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Covid-19 Impact on the Real estate Market in Egypt
- June 29, 2020
- Posted by: Alaae Sbai
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Business Strategy, Economics
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Amid many economic and political shocks that Egypt has witnessed in the last decade, the real estate sector has proven to be one of the most resilient sectors as it may have slowed down after the first and second revolutions and the devaluation in 2011, 2013 & 2016 respectively, but it did not crash. The
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Primary Research: 8 Tips for Conducting Successful BtoB Interviews
- June 11, 2020
- Posted by: Alaae Sbai
- Category: Blog Category, Business Strategy
Conducting an interview with an industry expert in an optimal manner can be a challenging task. This is because it implies getting a maximum of relevant insights from the expert in a one-shot, limited time interview. Interviewing experts is a very proactive process where the interviewer needs to show a strong take-charge attitude. The 8
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The unique e-concession strategies luxury brands implement to reach the Chinese-shoppers
- March 11, 2020
- Posted by: Alaae Sbai
- Category: Business Strategy, china, Consumer Goods & Retail, e-concession, Economics, luxury brands
Being a key growth engine of the luxury sector worldwide, China remains one of the main luxury markets globally with consumers accounting for 33% of the global luxury goods spending in 2018 with predictions to reach 46% by 2025 (more than Americans, Europeans, SE Asians and the Japanese combined). Additionally, experts estimate that half of
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Is UAE an easy-win market for Health & Beauty companies?
- April 9, 2019
- Posted by: marketing
- Category: Africa, beauty, Blog Category, Business Strategy, Economics, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Investment Research, Middle East
Ranked as the 5th among developing countries for future potential growth, the retail sector of the UAE keeps expanding beyond expectations. Despite recent signs of saturation, Dubai was still expected to add around 717,000 sqm of new retail space in 2018, while more 467,000 were expected to be added in Abu Dhabi. The overall market
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Chinese Modus Operandi In Africa
- December 17, 2018
- Posted by: marketing
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Business Strategy, Central Africa, china, East Africa, Economics, Middle East, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Worldwide
In the last two decades, China has become the most important economic interlocutor of the African continent, through a number of both public and private initiatives across trade, investments, financing and cooperation. To have an idea of the scale of the Chinese wave, we can have a look at the most recent figures. In the -
How the Global 500 are organizing themselves in the Middle East and Africa
- May 25, 2018
- Posted by: infomineo-admin
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Business Strategy, Central Africa, East Africa, Middle East, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Worldwide
Highlights from this year’s Organizing for Growth Report For over 25 years the American Fortune magazine publishes an annual list of the top Global 500 companies ranked by revenue. The companies that made the list in 2017 generated a combined revenue of 27.7 trillion USD — roughly 37% of global GDP –, earned profits of
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Seven Benefits of Outsourcing Research
- February 19, 2018
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Blog Category, Business Strategy
Outsourcing was not identified as a business strategy until 1989 and since then it has become a very common practice in many businesses. Typically, companies consider an outsourcing strategy for their support functions that are out of the company’s areas of expertise. Many of Infomineo's prospective clients that require ongoing access to research come to -
An outsourcing solution to accessing talent in Africa and the Middle East
- February 14, 2018
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Business Strategy, Middle East
Back in 2009, I began working on a first assignment as a consultant in Morocco. For the past 8 years, I have not left the region, working in countries as diverse as Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. From many discussions with business people in the region only -
Outsourcing your Research & Knowledge Functions
- February 14, 2018
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Blog Category, Business Strategy
Research Outsourcing Need-Assessment Process Outsourcing has emerged as a common approach to cutting down internal costs and driving core business growth by delegating non-core organizational activities to external partners who can handle them more effectively and efficiently. However, despite it's proven ability to lower costs and streamline internal processes, a large number of companies remain -
An Effective Approach to Conducting Data Research
- February 7, 2018
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Blog Category, Business Strategy
If you do data research, you need to read this article! In my previous life, I was a consultant. I was focused on strategy work and therefore relied heavily on data to come up with fact-based recommendations for my clients. As a consultant, I also had first-hand exposure to the shift of companies run from