AD Group was founded by pioneer Saudi businessman Abdul-Aziz Al-Jasser in Saudi Arabia in 1982. The business evolved as a small kiosk selling perfume blends in a traditional souk. Since then, AD Group has expanded over 480 Arabian Oud perfume stores and diversified into fashion retailing to become one of the largest retailers in Middle East.
With a vision to go global, growth has extended boundaries beyond the Middle East to cover Europe, North Africa, Far East Asia and soon North America. Company-owned stores are 580 by December 2005, with plans to exceed 1000 stores by 2010.
