2021 RETAIL CONGRESS MENA POST EVENT REPORT

2021 POST EVENT REPORT

December 6 and 7, 2021 | Ritz Carlton DIFC, Dubai, UAE

GANIZED BY THE ARGEST RETAIL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

• • MECS+R

“ Welcome to the

27th Annual Conference” Two days of lively discussions and engaging presentations by globally renowned keynote speakers, with networking and dealmaking opportunities and celebration of the success of the retail industry through the MENA Shopping Centre and Retailer awards presentation

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ATTENDEE PROFILE 47%

SHOPPING MALLS

Delegates

35%

RETAILERS

From over 26 COUNTRIES across the globe attended the Retail Congress

4,017+ Footfall Traffic Based on the captured footfall data by InfoQuest, the event was attended by

over 4,017+ delegates over the period of two days

18%

SERVICE PROVIDERS

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PLATINUM SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

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BRONZE SPONSORS

SUPPORT SPONSORS

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SPONSORED GIFT BAGS AND ITEMS 7

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES This year’s speaker line up and panel sessions are full of innovative thought leaders who all have a great track record in the retail industry. Our retail leaders have shared their knowledge and latest remarkable insights as to how the future of retail would be moving forward and what opportunities lie amidst the struggles and difficulties in the retail businesses

Bob Phibbs is The Retail Doctor. He has been transforming the shopping experience for all categories of retail for decades. Retailers and shopping centre teams thrive through the proven tools Bob delivers. A fabulous speaker from New York, Bob has shared his insights on how to succeed in a challenging ratail online and real-time physical experiences and shared the latest successful trends.

Ahmed Alkhaja is the CEO of Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), The ultimate goal of Dubai is to become the world’s most visited city. Dubai’s Tourism Vision for 2025 is the strategic roadmap with the key objective of attracting 25 million visitors per year by 2025.

Making Dubai the first choice for international leisure and business travelers, Retail is a key component for attracting repeat visitors from around the globe.

Steve Dennis is the author of Remarkable Retail: How to Win & Keep Customers in the Age of Disruption. In a world where even very good is no longer good enough, retail success is not about being everywhere, it’s about showing up in remarkably customer-relevant ways where it really matters. Steve Dennis has been named the top global retail influencer. His thoughts on retail are shared in Forbes where Steve is a Forbes Senior Contributor.

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The Middle East Council of Shopping Centres and Retailers (MECS+R) have welcomed over 4,017+ delegates to the 27th Anniversary of the Retail Congress Conference, Exhibition, Awards Presentation & Cocktail. The Retail Congress MENA is the leading retailer and shopping centre convention and is the region’s dedicated forum for Retailers, Shopping Centre Owners, Developers, Service Providers, Managers and all Retail Industry Professionals.

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CONFERENCE DAY 1 & 2

CONFERENCE DAY 1 & 2

MASTERCLASS SESSIONS

One-day masterclass sessions with certifications led by expert subject matter Steve Dennis and Michael Ruckman to selected Retail Congress MENA delegates

EXHIBITION & NETWORKING

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EXHIBITORS LIST

EVENT EXHIBITION FLOORPLAN

EXHIBITION & NETWORKING

EXHIBITION & NETWORKING

EXCLUSIVE VIP ONE-TO-ONE SESSIONS

DEALMAKING

…Complete a full year of business in just two days @ the Retail Congress MENA…

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AWA R D S P R E S E N TAT I O N

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AWA R D S P R E S E N TAT I O N

The awards presentation and celebration at the Retail Congress MENA honor the most successful retail and retail centers for their excellence in marketing, design and development, and NOI enhancement. It is the most anticipated event at the conference which offers recognition to reputable brands and individuals in the Shopping Centre and Retail industry.

Congratulations to all winners for taking the time, effort and investment to deliver these detailed and sophisticated submissions. Your striving for excellence and your desire to achieve exceptional results raises the standards in the retail industry in our region and globally.

AWA R D S P R E S E N TAT I O N A total of sixteen (16) Gold and forty-seven (47) Silver award trophies were given during the awards ceremony. Also, the contributions made by Retail Congress MENA Platinum sponsors namely Mall of Qatar, Arabian Centres and Red Sea Mall were also recognized and honored at the event. Lastly, Younus Al Mulla, Chairman of the MECS+R was also given an outstanding recognition for his contribution to the success of the council.

