Fashion · Analysis
Made-to-order fashion puts the appointment at the centre of the sale
Bouguessa’s Dubai atelier offers a different buying rhythm: an appointment, a considered selection and a wait for the finished piece.
Dunes Bureau · Life in Dubai
Lifestyle
Style, shopping, homes and travel. The choices that shape daily life, and the businesses behind them.
Fashion · In focus
Dubai Fashion Week sets a five-day stage for Spring/Summer 2027
The city’s official fashion calendar returns from 22 to 26 October with runway shows, showroom appointments and a new application cycle.
Read the storyStyle & the wardrobe
The people, products and services that shape how we dress.
Fashion · Analysis
Fashion rental sells an occasion as well as an outfit
A Dubai rental service illustrates the work behind temporary access to a wardrobe: fit, availability, cleaning and a dependable return.
Fashion · Analysis
The size guide deserves a place in the fashion sale
For Dubai shoppers buying across labels, fit information is part of the experience. Retailers need to explain the garment as carefully as they photograph it.
Fashion · Analysis
Dubai Fashion Week’s October edition is a meeting point for buyers and designers
The Spring/Summer 2027 programme runs from 22–26 October 2026. For labels, its commercial value lies in the conversations and orders that follow the runway.
Fashion · Analysis
Inside the business case for Dubai’s design community
Dubai Design District places fashion alongside architecture, art and design. For a growing label, the value of that setting depends on the relationships it can turn into useful work.
Fashion · Analysis
For UAE fashion shoppers, the store and the website are one experience
Fashion has a substantial share of online retail in the UAE. Retailers can make the relationship between browsing, fitting, delivery and returns easier for customers.
Fashion · Analysis
A second life for fashion depends on first-rate trust
International resale research points to a growing secondhand market. For Dubai businesses, condition, provenance and a straightforward selling experience are the practical starting points.
Fashion · Analysis
Dubai’s menswear opportunity is in the customer relationship
ZEGNA’s Dubai Opera presentation and the group’s latest revenue update highlight two sides of premium fashion: public visibility and the continuing work of serving individual clients.
Fashion · Analysis
The business of keeping a favourite garment in use
Repair and alterations can extend the relationship between a fashion store and its customers. The opportunity is a dependable service with clear prices and realistic promises.
Shopping & personal luxury
The experience behind the boutique, the counter and the purchase.
Luxury Retail · Industry brief
Jewellery standards widen as membership reaches 2,015
The Responsible Jewellery Council’s 2026 report follows the expansion of its standards across mined and laboratory-grown materials.
Luxury Retail · Preview
Dubai Home Festival opens a 17-day home-shopping window
Furniture, décor and appliance promotions will run from 16 October to 1 November across Dubai’s 2026 retail calendar.
Luxury Retail · Analysis
Dior’s Dubai distribution centre brings the boutique’s backroom into focus
A regional distribution centre can support the service customers expect in a luxury store. The opening announcement establishes capacity, while results still need measuring.
Luxury Retail · Analysis
Personalisation makes the decision part of the luxury service
Initials and engraving can make a purchase more personal. They also make a clear brief and an informed final choice more important.
Luxury Retail · Analysis
Luxury homeware brings a different conversation into the boutique
Tableware, decorative objects and lighting connect luxury shopping with the way a home is used. The service needs to reach beyond the display shelf.
Luxury Retail · Analysis
Dubai Mall’s next advantage lies in the experience between purchases
Retail, dining and events can make a mall a destination. For luxury stores, the commercial test is how that wider experience helps customers discover, choose and return.
Luxury Retail · Analysis
What the Gulf luxury market’s scale means for a Dubai boutique
A widely cited regional market estimate helps establish the size of the opportunity. Choosing a customer, category and location still requires a much more specific view.
Luxury Retail · Analysis
Jewellery’s strength puts service at the heart of luxury retail
Richemont’s latest quarter shows jewellery outpacing its other businesses. Dubai retailers can study that signal while keeping global performance separate from local demand.
Luxury Retail · Analysis
Dubai’s watch retailers need to read beyond the export headline
Swiss shipment data is a useful industry signal. Collectors’ choices, stock availability and after-sales service determine what happens at the counter.
Luxury Retail · Analysis
Fragrance gives Dubai luxury retailers room for discovery
L’Oréal’s first-half results show continued momentum in prestige fragrance. The local retail opportunity depends on helping customers make a personal choice in a crowded category.
Luxury Retail · Analysis
At Dubai’s airports, luxury shopping runs on a different clock
Travellers bring different schedules and reasons to buy. A clear assortment, reliable service and confidence about the next flight are central to the airport retail experience.
Homes & neighbourhoods
A closer look at the places we choose to live.
Real Estate · Explainer
Dubai’s property vault brings title deeds into one digital record
Dubai Land Department’s online document vault connects title-deed records with a growing range of property-owner services.
Real Estate · Analysis
The neighbourhood shop is part of the property proposition
South Bay’s planned mall offers a useful way to assess residential communities: separate the promise of nearby services from the businesses that are actually trading.
Real Estate · Analysis
A shell-and-core villa comes with a second project
The freedom to design an interior also brings decisions about scope, timing and responsibility. A finished-home comparison needs to account for that work.
Travel & hospitality
Hotels, journeys and the business of a good stay.
Hospitality · Development brief
Anantara adds Umm Al Quwain to its 2030 pipeline
Minor Hotels has signed a 125-key resort and 125 branded residences for Siniya Island, scheduled to open in 2030.
Hospitality · Analysis
Hotel recovery needs a booking curve, not one occupancy number
Emaar's Dubai hotels have recovered to about 60% occupancy, but the path back to normal depends on air capacity, booking lead times and rate discipline.