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			<title>UAE retail group eyes $1.17bn Indian expansion plan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emke Group, which runs LuLu and Al Farah brands, aims to grow hypermarket network.]]></description>
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			<title>Big demand for curry leaves after imports restricted</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Officials find high levels of cancer-causing pesticides on some Indian imports.]]></description>
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			<title>Grocery players ask: What credit crunch?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  FMCG manufacturers and distributors focus on ‘every day innovation' to perform amid the global slowdown.]]></description>
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			<title>Poultry in motion for Al Ain</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[First-class meat and seafood processing unit to open, after Emke Group strikes new deal with European market leader Rose Poultry.]]></description>
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			<title>Lulu eyes Express expansion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emke Group's executive director tells Retail News firm will open at least 10 more Lulu Express stores across the UAE within two years.]]></description>
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			<title>LuLu Hypermarket boosts warehouse system</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EMKE Group has implemented the LFS400 warehouse management system for its LuLu Hypermarket chain in the Middle East.]]></description>
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			<title>The queue for faster profits</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A push among retailers to promote the convenience channel has created blueprints for an explosion of new openings.]]></description>
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			<title>The queue for speed-led business </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A push among retailers to promote and capitalise upon convenience has created blueprints for an explosion of new openings.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE rice supplies nearly depleted</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Stocks of Indian non-basmati rice will not last beyond 10 days, say region's food traders.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE’s Lulu boss risks huge financial burden </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[MD of hypermarket chain reveals the recent deal to freeze 2007 prices is expected to  impact its bottom line.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Freezing prices slated as ‘Band Aid’ solution</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Abu Dhabi Co-Operative Society GM sends out stark warning on inflation-beating measures in the UAE.  ]]></description>
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			<title>UAE signs latest price fixing deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Baniyas Cooperative Society agrees to fix prices of 56 basic food items at 2007 levels, ministry says.]]></description>
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			<title>Emke ramps up Omani empire in mall move</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Group's plans for more Lulu hypermarkets and malls pump more investment into the country.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Lulu agrees to cap prices to fight inflation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi-based hypermarket chain to keep prices of 32 basic goods at 2007 levels.]]></description>
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			<title>Counting on correct change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the downturn in sales among small retailers purportedly verges towards crisis point, some of the UAE's distinguished groups have unveiled store innovations that could inspire them and transform this state of affairs.]]></description>
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			<title>Attack: denied</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Faced with a distributed enterprise, EMKE Group needed a foolproof way of securing sensitive data flowing over internet links. NME reports.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Emke fires up strategy for year of reckoning</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lulu pushes own label potential ahead of regional growth and debuts in Egypt, India and Saudi Arabia.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Rise of the convenience store concept</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Despite development of UAE hypermarkets, there remains enormous opportunity for expansion.]]></description>
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			<title>Race for opportunity</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Planet Retail reveals latest top 30 hypermarket and supermarket operators in Africa and the Middle East.]]></description>
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			<title>Lulu to boost Bahrain's job sector</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE-based Lulu Hypermarket group plans to invest $68mn in Bahrain and generate 150 jobs for nationals.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Emke to build Yemen's largest mall</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Abu Dhabi-based retail group plans to invest $200mn in the venture, which will be located in Sana'a.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman's modern trade boom</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While the UAE has benefited from the fast pace of growth centred on Dubai, Oman's retail market has undeservedly missed out on the limelight.]]></description>
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			<title>Lulu to move into India</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE retailer is to start construction on a 1.2 million square foot mall in the Indian state of Kerala.]]></description>
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			<title>Rice price hike gets green light</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Suppliers get nod for 20% rise but threaten to pull supply if further increase not given.]]></description>
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			<title>Barsha gains LuLu hypermarket</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emke opens second LuLu hypermarket in Dubai as part of its GCC-wide expansion plan.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar calling</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A fast growing population and ease of distribution make Qatar a strong market  for FMCG producers and retailers.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Emke to open in Bahrain</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE-based retail operator Emke Group is planning to enter Bahrain. Emke is planning to open four hypermarkets a year in Bahrain as part of a BD50 million (US $397.8 million) investment.]]></description>
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			<title>Emke Group wins Abu Dhabi mall contract</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE retail group plans to open hypermarket and foodcourt in major renovation of Madinat Zayed mall]]></description>
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			<title>Taking wireless beyond mobility</title>
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			<title>Bringing IT together</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EMKE, the regional retail, distribution, import and export conglomerate, Lulu supermarkets and now, upmarket shopping mall developments, is centralising its IT environment to support massive expansion plans. Colin Edwards checks it out.]]></description>
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