C O C K TA I L C E L E B R AT I O N

**Entertainment sponsored by Global Creative

2021 RETAIL CONGRESS MENA ATTENDEES - BY COMPANY

7mdstore general trading Abdulla Fouad Holding Co. Abdullah Al Matroushi Group Abdullah Al Othaim Invesment Abdullah Al Othaim Leisure Co. Abu Dhabi Cooperative Society Adc Adidas Afaq Al redh AG Concepts FZCO Agent Video Intelligence Ahlami AICHINGER GmbH AIR DESIGN Air Design Limited Ajwaad Group Ak combany Al Ain Mall Al Andalus Property Company Al Arabia ALARGAN International Real Estate Company Alargan Projects Aldar Alef Group LLC Aleta Planet/Union Pay ALFAHD INVESTMENT Co. Alfahim avenue group Al-Futtaim Malls Al Ghani Collection Alghanim International (Al Saudia)

Al Ghurair Real Estate Al-Habib Holding Al Hadatha LLc Al Hajis Perfumes AL HAMRA GROUP Al Hamra Real Estate Development LLC Al Hokair Group Al Jarwani Group Al Jouda Parties Al Khayr Real Estate Co. Al Khayyat Investments Alkhozama ALMAJID 4OUD almoallim United Al Mohaidib Al Mulla Business group Al Othaim Group Al othaim investment Al Othaim Leisure & Tourism Al qodwa real estate AL QUDRA HOLDING PJSC Al Rashid Mall Al Romaizan Gold and JEWELLERY AL ROSTAMANI COMMUNICATIONS Alshaya Group Altaif investment Al Tamman Group Al Tayer Group Al Thawaqa Food Company LTD Al Zain Jewellery

AMAN INSURANCE Amani Retail Amusement Services International LLC ANB Invest Andy Enterprises Apparel Group Arabbco Arabian Centres company Arabian Oud Arab Publisher House ARI Aria Mall Arjan Schimmel Asateer Entertainment Company Ascend Perfumes Asentiv GCC and The Rebel Networker ASI Design Solutions A Squared Marketing Management Aster Healthcare Atelier BLG Axon Information technology services Azadea Group LLC Azad Properties AZDEF Production Group LLC B.R.B INTERNATIONAL B8ta - Chalhoub Group Concept Stores BackLite Media Baniyas Investment & Development Company Barakat Realty Bawabat Al Sharq Mall

BESIDE GROUP Best direction trading Better Life BIDllc Big Breakfast Blachere Illumination Black Pearl consultancy Blue Rhine Industries BMA INTERNATIONAL (REDTAG BRAND) BRANDS BTC fashion general trading LLC Burjuman Centre LLC BUZ MMC Capacita Capital Investments International Capmob Financial Services CARDIAL Carve CARVES - Linus International LLC Cavendish Maxwell CBRE CELS Group Cencosud S.A Century Mall CGR - Chalhoub Group Champion Digital Champion Group Champion Neon LLC Cheeky Monkeys China Mall

2021 RETAIL CONGRESS MENA ATTENDEES - BY COMPANY

CINELLO Cinepolis City Center Doha Mall CloudWorks COMPANY CONHPOL HENRYK KONOPKA Concept Brands Group Coniq Containers Middle East Creative Percept FZCO CRTKL CSI Current LED Lighting Daktronics Inc. Dalma Mall DAMAC properties Damas JewelleryLLC Danah world company Dandy Mega Mall Danube Home Darb Real estate company Darmesk Architects DCrew Events Depoint Deraah company Design International DHAM Dhamani Jewels DIFC Dilmunia Mall Development Company Dorchester Estates

Dormakaba Douze degres Douze Degres Design Studio Drama Trading Driven Properties Dubai Chamber Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment Dubai Global Connect Dubai Holding / MERAAS Dubai Investments Dubai Outlet Mall Dubai Tourism Dunli Group DXBOOST E360 Group Elaraby for Trading & Manufacturing Elements Business Media Emaar Properties Empire Cinemas ENTERTAINMENT SOLUTION SERVICES ESOM Etisalat Eventbox EventX Everquest Ventures Legal Consultancy FZ LLC Express da Vinci group eyewa Facilio Inc. Farnek services Farouk Trading& Contracting

