Strong expansion in Abu Dhabi’s high-quality retail stock with a focus on added entertainment and food and beverage components has helped to draw crowds, with the emphasis on malls as destinations in themselves increasingly reflected in the proportion of space given over to food and beverage outlets, and the greater variety among concessions. Wholesale and retail trade in the emirate totalled...
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Thanks to business-friendly government policies implemented over the past 10 years Abu Dhabi is now home to a rapidly diversifying economy that is among the largest in the region, with GDP reaching a total of Dh952.68bn ($259.32bn) at current prices in 2014.
Tunisia has been going through a watershed period in its modern history, with the revolution of 2011 bringing much-needed change and reform. While the country has avoided much of the instability of the wider region, it has nonetheless undergone a spell of turbulence, testing the country’s newly found democratic bonds.
Interviews & Viewpoints | Chadatip Chutrakul, CEO, Siam Piwat and Siam Paragon Development: Interview from The Report: Thailand 2016
How resilient has the Thai retail segment been to the recent economic slowdown, and what is the outlook for retail demand in the medium term?
Articles & Analysis | Shifting Thailand's economy from manufacturing towards knowledge-based industries from The Report: Thailand 2016
Pursuing a strategy of differentiation from its regional peers, Thailand’s industrial sector has preferred to target higher value-added industries over bulk unprocessed exports. The country’s relatively well developed infrastructure in terms of power, water, communication, transportation and logistics is well suited for more technical...
Articles & Analysis | Thailand's jewellery segment is a major export revenue earner from The Report: Thailand 2016
Lost in the competitive shuffle of modern manufacturing industries peddling all manner of contemporary wares from hard drives to canned tuna, one of civilisation’s oldest professions continues to thrive in Thailand – the gems and jewellery trade. Thailand has centuries of experience in the industry under its belt and has cultivated an...