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Interviews & Viewpoints | Suleiman Al Hamdan, Minister of Transport: Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2016
Interviews & Viewpoints | Faysal Elhajjami, Country General Manager, DHL: Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2016
In what ways can Saudi Arabia become more competitive as a trading and shipping centre?
Articles & Analysis | Saudi Arabia takes first steps towards transport privatisation from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2016
Saudi Arabia’s aviation sector is undergoing a period of robust year-on-year growth, as well as expansions and potential airport privatisations that could significantly alter the aviation sector in the years to come. The Kingdom’s two largest international airports, King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah and King Khalid...
Articles & Analysis | Saudi Arabia's domestic retail manufacturers increasingly competing with international players from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2016
In mid-July 2016 YouGov, a UK-based market research firm, released the results of its latest survey of the most popular brands in Saudi Arabia. At the top of the firm’s 2016 Mid-Year BrandIndex BestBrand Rankings was Almarai, a Riyadh-based food and beverages producer that bills itself as the world’s largest vertically integrated dairy company...
Articles & Analysis | Buoyant long-term retail expectations in Saudi Arabia despite hurdles from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2016
With high levels of consumer spending in 2015 and early 2016, and despite recent macroeconomic pressures, Saudi Arabia’s retail sector is widely acknowledged to be a bright spot in an otherwise challenging current economic landscape. Over the past decade the industry has posted growth of 12% on an annual basis, according to data from a...
Articles & Analysis | A media zone in Saudi Arabia would provide an avenue to develop new talent from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2016
For years there has been talk of establishing a media production city in Saudi Arabia, but recent comments by Adel Al Toraifi, the new minister of culture and information, appointed in early 2015, suggest these plans could be moving forward. The Kingdom’s new National Transformation Programme, released in June 2016, includes direct funding for...