Category: Consumer & Retail

18 Sep

  The UAE works hard to attract businesses. It is arguably the best country to do business from within the GCC. As such, many international…

11 Sep

  The United Arab Emirates is a small country both in terms of geography and population. Approximately 80% of residents are expatriates with the majority…

04 Sep

  Approximately 85% of all food in the UAE is imported. This is no surprise when you consider the growth of the country has been fueled…

28 Aug

  Each year I take part in a promotional tour of four UK cities. The annual Gulf Tour this year took in Cambridge, Manchester, Birmingham…

25 Jun

  The World Health Organisation states that obesity in the UAE is double that of the world average. This unfortunate statistic has led…

18 Jun

  Expo 2020 Dubai is the first Expo event held in the Middle East, Africa, or South Asia. It is being treated locally…

13 Jun

  In 2015 I wrote an article detailing the differences between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. At the time the main differences between the…

15 Apr

Much like Christmas in the West, Ramadan is the Middle East retail industry’s busiest time of year and 2018 will be no…

03 Apr

The United Arab Emirates has a population of less than 10m people with an estimated 88% of that figure attributed to expats/migrants.…

08 Mar

In February 2018, Gulfood Exhibition welcomed…