Following the launch of its first GCC store in Dubai, 160-year-old department store chain Robinsons & Co. has announced its expansion into Saudi Arabia with a new branch in Riyadh. The new branch will join a selection of luxury brand outlets in the Kingdom Center, one of Riyadh's largest malls.

Robinsons was in 1858 by John Spicer and Philip Robinson and was first called Spicer & Robinson in Singapore. In 2008, Al-Futtaim Group acquired the rights to operate Robinsons department store in Singapore by purchasing 88% of its shares at $5.20 per share. Robinsons made its debut in the Middle East in March 2017 with a 20,000 square meters store spanning across three floors at Dubai Festival City (pictured here).