Fawaz A. Alhokair & Co FCCB FireFly Concepts First Choice Group FitForCommerce Flydubai Foodfund Footprint Forest real estate FP Group FranGlobal FREELANCE Freelance Future Retail Advisors Gastronomica ME GDS SpA Geekay Ghalati Ghassan Aboud Group Giordano Fashions Giordano Saudi Arabia Glasgow Consulting Group Glee Hospitality Global Creative Global Trend Monitor GMG GMSynergy sp. z o.o. sp.j.

Golden Hats Technical LLC Gonzico Grand Stores

Grass Perfumes Green Initiative llc Griffin Creative & Events grmc Advisory Services Grow Digital GUARDFORCE AI Hamat Holding Havelock One Interiors LLC HCOMM ME Hili Mall HIND AL OUDÂ Holborn HOMEBOX HomeBox ( Landmark retail group) HOMM HOP DESIGN HTC HTC VIVE Hutchison HUZAR Sp. z o.o.

Icon Ad IFFCO Ihgbrands LLC IIS IMAX Corporation Independent Retail Consultant Infoquest Inleo sp. z o.o. innovative union company International Real Estate Partners

2021 RETAIL CONGRESS MENA ATTENDEES - BY COMPANY

Interpay Intimaa IPERA Irisity Isolutions Jabal Edsas Jabal Omar Development Company Jara consultancy Jawda Jawda Integrated real estate Jawda Real Estate JLL JLL Israel Jones Lang LaSalle Kaden investment Kafak international compnay KAFD DMC Kamal Jamjoom LLC

Kamal Osman Jamjoom Group KAMAL OSMAN JAMJOOM TRADING LLC Kanyon Yonetim Isletim ve Pazarlama A.S. Karam Mall karam real estate KARAZ linen Khalidiyah mall Sole Proprietorship LLC Kids Space – Billy Beez , Kidzania & OCTO! Kinan King Abdullah Financial District Development & Management Company kingdom centre Kingdom Tower

Knight Frank Knowledge Economic City Kuwait Food Co. (Americana) KZA general trading K Z A GENERAL TRADINING Lals Group Lamero Landmark Arabia Landmark Group Lasvit LED WORLD LED WORLD LLC LED WORLD SOLUTIONS Lenskart Optical Trading L.L.C Lenskart Optical Trading LLC Liali JLLC Libra properties Liht organics Line Investments and Property Sole propritership Livescale LLC Liwa Trading Enterprises LLC LMs LOAMS LPFLEX International FZE LuLu Group International M a Alabdulkarim &co Mabanee Bahrain Macadam Consultancy MAGRABI Magrabi Retail

Mai Dubai LLC Majid Al Futtaim Fashion & Lifestyle LLC Majid Al Futtaim Hypermarkets LLC Majid Al Futtaim Properties MAJID AL FUTTAIM RETAIL Majid Al Futtaim Ventures Majidi Mall Sulaimani - Iraq Mallcomm by Toolbox Group Mall of Dilmunia Mall of Qatar MAPIC Marakez Marien Marina Retail Corporation Markets movers Masic Logistics Company MAZAYA REAL ESTATE LLC McARTHUR+COMPANY McARTHUR Retail Development Specialists Mecca Clock Towers MENALAC Merchantech technologies Merex Investment Merit Incentives Ministry of Presidential Affairs MK Illumination MOBILGI Mohamed HILAL group Hind Al Oud Mosaic Live MOTOON REAL ESTATE

Msheireb Downtown - Doha, Qatar MuchMore Architecture & Landscape MUDON REAL ESTATE Munshaat real estate projects company Music concierge Nakheel Malls NAMA Arabia Nash Bond Ltd National Investments Corporation Nayel & Bin Harmal Investment Co. L.L.C. NeoSOFT Technologies Nest finders Nexstgo Nexus Media noon.com NUDUNE Numu Holding OPM Optifashion ORANGE BED&BATH Osool Entertainment Investment Company OUD ELITT Oxygen DMCC Packages Construction (Pvt.) Ltd Paguro Palais Royal Technology Palmiye Panache Middle East Passion Singh Pathfinder Global

