Dubai / WAM Dubai’s retailing market size in 2015 is estimated to have reached US$35.4 billion, witnessing sustained annual growth rates of 3.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent since 2010, according to an analysis by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry based on data from Euromonitor International, prepared ahead of the World Retail Congress which will take place ...

Dubai / WAM The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai (GDRFA) introduced the “UAE vision” new system, which allows public to apply for all kind of visa and residency related transactions only via typing service centres approved by the residency department. Major General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director General of the General Directorate of Residency and foreigners’ ...

SHARJAH / EMIRATES BUSINESS A renewed safe-haven demand, and the ensuing improvement in consumer sentiment towards gold, is attracting more quality visitors to an ongoing jewellery fair in Sharjah. The 40th MidEast Watch & Jewellery Show, which got under way at Expo Centre Sharjah on April 5 and continues until April 9, is seen by jewellers as a key platform ...