Operation and Expansion of Leventis Store in the 1950s

Leventis Store, Marina, Lagos. The car appears to be a 1949 Studebaker Land Cruiser, right-hand drive; Registration A6672. The store was located at the marina, between Abibu Oki and Williams streets.

The first Leventis Stores opened in Marina Lagos in the 1950s and soon expanded to include several stores; Many more stores were opened such as in Benin, Calabar, Abuja, Owerri, Kano, Kaduna and Maiduguri etc. Leventis stores were synonymous with quality and affordable household items. It became a household name with products sorted by middle- and high-income people. The wide range of employment opportunities within the Leventis Group is second to none. Leventis stores dominated the official consumer goods retail market in Nigeria in the 1980s, alongside stores such as Kingsway and UTC.