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Jules Ouaki

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Jules Ouaki · Economics & Business

What

Founder of Tati, the pioneering French discount retail chain.

When

1915, Tunis, Tunisia — 1983, Coye-la-Forêt, France

Where

Tunisia · France

Founded
TatiTati1948
Biography

Jules Ouaki is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Founder of Tati, the pioneering French discount retail chain.

How & why

Jules Ouaki was a Tunisian-born French entrepreneur who founded Tati in Paris in 1948, pioneering the modern discount department store with its famous pink-and-white gingham branding and mass-market prices. The name 'Tati' is drawn from Tita, the nickname of his mother Esther. He came from a Tunisian-Jewish family and moved to Paris after the Second World War.

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Source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Ouaki

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Founder of Tati, the pioneering French discount retail chain.

1948

Source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Ouaki