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Dubai Mall to become larger by adding 1 million sq ft

Further builds on The Dubai Mall’s success as the most-visited shopping and leisure destination in the world The Dubai Mall new expansion to draw on advanced...

Top 10 High Buzz Brands in UAE

Samsung, Google and Emirates top the mid-year brand rankings in UAE, recently released by research firm YouGov. During the first half of 2014, Facebook...

Upcoming Trends in E-commerce

E-commerce is a rather a new type of industry, at least in some arts of the world. It first started to gain popularity in...

How to Survive Disruption in Restaurant Industry

Views of the restaurant industry were at their highest in 2017, according to Gallup analytics, with 72% of respondents to the survey rating the...

Predictions for Record Mobile Shopping during 2014 Holiday Season

Almost a quarter of all online sales during the holiday season will be done via mobile devices, a record number for mobile shopping, according...

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,...

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...

First Amazon Physical Store to Open ahead 2014’s Holiday Season

The synergy between online shopping and brick-and-mortar stores is blending in the modern retail environment. The opening if the first Amazon Physical Store is just about...

Where Will Black Friday Shoppers Go?

More than three-quarters (76 percent) of consumers plan to shop over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, according to a new survey from Deloitte. People surveyed...

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

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...

Reap the rewards when you spend at Carrefour

Customer loyalty programme ‘MyCLUB’ launched for customers in the UAE Collect and spend – Carrefour MyCLUB points redeemable against hundreds of items in-store Looking for something...

2013 Trends in Christmas Gift Giving

Christmas gift giving is a great holiday tradition. By gifting people get to show their appreciation to those closest to their heart and mind....

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...

UAE Retail Malls: Positive Outlook Drives Expansion

The highly evolving retail market in UAE, not only has grown to be the first shopping destination in the region but it continues to...

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...

Creative camouflage for empty retail spaces

Aesthetic blend of unoccupied retail units and busy shopping mall corridors                    The gold souq in the Dubai Mall is...

Spend on Consumer Packaged Goods Slowing in Key GCC Markets

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), key markets in the GCC region, have undergone significant change in the last...