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Aarong – Bengali for ‘village fair’ – is Bangladesh’s most popular lifestyle retail chain This ethical brand began in 1978 as a humble means to empower rural artisans to rise above poverty. Today, with 28 retail stores across Bangladesh and over 100 fashion and lifestyle product lines, Aarong supports over 75,000 artisans with fair terms of trade. Revolutionizing the retail industry with high standards for quality and artistry, this iconic brand blends the traditional with the contemporary in ways that never cease to win consumer appeal both at home and abroad. In 1976, when BRAC– the world’s largest development organisation – engaged a small number of rural women to produce crafts, their only buyers were a few scattered retailers in Dhaka. Weeks, even months would pass between supply and payment, until BRAC intervened and established Aarong to pay the rural women for their goods on time. Over the past four decades, Aarong has carved out a unique market segment for handicrafts, reviving Bangladesh’s rich heritage and impacting the lives of more than 325,000 people through 650 small entrepreneurs and the Ayesha Abed Foundation. The foundation acts as Aarong’s production hub, where artisans find employment and access to many well-being programmes such as health insurance, access to micro-credit and saving instruments, legal aid, day care for working mothers, awareness on rights and access to government benefits, and gratuity payments upon retirement. From clay pots to diamond jewellery, and silk and cotton fabrics to brass and leather products, Aarong’s vast range of innovative products, backed by a robust supply chain and distribution network, makes Aarong truly a household brand in Bangladesh. Its growing presence outside of Bangladesh – through fair-trade networks and the online shop– continues to broaden the market for Bangladeshi crafts globally, creating more opportunities for artisans to protect their age-old art and livelihoods.

Aarong’s Privacy Policy applies to personal information we collect from our customers and job applicants through our website aarong.com and through other interactions with our customers in stores located in Bangladesh. It outlines the information we collect about customers and job applicants, how we use, disclose and otherwise manage this information and the choices you have to restrict our usage of this information. Ensuring the privacy of your personal details is important to us. Information Collected by Aarong We collect personal information when you: purchase, order, return or exchange products and services track your order through aarong.com sign up for Aarong newsletter send or purchase a gift card register on our website register on My Aarong Reward programme apply for a position at Aarong through Career page or other third party job portals participate in a promotion or survey contact us with a comment, question or complaint