workforce planning and performance management. Supported by technology, data and operational expertise, these functions help maintain efficient stores, continually refreshed assortments and a consistent customer experience.

Capabilities

Store development & operations
Merchandising & visual merchandising
Marketing & customer engagement
Human resources & workforce planning
Performance management & analytics

A shopper smiling in the mirror as she holds up a dress she has found

Green Advantage

Looking Good Is the Greenest, Smartest Thing You Can Do

Helping every item find the right person, so the world needs to make less.

Every great piece has someone out there who will love it. Yet clothes with plenty of life left in them often get pushed aside, not because anything is wrong with them, but because they didn’t fit a retailer’s plans. Kataya Group exists to change that story.

We are matchmakers. We take excess inventory, residual store stock and eligible returns, and we find the right person for each one. We select every piece with care, prepare it for retail and introduce it to the customer it was meant for. Nothing is wasted, nothing is forgotten, and every item finds its someone.

40 Million Pieces. Less Made. Less Wasted.
Every match counts.

By helping 40 million existing pieces find the right person, Kataya Group has helped keep an estimated 10,000 tonnes of apparel in circulation. Using European textile-footprint benchmarks, manufacturing an equivalent amount of new textiles would be associated with roughly 187,000 tonnes of CO₂e and more than 6 billion litres of blue water. The idea is simple: use what already exists before making more.

Benchmark source: European Environment Agency, “Circularity of the EU textiles value chain in numbers” (Briefing 03/2025), 2022 per-person figures.

That is why the match is the greenest move there is. When a piece lands with the right person, it gets worn and loved, and the world doesn’t need to make another one to fill the gap.

Retailers get a smarter path for their merchandise. You get authentic international brands at a fraction of the retail price. And the planet gets a little less waste and a lot less to make.

Kataya Group. Where every item meets its person, and you get to look amazing.

Our Proprietary Retail Brand

Dryp is primarily offered through stores fully owned by Kataya Group or franchise structure like Lebanon.

Home accessories styled in sculpted niches beside the DRYP asterisk

The DRYP store in Achrafieh at night, with its illuminated sign and LED screens

Seating by the glass front, looking out to the lawn and a tree-lined street

Cocktail dresses merchandised by colour on rails along the curved, cove-lit wall

Dryp is Kataya Group’s proprietary retail brand, developed within our retail ecosystem and supported by our mature retail know-how. It brings together our experience in sourcing, merchandising, store development and customer behavior to create a distinctive off-price shopping experience.

Our approach to outlet retail goes beyond exceptional prices. Thoughtful architecture, carefully engineered lighting, considered atmosphere and intuitive store circulation create an environment with the refinement of premium retail. Every detail is designed to elevate the presentation of merchandise and make the shopping experience feel as rewarding as the value customers discover.

The experience is also designed around constant renewal. A continuous flow of new arrivals transforms the assortment, creating a treasure-hunt experience where every visit brings fresh possibilities. Behind this sense of discovery is the sourcing, processing and operational expertise that allows Dryp to continually introduce new merchandise while maintaining a carefully considered retail environment.

Our brand. Our retail know-how. Built to travel across markets.

Our Footprint

Our geographic reach connects established retail operations, international merchandise sourcing and the development of new markets.

Retail Operations

Middle East

Home to our established retail operations, where we develop store concepts, manage the customer experience and continually refine our off-price retail model.

Merchandise Sourcing

United States & Europe

Our established brand and supplier relationships provide access to authentic off-price merchandise, supporting opportunity-led buying across categories and quantities.

Expansion Focus

Latin America

A region of strategic development, where we are pursuing opportunities to introduce and adapt our off-price retail model to new markets.