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Establishing the department with all operations as a start up business; The department has been initiated with
strategy, targets, P/L and adapting the business model to rejuvenating Karaca brand&company. Operational side
also initiated as a system in accounting, warehousing and supply chane side, establishing the process according
to general rules of export.
In addition the new brand concept has been adapted to the existing stores in international side, the existing stores
with old concept have been renovating with new concept, also the flagship mono brand Karaca stores with new
concept design has been opened in The Netherland/Eindhoven City with 640 sqm and in Azerbaijan/Baku
with 320 sqm and 300 sqm. Plus the new Karaca mono brand stores has been opened in new markets such as
Turkmenistan 1 store, Georgia 1 store, Kazakhstan 1 store, Lebanon 1 store, Morocco 1 store, Iran 3
stores, Saudi Arabia 3 stores, Oman 1 store, Jordan 1 store, UK 1 store and Russia 2 stores.
Thanks to all necessary things have been completed, the total sales was %56 growth LFL in 2014 comparing
2013 and it is going to move %89 growth LFL in 2015 comparing 2014. Currently managing annual volume of
9.5 million USD with 28 stores and sales points in international retail&sales, until the end of 2016.
Also the project driving by me has a great success, Karaca is being shortlisted and finalist for Growth Market Retailer Category at World Retail Awards, it is most prestigious award in international retail business. We have invited the award ceremony in Paris / France on 30th of September 2014 (https://www.worldretailawards.com/content/growth-market-retailer). In addition we have nominated and finalist for 10th Global RLI Awards in Dubai with International Retailer, Emerging Market Retailer and Interior Excellence Awards in June 2015, plus we have choosen the Retailer of the Week by Mapic (Leading International Retail Exhibition) World Blog (http://blog.mipimworld.com/2015/07/retailer-of-the-week-karaca/#.VdQpjvmQfbQ ). In addition we were the finalist in Young Retail Entrepreuner and Company of the Year in 2016 at World Retail Awards, we have invited the award ceremony in Dubai / UAE on 14th of April 2016.

All operations with a total annual volume of 28.8 million USD of 72 international stores of Adil Isik Group; has been began to be managed with my team who take place at the units of Design, Product Managing, Planning, VM, Logistics, Export, Finance and Business Development. The unit established as Foreign Trade had been restructured in the name of " International Retail ". The brand concept which is still diversifying in domestic stores and renovating itself as adL, likewise had been moved to international stores too and the decision of using the
brand adL had been made and put into practice. In accordance with the new concept, renovation projects had been adopted in the decorations of the existing international stores, the new concept projects had been started completely in the newly open stores.
Thanks to his focus in, achieving monthly target sales continuously last 12 months and yearly as well for
2012, %98 growth in sales LFL comparing last year. Also positive reactions gotten from International Retail Partners and agreements had been signed for opening new adL stores such as 10 in Saudi Arabia, 4 in Iran, 3 in Egypt, 2 in Libya, 1 in Morocco, 2 in UAE, 2 in Jordan, 2 in Macedonia, 2 in Belarus, 1 in Kosovo, 1 in Moldova, 1 in Kazakhstan, 1 in Georgia, 5 in China, 1 in Akbhazia, 1 in Nahcivan Republic. With full
responsibilities in sales, P / L, monthly / yearly targets and budgets, expansion in specific regions, negotiations with shopping malls and street locations, closing the deals according to leasing budgets. Studies had been started in an effort to implement Open - to - Buy and GMROI system at the retail side, in an effort to gain maximum profit
- taking at the point of catching target sales with optimum stock, reduction in the number of inventory products existent at the stores had been done by progressive stages, shipment intervals had been started to shorten and frequently, in an effort to catch the actuality at the visual applications in the stores; integration studies had been started with the domestic VM unit, negotiation with . Restructuring and development processes are still being continued.