2021 RETAIL CONGRESS MENA ATTENDEES - BY COMPANY

Pedrali Petrorabigh Company Pimente Middle East PMDC PM Group Point Group Pradera Prodigi Connect PROMOAGENCY SP Z O O Properties Investments Prototype Provential Consultancy UAE PROXILED PWT Mega Tech Qatar meat production company Q Malls Management Quwat al Asad RAK Leisure LLC Red Sea Mall Company REDXMEDIA - DALMA MALL Reef Perfumes Company Refad real estate Refah Chain Stores Retail Consulting Group Retailcorp Malls LLC Retail Music International Retail Real Estate Co. RRC Retransform RLI - RETAIL & LEISURE INTERNATIONAL Roshn Group

Sacoor Brothers Sadeel Trading Co SAD MARKETING Safa com SafeRock Sageberry Consulting Sahara Centre Samswek Global Events & Exhibition SAS Metta Saudi Bonyan Real Estate Investment Company Saudi Downtown Company (PIF) Savills Middle East Season accessorize Seddiqi Holding Seddiqi - Mizzen SEEF Sensormatic Solutions Senteo Sergo Global Cooling Servcorp Sharaf DG Sharjah Coop Sharjah Cooperative Society Signify Silicius Real Estate Skyfii PTY Socks collection Softlogic Retail PVT LTD Soigne SOLAS

Solas entertainment services Solidere Saudi Arabia Souq Al Jami' Space Real State Splash SQUARE stagexx Stepin LLC Studio em Sulaiman Al Rajhi Real Estate Investments SuperGarden Taiba Investments Taif Al Emarat Tamani Global Tamdeen Food Company Tamdeen Mall Management Tamdeen Real Estate Tamimi Markets TapGest Tasmim Advertising LLC The Bahrain Mall The Developers Holding The executive lens theleisureway The Phillips Group The Retail Doctor Thinkhance Software Solutions Third&fork Tilal Development Company SOAC Times Square Center LLC

TM2 Traboulsi & Co Tuder U. N. Consulting Inc. Umdasch Store Makers ME umdasch The Store Makers Middle East LLC UNIFIED REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT Unifynd Technologies Urbane Capital Commercial Broker urbanOvation - uO V4texx Music Group LLC Valentino Valuement Middle East DMCC V-Count Technologies Vemco Group Vindico Virtual Cloud Information Technology LLC Virtuel center Waai Tek Wafi Properties Wanzl Middle East FZE Warehouse of Games Ltd White Musk Perfume Wingstop www.agarwalumesh.com Xioc Enterprise XpandRetail Yadayel tailoring and design Yardi Systems Zeoof Real Estate company ZERCO Middle East ZtartUp.com

SOCIAL MEDIA COVERAGE Retail Congress MENA celebrates 27 years in the region as it continues to be the largest platform to network and explore business opportunities with shopping center industry, retailers, product and service providers within the retail industry.

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USEFUL LINKS 👉👉 Retail Congress MENA Event Video Highlights - https://youtu.be/EKA24BgSX2Y

👉👉 Conference, Exhibition and Awards Photo Compilation – https://bit.ly/rcm2021-event-photos 👉👉 Shopping Centre and Retailer MENA Awards Finalists 👉👉 Shopping Centre and Retailer MENA Awards – Gold and Silver Winners 👉👉 2021 MENA Awards Presentation Full Video – https://youtu.be/zzS8BjT8N4I 👉👉 2021 Conference Agenda: https://retailcongressmena.com/conference-agenda/ 👉👉 2021 Conference Speakers: https://retailcongressmena.com/conference-speakers/ 👉👉 2021 Sponsors List: https://retailcongressmena.com/sponsor/ 👉👉 2021 Exhibitors Floor Plan: https://retailcongressmena.com/2021-floor-plan/

SAVE THE DATE DECEMBER 5 AND 6 RITZ CARLTON HOTEL DIFC, DUBAI, UAE

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THANK YOU! The Middle East Council of Shopping Centres and Retailers Office 207, DAC Offices, Offices 2, Dubai World Trade Centre PO Box 9292, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Contact: Lea Venezuela 34 Mobile: +971 50 708 9235 | Email: lea@mecsc.org