- Aarong
Category: Garments & Textile Groups & Companies
Aarong is a leading and reputed chain store in Bangladesh. It is an associate of BRAC, world’s largest NGO based in Bangladesh. Aarong was established in the year 1978 by the dynamic initiative of Ayesha Abed and Martha Chen. It protects and promotes Bangladeshi handicrafts, and creates opportunities for disadvantaged artisans and rural women. Hence, it employs nearly 65,000 artisans of whom eighty-five percent (85%) are women. As a leading retail chain in the country, Aarong always promotes crafts and styles of Bangladesh through its products. Its product types include clothing, fabric, leather goods, non-textile craft, footwear, home decor, jewelry, and more.
Because of Excellence for Handicrafts, Aarong’s many products have received the UNESCO Award. Moreover, its products are exported in different countries of Asia, Europe and North America. Since its establishment, Aarong has been working to alleviate poverty through economic development and human capacity building particularly focusing on the empowerment of women, which is BRAC’s mission.
Currently, Aarong has twenty (20) outlets in different cities of Bangladesh. Aarong's Outlets/Stores located at following areas:
* Aarong Dhanmondi 1 (Lalmatia, Mirpur Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka),
* Aarong Dhanmondi 2 (Holding - 1, Road - 2, Dhanmondi, Dhaka),
* Aarong Gulshan (Tejgaon Link Road, 204/B-5, Gulshan, Dhaka),
* Aarong Uttara Flagship Store (Jashimuddin Avenue, Uttara, Dhaka),
* Aarong Moghbazar (Outer Circuler Road, 61, Moghbazar, Dhaka),
* Aarong Jamuna Future Park (Basundhara Road, NSU Main Campus Rd, Dhaka),
* Aarong Banani (Concord Modhumoti Plaza, Plot - 11, Road - 11, Block - G, Banani, Dhaka),
* Aarong Mirpur 1 (1/Gha, Central Bashabo, Agomon Cinema Hall Premises, Dhaka),
* Aarong Bashundhara City (18 Garden Road, Panthapath, Dhaka),
* Aarong Mirpur 12 (Safura Trade City, 1 Sujat Nagar, 142 Sena Nibas Road, Pallabi, Mirpur 12, Dhaka),
* Aarong Bogura (Runner Plaza, 7/A Nobab Bari Road, Bogura),
* Aarong Narayangonj (B.B Rd Ukil Para, 136, Bangabondhu Sarak, Narayangonj),
* Aarong Sholoshahar (Biman Bhaban, 1/2, CDA Avenue, Sholoshahar, Chattogram),
* Aarong Halishahar (Lane # 1, Road # 1, House # 1, Block # L, Halishahar H/A, Chattogram),
* Aarong Khulna (Eden Plaza, 18/A KDA New Market C/A, Khulna),
* Aarong Cumilla (Nazrul Avenue, Ranir Bazar, Cumilla),
* Aarong Sylhet (1484 Jail Road, Sylhet), and
* Aarong Mymensingh (21 Kali Shankar Guho Road, Notun Bazar, Mymensingh)
Contact Info:
Aarong:
Aarong Centre, 346, Tejgaon Industrial Area,
Dhaka - 1208, Bangladesh
Phone: 8802 8891404
E-mail: customerservice.aarong@brac.net
Aarong Sholoshahar, Chittagong:
Biman Bhaban, 1/2, CDA Avenue, Sholoshahar
Phone: +880-31-654030
Aarong Halishahar, Chittagong:
Lane # 1, Road # 1, House # 1, Block # L, Halishahar H/A
Phone: +880-31-2515644
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/BRAC.AARONG
Published Date: 07/12/2014
Updated Date: 24/07/2020
Related Sites: