The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Emaar Malls, a unit of Dubai’s largest listed developer, Emaar Properties, swung to a profit in the second quarter after posting a loss in the same period a year ago as revenue surged 74 percent year-on-year, according to a statement provided by the company to the Dubai Financial Market.
Net profit for the three months to the end of June rose to 304 million dirham ($82.7 million), compared with a 33 million dirham ($9 million) loss in the same period a year earlier.
Sales across Emaar Malls’ tenants were up 15 percent in the second quarter, compared to the same period in 2019, prior to the pandemic. The increase in sales during the first half of this year was largely driven by an increase in average spending per visitor, which rose 59 percent from the same period in 2019, the company said.
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