AT Kearney ranks China No-1 in Retail Apparel Index

18 Jun '13

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The Middle East region remains an attractive retail apparel market with the UAE, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia (#6) respectively ranking 2nd, 4th and 6th place in the Index. Many retailers are testing their operations in the UAE before expanding to other Middle East countries due to its ease of doing business, sizeable retail segment, large expat community, and tourism. Several notable apparel openings occurred in the UAE in 2012, including Level Shore District, Prada, Muji, COS, Gap, Pomellato, Calvin Klein, Juicy Couture, and Destination Maternity. Bvlgari and Bloomingdale's plan new stores in 2013 in Abu Dhabi.

The Retail Apparel Index is calculated by analyzing three metrics:

Clothing market attractiveness (60 percent). This includes clothing sales, clothing sales growth, youth and urban populations, and level of international presence.

Retail development (20 percent). The retail development indicator includes share of modern retailing and sales area growth.

Country risk (20 percent). Country risk indicators include political and financial risk; business readiness; and the business cost of crime, terrorism, and corruption.

Within each metric, a country's value is indexed from 0 to 100 to allow for relative comparison to be made across metrics.

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