Posted: 11-04-2005
INTERNATIONAL. IKEA under attack for its interpretation of Islamic sentiments.
Posted: 04-05-2005
INTERNATIONAL. Regional Visa purchases cross US$9.8 billion for 2004; Qatar up 66%.
Posted: 22-05-2005
INTERNATIONAL. WTO Secretariat reports declines in both new anti-dumping investigations and new final anti-dumping measures.
Posted: 29-05-2005
INTERNATIONAL. Tracking and retail opportunities in the long term, but telecom operators need to devise appropriate strategies, says Frost & Sullivan.
Posted: 07-06-2005
INTERNATIONAL. A preview of next week's MEED Middle East Retail 2005 conference.
Posted: 27-06-2005
INTERNATIONAL. Malaysia, as the current OIC Chairman, is playing a major role to re-energise the Organisation.
Posted: 01-08-2005
INTERNATIONAL. Two two-day workshops entitled 'Critical Tools for Retail Real Estate Management' will be held in September.
Posted: 24-08-2005
BAHRAIN. MAF Investments signs anchor agreements with Azal Group for Promod, Zara, Massimo Dutti, Bijoux Terner, Zara Home and other new names.
Posted: 05-10-2005
INTERNATIONAL. Duncan Waddell of FM Intelligence was in Dubai and Bahrain recently to moderate the Middle East Council of Shopping Centre workshops.
Posted: 05-10-2005
BAHRAIN. The BHS, Mango, Adams, Shoe City, and Hush Puppies licensee with 140 outlets plans to sell off 40% of its stock.
Posted: 07-12-2005
INTERNATIONAL. The UK fashion companyTed Baker has announced that it has signed its second Asian territorial licence and a Middle East licence with Singapore company RSH.
Posted: 13-12-2005
INTERNATIONAL. BI-ME talks to MAF Investments Vice President Leasing Shahram Shamsaee about the success formula for planning and constructing large-scale destination shopping malls and some thoughts on the ‘City Centre’ brand and landlord-retailer relationships.
Posted: 13-01-2006
BAHRAIN. The US took one further step this week in achieving its ambition of reaching a regional free trade deal in the Middle East.
Posted: 25-01-2006
INTERNATIONAL. A Pan Arab Research Centre (PARC) study shows that total spending on advertising in the Arab world rose from US$4.67 billion in 2004 to US$5.40 billion in 2005, an increase of 17.2%.
Posted: 31-01-2006
INTERNATIONAL. Moutamarat and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey shows Middle East business confidence 35% higher than the equivalent US measure, only moderated by concerns over human resources and skills retention.
Posted: 05-02-2006
INTERNATIONAL. The partners are confident consumers will embrace the Borders brand.