Kreol Group

Kreol Group is the umbrella organization encompassing a collection of different entrepreneurial ventures active across different industries including, but not limited to: retail distribution, logistics, marketing, e-commerce & duty free travel retail. Main ventures: Butterfly is a apparel & lifestyle distribution company, involved in the distribution and marketing of both in-house as well as authorized agency fashion brands, with operations in all GCC countries, to hypermarket, supermarket, departmental store retailers and e-commerce marketplaces. Our specialty lies in the world of innerwear apparel, with our flagship brands: John Gladstone, a men’s essentials brand, and Mariposa, a lingerie line. Kreol Travel Retail is a duty free distribution agency that specializes in bringing brands to international travelers around the world by dealing exclusively in the duty free channel. Our retail universe includes airports all across the Middle East, Indian subcontinent & Africa. Our products basket spans several categories, but our main concentrations are confectionary, and perfume & cosmetics. Alpha-Kreol is a retail management company that has been running the Duty Free operations at Cochin International Airport since 2002. It is a joint-venture between Dufry, the world’s leading travel retail operator, and Kreol Travel Retail. K.R.I.B. is a human capital management company specialized in recruitment, training & management of staff that works with both brands and operators to source staff and equip them with the tools they need to succeed.