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Lulu fixes price of 32 commodities
Lulu Hypermarket is implementing its first phase of its program to preserve 2007 prices of more than 32 basic food goods throughout 2008. In an MoU signed with UAE Ministry of Economy, Lulu will apply the fixed price to various types of rice, sugar, oil, flour, tea, butter, salt, milk and its products, tomato paste, legumes, chicken, meat, cheese, egg, macaroni, water and bread.
United Arab Emirates: Monday, April 07 - 2008 at 08:53

New Curry On hits Dubai
A new curry joint has opened in Dubai recently, offering an innovative variety of curries from many places including Malaysia, India, and Sri Lanka. The restaurant is located in La Plage Complex on Jumeirah Beach Road and is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week.
United Arab Emirates: Sunday, April 06 - 2008 at 09:31

Books on boom
Books are booming in the UAE and bookstore operators claim that they have been able to recover lost ground amidst Internet, high-tech videos and computers, cited Gulf News. Magrudy's has recently expanded into a 30,000 square feet outlet in Dubai Festival City, while Borders franchisee Al Maya Group also claim positive sales shift in 2007.
United Arab Emirates: Saturday, April 05 - 2008 at 08:09

More UAE stores may shun plastic bags
Plastic bags in UAE supermarkets may soon be a thing of the past, reported Khaleej Times. Some of the country's leading supermarket chains are considering an alternative to plastic bags, following a decision by the Sharjah Cooperative to use biodegradable plastic bags. The cooperative signed an agreement with the Fujairah Plastic Factory under which the stores will use plastic bags which take a maximum of four to nine months to degrade unlike the normal plastic bags which remain in earth for thousands of years.
United Arab Emirates: Thursday, April 03 - 2008 at 07:47

Fire guts souk in Dubai
A huge fire that started early on Wednesday has gutted more than 100 shops in the Deira district of Dubai, reported Gulf News. The cluster of shops caught fire around 1:45 am due to an electrical short circuit in an air-conditioning unit, which was located next to a transformer, according to an unconfirmed witness account. The market sold textiles, ready-made garments, perfumes and toys. No injuries have been reported.
United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, April 02 - 2008 at 12:04

Dubai Mall set to open by late 2008
The Dubai Mall, slated to be one of the world's largest shopping malls, is set to be open by the end of this year. The mall is being developed by Emaar as part of the Dhs73bn ($20bn) Downtown Burj Dubai project. The structural steel used in mall, which will be bigger than the Mall of Emirates, is double that deployed for the Eiffel Tower (7,300 tonnes), and the stone and tile works of 1.2 million sq ft already laid are approximately 18 times the size of a football field measuring 69,000 sq ft. The net leasable floor area will be equivalent to the size of 50 football fields put together, developers said.
United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, April 02 - 2008 at 11:47

Bahrain City Centre to open September 1
The Majid Al Futtaim Group has announced that it will open Bahrain City Centre, slated to be the country's biggest shopping mall, on September 1. The mall, which will be located in Manama on Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Road in the Seef district, will stretch over three levels and occupy a built-up area of 150,000 square metres. Built at an investment of over 25 million Bahraini dinars, Bahrain City Centre will also have two international hotels managed by Kempinski, with 550 luxurious rooms offering four- and five-star facilities.
Bahrain: Wednesday, April 02 - 2008 at 07:24

Value of ME toy market hits $1.5bn
The value of the Middle East toy market is estimated at Dhs5.5bn ($1.5bn) with 11.8% annual growth, according to an executive who spoke at the Middle East Toy Fair, which kicked off yesterday in Dubai. Meanwhile, the average yearly toy expenditure has jumped to $327 per child in the Middle East, second only to North America, according to Epoc Messe Frankfurt, organizer of the conference.
United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, April 01 - 2008 at 07:06