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The Saudisation drive that started in early 2013 severely impacted grocery retailers. The government, in order to increase the employment of local Saudis, introduced the Nitaqat system, whereby companies needed to employ a certain quota of Saudis. Failing this, they were subject to penalties. Since most of the labour in independent small grocers consisted of expatriate workers, because of their low cost, many businesses started to suffer, and some went ... Read more

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"Books, News and Stationery Retail Sales (Channel and Segment Analytics) in Saudi Arabia to 2020" combines paperback, hardbound books, and books sold from internet sites like Amazon, but not e-books, newspapers, periodicals, and magazines (non-subscription sales) within the Printed Media category. However, books sold to libraries are excluded.

Also it has considered the sales of personal stationery products like notebooks, erasers, pencils, ... Read more

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"Furniture and Floor Coverings Retail Sales (Channel and Segment Analytics) in Saudi Arabia to 2020" combines retail (not trade) sales of carpets, mats, rugs, carpet tiles, hard tiles, laminates, final and wood flooring within the Floor Coverings category followed by retail sales of domestic furniture, including bedroom furniture, dining room furniture, home office furniture, living room furniture, kitchen furniture and bathroom furniture within the ... Read more

"Home and Garden Products Retail Sales (Channel and Segment Analytic) in Saudi Arabia to 2020" combines garden buildings, manual and electric garden tools, garden utensils, outdoor living products, and plants and growing media within the Gardening and Outdoor Living category followed by retail (not trade) sales of decorating materials (paint, varnish, wall tiles, wallpaper), Electrical hardware (alarms, light fittings, plugs, switches), hardware, other materials, and manual and power tools ... Read more