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Central Park Towers at DIFC welcomes key tenants

Central Park Towers, one of Dubai’s leading commercial, retail, and residential destinations in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has been tremendously successful in attracting...

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...

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,...

eCommerce Tracker: Most Popular Choice amongst Online Shoppers in UAE, KSA

Fresh research into attitudes and behavior towards e-commerce in the UAE and Saudi Arabia has found that 51% of UAE consumers and 52% of...

Black Friday Online Sales Up 9.5 Percent; How People Shop

Black Friday Online Sales Up 9.5 Percent, Mobile Sales Up 28.2 percent A record online and mobile shopping during Black Friday was reported based on...

Over 4.75 million visited Emaar leisure attractions in 2011

Emaar Retail LLC welcomed more than 4.75 million visitors to its varied attractions in Dubai during 2011, recording a growth of over 13 per cent

Dubai consumers highly satisfied with steps to resolve complaints

DED call centre receives 2,965 consumer complaints during first three months of 2014 82% consumers satisfied with complaints resolution Complaints on services account for the largest...

Global Consumer Products Report 2015: Riding out another year of economic...

The world’s 250 largest consumer products companies generated sales of nearly US $3.1 trillion in fiscal year 2013 (which encompasses fiscal years ended through...

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...

Top 10 Brands for Women in UAE

Emirates is the most positively perceived brand by women in the UAE over the past year. 2016 also saw Emirates crowned as the number...

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...

Asia Pacific’s Top 500 Retailers Reach $1 Trillion in Sales in...

Asia Pacific's top 500 retailers grew by 5.4% in current value terms in 2012 to top $1 trillion in sales, compared to 11% growth in...

The Dubai Mall welcomed 65 million visitors in 2012

The Dubai Mall, the world's largest shopping and entertainment destination by global property developer Emaar Properties PJSC, has set a new global milestone...

Black Friday sales jump 10%; Surpass $1 billion in desktop spending

Thanksgiving Posts 9-Percent Gain to $1.1 Billion While Black Friday Jumps 10, Percent to $1.7 Billion Pushing Season-to-Date Growth Rate to 5 Percent comScore, a global...

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...

“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

Union Coop Distributes 24% Cash Dividend; 6% Return On Shareholder Purchases

The General Assembly of Union Coop – the largest Consumer Cooperative in the UAE, distributed dividend at 24%, in addition to 6% return on...

UAE Loves to Say It with Flowers on Valentine’s Day

Overall spend on flowers in the UAE has increased by 146% vs. 2015 with the number of transactions increasing by 158% Consumers in the UAE...