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Saudi Consumer Spending Becoming More Important To Wider Economy

January 2011 | Industry Trend Analysis

Saudi Arabia possesses one thing that the rest of the Gulf region does not: a large population. It contributes about two thirds of the Gulf population and should serve up significantly greater long-term opportunities on the consumer side. Even if tastes and preferences are generally very much in line with the wider region, the population affect and the fact that incomes per head in the Saudi kingdom remain relatively low compared to the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait in particular suggests that there is a lot more room for

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