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    <title>Al Qahtani rejects Man City</title>
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        Saudi Arabian footballer Yasser Al Qahtani, the Asian Player of the Year, has allegedly rejected a move to Manchester City in the English Premier League to stay with his local club Al Hilal, reported the AFP. The 25 year old striker said an agreement had been reached but 'there were some issues in the contract that were not resolved'. Al Qahtani remains keen to play in Europe in the near future.
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    <title>30 more Second Cups</title>
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        Canadian coffee retailer Second Cup and franchisee Bin Hendi Enterprises are planning to roll out an additional 30 outlets across the Middle East as part of an ongoing regional expansion. Second Cup will open new coffee shops in Riyadh and the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia as well as in Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan and Syria, bringing the total number of outlets in the region to 51 by 2008.
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        The UK's sixth largest retail chain Waitrose, part of the John Lewis Partnership, is to open 20 retail outlets in the UAE by 2010, reported the Financial Times. The firm has signed a licensing agreement with the Dubai based retailer Spinneys which already sells a number of Waitrose products in its stores. The outlets will mark Waitrose's first outside of the UK.
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        Dubai Duty Free (DDF) is hoping to register a 19.4% lift in revenue, with its 2007 sales expected to hit $850m and set against 2006's $712m, reported Gulf News. Colm McLaughlin, the MD of DDF, said the retailer should break through the $1bn mark this coming year as the new concourse at Dubai International Airport opens in late H1 and will provide it with larger premises.
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    <title>3.5m expected at DSF</title>
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        The 13th edition of the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) is expected to attract around 3.5m visitors once it gets underway on January 24, reported Gulf News. Shoppers are expected to spend more than $3bn during the event which runs until February 24. The number of participating retailers has also jumped from 2,800 in 2007 to 3,500 in 2008.
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