Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's short and medium-term consumer outlook looks strong. It is coming out of the 2009 slowdown robustly with consumer spending expected to outperform real GDP growth in 2010.... 2010-08-05

BMI has revised its food consumption and mass grocery retail (MGR) forecast methodology for Saudi Arabia. Now even more closely aligned with our Middle East and North Africa (MENA)... 2010-07-29

The Middle East region's largest dairy firm by annual sales Almarai has reported above consensus Q210 (three months to June 30 2010) net income growth of 19.5% year-on-year (y-o-y).... 2010-07-13

With the exception of the highly leveraged UAE emirate of Dubai, the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) has largely outperformed the global economy over the past eighteen months.... 2010-07-07

Saudi Arabia's Aujan, the largest privately owned soft drinks firm in the Gulf - with group sales expected at US$600mn in 2009 - is targeting annual sales of US$1bn by 2012. It is therefore... 2010-06-22

Having emerged through 2009 fairly resiliently - a GDP contraction was narrowly avoided with output edging up 0.18% year-on-year (y-o-y) - Saudi Arabia's near-medium-term consumer outlook... 2010-06-14

The Middle East region's largest dairy firm by annual sales Almarai is believed to be lining up an acquisitional entry into Pakistan with reports linking it to Haleeb Foods. While Almarai... 2010-05-26