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Can Post-Crisis Dubai Become the World’s Largest Consumer Fashion Hub?

After London, Dubai is the second most popular place in the world to shop for fashion and luxury goods. Can it become number one? Six years after the devastation of a global recession that saw billions wiped off the value of local real estate, BoF sits down with Mohamed Alabbar, architect of the emirate’s retailing success, to understand his vision for the future.
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  • Melanie Rickey

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — 

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