Market research: United Arab Emirates (page 1 of 5)

"Food and Grocery Retailing in United Arab Emirates: Databook to 2016" contains detailed historic and forecast retail sales values, segmented at a category level. The report takes into account macroec...

"Specialist Retailers in United Arab Emirates: Databook to 2016" contains detailed historic and forecast retail sales values, segmented at a channel level. The report takes into account macroeconomic ...

"Value Retailers in United Arab Emirates: Databook to 2016" contains detailed historic and forecast retail sales values, segmented at a channel level. The report takes into account macroeconomic indic...

"Online Retailers in United Arab Emirates: Databook to 2016" contains detailed historic and forecast retail sales values, segmented at a category level. The report takes into account macroeconomic ind...

Due to the lack of local meat produced as a raw material and the rising global prices, the prices of chilled processed meat – the main subcategory within chilled processed food – increased significant...

Current value sales of frozen processed food are set to increase by 12% in 2011 implying higher growth compared to the review period current value CAGR of 10%. Higher growth was fuelled by a number of...

Current value sales of dried processed food are expected to be up by 10% in 2011 to reach AED1.8 billion. Retail volume sales are set to see a 6% increase in 2011. Rice remains a key consumer staple i...

Retail sales of canned/preserved food are expected to rise by 12% in current value in 2011 to reach AED285 million, a continuation of the 12% current value CAGR registered over the review period. As f...

Ready meals is expected to register current value growth of 9% for 2011 as sales reached AED8 million, marking a slightly lower growth compared to the 10% current value CAGR registered over the review...

Business Monitor International's United Arab Emirates Retail Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, retail associations, government departments and regulatory bodi...

Dairy in United Arab Emirates industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2006-10, and forecast to 2015)....

Business Monitor International's United Arab Emirates Food and Drink Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, food and drink associations, government departments and...

Rising health concerns, particularly over growing obesity and diabetes rates in the UAE, are causing consumers to play closer attention to what they eat. Parents in particular are becoming increasingl...

Retail value sales of spreads saw growth of 13% in 2011, compared to the CAGR of 12% seen over the review period. Spreads in the UAE has benefited from the country’s diverse population. As the economy...

Public health campaigns have played a significant role in consumption habits in the UAE. In 2010, Abu Dhabi schools banned the sale of junk food in canteens, while schools in Dubai followed suit durin...

Meal replacement products have struggled to become established in the UAE. However, as health-conscious consumers drove demand for low-calorie products over the review period, supermarkets/hypermarket...

Sugar-free and functional products drove the retail volume and value sales growth seen by gum in 2011. The UAE has one of the highest diabetes rates in the Middle East, and, as a result, many consumer...

Caught between the soaring cost of raw materials and an inability to increase prices, manufacturers were forced to find creative methods to remain profitable in 2011. Sugar and cocoa prices continued ...

As the economy began to recover in 2011, lifestyles became increasingly busy, leaving consumers with longer working hours and an increased focus on health. While many expatriates in the UAE have adopt...

Following the financial crisis, many UAE residents limited their expenditure at restaurants and entertained more often at home. As a result, consumers paid more attention to what they put in their gro...

Rising bread prices became a central focus of the Ministry of Economy’s Consumer Protection Department (CPD) in 2011. Despite the increasing cost of raw materials, particularly wheat and sugar, manufa...

The Dubai International Direct Selling Festival was launched in 2008 and greatly boosted entrepreneurs’ interest in this channel towards the end of the review period. The Direct Selling Educational In...

The economic downturn in 2009 created a highly challenging environment for independent small grocers at the end of the review period. A decline in disposable income levels for many resulted in consume...

There was an increasingly proactive attitude to health and wellness among consumers in the United Arab Emirates during the review period. Consumers became more confident in self-medicating and also mo...

Homeshopping benefited from the widening household penetration of satellite TV during the review period, with this improving consumers’ access to this channel. With many women remaining at home and a ...

Internet retailing benefited from a sharp rise in the household penetration of broadband enabled computers in the United Arab Emirates during the review period. Rates rose from 23% in 2005 to 73% in 2...

Jewellers and gold merchants dominate sales of leisure and personal goods specialist retailers. Jewellers accounted for 76% of value sales in 2011, while gold merchants accounted for the bulk of the 5...

Department stores saw just 4% current value growth in 2011 over the previous year, with this linked to ongoing consumer caution following the economic downturn. While footfall improved at shopping mal...

Vending continued to benefit from expansion in shopping malls in the United Arab Emirates at the end of the review period, with these venues providing a secure high-traffic location for vending machin...

Business Monitor International's United Arab Emirates Retail Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, retail associations, government departments and regulatory bodi...