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Gulf Retail and Consumer

Footfall tells you who is actually resident. We follow the Gulf consumer economy as a population signal, not as a shopping story.

Majid Al Futtaim
Profit growth and mall expansion
Saudi retail trade
Growth rate and licensing reform
E-commerce
Where the offline footfall is migrating

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31 Aug 2026

The Mall Is Not the Point, the Footfall Is

Majid Al Futtaim grew net profit 41 per cent and Saudi retail trade rose 3.2 per cent. What the Gulf consumer economy says about who is actually here.

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