Brands will need to sharpen personalisation to remain attractive to the Middle East’s “increasingly assertive” shoppers, says the Dubai-based luxury group’s president in this State of Fashion 2023 interview.

Doha has attracted major fashion retail investment ahead of this month’s FIFA World Cup but the Qatari capital’s ability to attract overseas shoppers long-term remains uncertain.

Designers in the region struggle to navigate a fragmented market of competing fashion week events with ambiguous agendas and mixed results.

With the most important sales period of the year wiped out across the Middle East, luxury brands could be hit hard in key markets like the UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia due to mall closures and lockdown.

The luxury destination's retail expansion is expected to fill more than three Mall of Americas — increasing the city's shopping space by about 40 percent — despite failing regional outlets.

Last week’s Arab Fashion Week Riyadh focused the world’s attention on Saudi Arabian design and the country’s push for women’s rights, but who are the real power brokers in this fashion market worth $15 billion?

The fashion ‘unicorn’ has entered into a joint venture with Chalhoub Group ahead of a $5 billion IPO that is set for September 2018, according to sources close to the deal.

On the eve of Ramadan, London outposts of Middle Eastern boutiques are preparing for an influx of shoppers from the region during next month's Eid holiday.