Dubai Fashion Sector Trade Grows 8%
Dubai’s trade in fragrance, beauty and fashion-related products reached AED 206 billion in 2013, a rise of 8% from 2012, according to a new...
Online shopping could be a ‘megatrend’ in the UAE
Retail gurus foresee e-commerce explosion
Industry leaders speaking at London Business School say the UAE retail sector could see an e-commerce explosion within the next...
Dubai Mall Becomes Most Visited Place on Earth
Dubai Mall welcomed a record 105 million visitors in 2023, a jump of over 19% on the previous year’s 88 million; sales were also...
Amazon Prime Day Would Generate About $1 Billion Sales
Amazon's annual Prime Day is turning into one of the biggest shopping events of the year. Only AliBaba's 11.11 Singles Day topped last year's...
Saint Laurent Opens New Boutique at The Galleria Al Maryah Island
Saint Laurent has opened a newly redesigned boutique at The Galleria Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi, enhancing the customer experience and adding to...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday Explained for Retailers
The Friday after Thanksgiving Day - Black Friday and Cyber Monday - the following Monday, haven't been around for all that long but are 2 of...
First-ever Consumer-Friendliness Index Launched in Dubai
DED’s consumer-friendliness index promotes race for retail excellence and leadership
Quarterly rating shows leading retailers competing in consumer satisfaction and pricing while annual index is...
Retail industry in times of still struggling economies
The retail industry mechanism involves obtaining goods in large quantities directly from manufacturers or wholesalers and then reselling the products in smaller quantities to...
Success Triggers Desire for Luxury Goods
Footballers in flashy cars, real estate agents in Armani suits, trophy wives with Chanel bags: what drives people to purchase luxury goods? It may...
End-user spending on devices to decline in 2016
Businesses Will Adopt Windows 10 Faster Than Previous Windows Upgrades; PC Market to Increase 4 Percent in 2017
By End of 2016, 82 Percent of...
Retail Disruption – What’s The Outlook for Middle East?
Will the development and advancement of online retail surpass traditional retail and transform the region’s consumers’ shopping experience? According to PwC Middle East’s latest...
How TV Affects Your Spending
Researchers have argued for decades how TV influences kids – their health, their habits, weight, grades…But a few of us know that television can...
Smart, Effortless Grocery Shopping Online
Online shopping is getting more and more popular, with digital hordes of customers buying electronics, toys, and clothes, but still, some items are traditionally...
The Future of Shopping
With the advancement of technology into our everyday lives, more shoppers are turning to online stores and services. But physical retailers will not vanish,...
Consumer compaints in Dubai up 59% compared to 2014
Consumer complaints received at the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai increased to 21,896 in 2015, an increase of 59% from the 13,770...
Carrefour Lands a New Store at Dubai International
With travel restrictions easing across the world, Carrefour – owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim in the UAE – has opened a new...
Digital Transformation Driving Future of Retail
While the global e-commerce market continues to grow, today’s consumers still like to visit brick-and-mortar stores regularly and retailers must rethink their business model...
Carrefour Express stores rebranded to ‘Carrefour Market’ supermarkets
Two new Carrefour Market supermarkets opened, with two still to open in 2011 in the UAE
With a focus on fresh, high-quality produce, low prices,...