10/13/2013

United Electronics Company (eXtra), Saudi Arabia’s fastest-growing consumer electronics and home appliance retailer, today celebrates its one millionth Facebook fan just within a year of launching its page (facebook.com/extrastores) on the social media platform, becoming the first-ever retail page in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East region to achieve the milestone. Read more

09/21/2013

For the third consecutive year, United Electronics Company (eXtra), Saudi Arabia’s fastest-growing consumer electronics and home appliance retailer, has been named one of the best 100 places to work in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The retailer, which operates 34 stores across Saudi Arabia, placed number five in the list of best working environments in large companies compiled by TeamOne Consulting and Al-Eqtessadiah Newspaper.. Read more

08/25/2012

eXtra, Saudi Arabia’s fastest-growing big box consumer electronics and home appliance retailer, announced today that it has been recognised as “Innovator of the Year” by Symantec, the world’s largest maker of security software for computers, best known for its Norton brand. Nader Hussein, Smart Products Services Manager, eXtra, collected the award at the Symantec Channel Excellence awards 2012, held in the Serdaal Balroom in Westin Mina Seyahi Hotel, Dubai.. Read more

08/04/2012

United Electronics Company (eXtra), Saudi Arabia’s fastest-growing consumer electronics and home appliance retailer, has become the first retailer in the Kingdom to be approved to join the SADAD payment system. Established by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, SADAD is a single electronic payment platform that links different billers and banks, enabling consumers to pay bills electronically at any bank in the Kingdom.. Read more

06/16/2012

United Electronics Company (eXtra) announced today that it has received the award for “Retail Marketing Initiative of the Year” from the Middle East Retail Academy (MERA). Saudi Arabia’s fastest-growing consumer electronics and home appliance retailer collected the award at Gala ceremony in Fujairah, UAE.. Read more

06/05/2012

United Electronics Company (eXtra) announced today it has been named the “Best Saudi Company To Work For” in a list compiled by TeamOne Consulting and Al-Eqtessadiah Newspaper. Saudi Arabia’s fastest-growing consumer electronics and home appliance retailer was ranked first in the exclusive Top 5 of this year's Private-Commercial Sector category.. Read more

05/07/2012

eXtra, Saudi Arabia’s largest and fastest-growing consumer electronics and home appliances retailer, announced today that it has been named as one of “The Top 200 Companies in the GCC” by Forbes Middle East.. Read more

01/15/2012

United Electronics Company (eXtra), Saudi Arabia’s fastest-growing big box consumer electronics and home appliance retailer, announced today it has been named the Kingdom’s number one retailer of PlayStations. eXtra received the accolade from the Al Faisaliah Group, the Sony distributor in the Kingdom.. Read more

12/24/2011

eXtra, Saudi Arabia’s fastest-growing big box consumer electronics and home appliance retailer, announced today that it has been named the “Best Mobile Security Partner in Middle East” by F-Secure, a leading global IT security solutions provider. eXtra was recognized for the innovation of its Jawwaly mobile phone service.. Read more

12/05/2011

United Electronics Company (eXtra), Saudi Arabia’s fastest-growing big box consumer electronics and home appliance retailer, stated today that its highly anticipated Initial Public Offering (IPO) opened for subscription yesterday to all Saudi nationals and will end on Sunday, Muharram 16th, 1433H (corresponding to December 11th, 2011).. Read more

11/26/2011

Partner and Retailer of the Year 2010 HONG KONG - The announcement of the Princess Global Partner and Retailer of the year 2010 took place during the annual Princess Partners Meeting on October 12th, 2011 at the Marco Polo Hotel in Hong Kong, where Princess announced United Electronics Company (eXtra), the Princess Partner and Retailer in the KSA.. Read more

08/17/2011

When it was founded in 2003, few might have expected that in less than 10 years, eXtra, would become the fastest-growing consumer electronics and home appliances retailer in the Kingdom. From one store in Riyadh, eXtra has continued growing and now owns 19 stores across the country, with five more planned for this year alone.. Read more

02/14/2011

United Electronic Company "eXtra", has been ranked first for the second consecutive year in the list of retailers based on annual growth rate of sales for the period from 2007 to 2009 during the events of the fifth Global Competitiveness Forum, which was held in Riyadh last Monday. It is worth mentioning that "eXtra" has achieved a growth rate of 201 percent from the year 2005 to year 2010, which represents three times of its position in 2005.. Read more

06/09/2010

United Electronics Company's Extra, the Kingdom's most popular electronics store, has achieved first place in the Saudi retail sector category of the Arabian Business Magazine awards. The annual rankings are conducted by the magazine to recognize excellence in various field of enterprise.. Read more