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Retail Reels from Covid-19 – Sharp Decline in Sales; Online Groceries...

Online groceries sales surge 40%, luxury and fashion sales down by 50% KPMG Lower Gulf’s latest report, ‘Navigating the pandemic,’ has revealed a mixed...

Dubai Shopping Festival To Shine Brighter Than Ever in Landmark 25th...

The 2020 edition of the Dubai Shopping Festival is a celebration of 25 successful years of establishing Dubai as a leading retail destination...
Union Coop - the largest consumer cooperative in the UAE, has opened its new center consisting the 22nd hypermarket branch.

New Union Coop’s Al Barsha South Center Finally Opens

Housing Union Coop’s 22nd branch, the center is built at a cost of AED 60 Million and is a perfect Eid gift for its...

Future of Retail: Industry must invest for the long-term

Every year, the battle to survive as a brick-and-mortar retailer gets tougher. As consumer expectations heighten and ecommerce sales continue to rise, businesses too...

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...

DED Adds 44 New Business Activities to Dubai’s Retail Industry

The Business Registration & Licensing (BRL) sector in the Department of Economic Development (DED), Dubai, added 44 new business activities across a number of...
Millennials Propel Rapid Growth Of The Second-Hand Luxury Goods Market In The Middle East

Millennials Propel Rapid Growth of Second-Hand Luxury Goods Market in The...

The Middle East’s love for luxury is fuelling rapid growth in the second-hand luxury goods sector.  Whilst the pandemic has resulted in reduced in-person...

RECON MENA 2018 – The Largest Retail Conference is Back

The Middle East Council of Shopping Centres gears up for RECon MENA 2018; starting from October 28th until 30th at the Ritz Carlton Hotel,...

2019 BrandIndex Women’s Choice Rankings in MENA

These brands have recorded the highest Impression scores in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt The 2019 YouGov BrandIndex Women’s Choice Rankings reveal Dubai’s flag-carrier...

Middle East Council of Shopping Centre + Retail launches 2019 Directory

The Middle East Council of Shopping Centres + Retail has launched the regions most extensive source to shopping malls, retailers & suppliers, the 2019...

“Future Proof Retail” at RECon MENA 2018

Middle East Council of Shopping Centre’s theme is Future proof retail for RECon MENA 2018 from 28th – 30th October at the Ritz Carlton Hotel – DIFC, Dubai, UAE

Safe Holiday Shopping Begins with Awareness

One of the most common pieces of advice we get about avoiding phishing scams is that, if it seems too good to be true,...

Consumers Plan to Spend 4.1% More During This Holiday Season

Consumers say they will spend an average of $1,007.24 during the holiday season this year, up 4.1 percent from the $967.13 they said they...

Global Retail Trends Shape Industry’s Outlook

The pandemic affected various sectors of the global economies but perhaps one of hardest hit was retail in key destination cities. Grappling with a series...

1 in 5 UAE residents are likely to buy a new...

Men are more likely to buy a car online as compared to women A fifth of UAE residents are likely to buy a first-hand car...
Al Dahra BayWa, a leading UAE-based sustainable agribusiness company

Al Dahra BayWa Rolls Out to UAE Markets its First Harvest...

Al Dahra BayWa, a leading UAE-based sustainable agribusiness company, has announced that it has rolled out the market distribution of its first harvest of...

Black Friday Global E-Commerce Sales Growth Outpaces Cyber Monday

Black Friday global e-commerce sales growth outpaced Cyber Monday’s in major markets by more than 34% according to proprietary data by eShopWorld, one of...

How COVID-19 Inspire New Ideas in Food Retail

With social distancing rules in place, and restrictions on eating out to stop the spread of COVID-19, food retailers have been forced to reinvent...