Retail
A Shop in a Dubai Municipality Market: What the Service Charge Is
A service charge normally recovers what services cost. In the fifteen markets Dubai Municipality operates it is defined instead as a percentage…
Retail
Retail
Mall Occupancy at 98%: Two Ways to Count the Same Portfolio
A headline occupancy rate is an average, and an average needs a base. Majid Al Futtaim publishes the occupancy of every mall…
Retail
Dubai’s Two-Speed Retail: How Community Malls and Super-Prime Play Different Games
A neighbourhood centre in Nad Al Sheba and The Dubai Mall are both counted as retail, but they run on opposite business…
Retail
Who Actually Fills Dubai’s Malls: The Footfall Economics of an Expat-and-Tourism Market
Dubai's population passed four million and the city drew 19.59 million overnight tourists in 2025. Together they explain why the emirate's tenant…
Retail
Dubai’s Malls Are Selling Time, Not Just Space: The Experiential Retail Turn in 2026
Dubai's largest mall operators are pouring billions into theatres, cinemas, wellness and dining rather than more shops. The product being sold is…
Retail
Dubai’s Prime Retail Is a Landlord’s Market in 2026 — and Scarcity, Not Growth, Explains Why
Dubai's malls look packed, yet the retail market has tilted decisively toward landlords in 2026. A constrained prime pipeline, near-full occupancy and…