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Retail Asia13/03/2019

The global Islamic clothing market is expected to reach US$88.35 billion by 2025, according to a new report by US marketing and consulting firm Grand View Research. Increasing expenditure by Islamic populations on lifestyle and apparels, especially among the wealthy, elite, and traditional Middle Eastern populations, is expected to propel demand. In 2017, ethnic wear […]

Retail Asia22/08/2016

The Indonesian government has launched a national master plan to develop its Islamic finance industry, the latest effort aimed at awakening what is still a niche sector in the world’s most populous Muslim country, Reuters news service reported. Islamic finance was introduced in Southeast Asia’s largest economy more than two decades ago but it has […]

Retail Asia02/08/2016

The photograph below is from a Longines advertising campaign, and features arguably India’s most famous Bollywood star, Aishwarya Rai. Some might consider it elegant, others “hi-so” in certain parts of Southeast Asia. But in Malaysia, religious zealots have fined a non-Muslim watch retailer for displaying a poster in-store featuring this same Aishwarya Rai photo. According to […]

Retail Asia09/05/2016

A group of Indonesian “cyber warriors” sit glued to screens, as they send out messages promoting a moderate form of Islam in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country. Armed with laptops and smartphones, some 500 members of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) – one of the world’s biggest Muslim organisations – are seeking to counter the […]

Retail Asia13/04/2016

The Indonesia Ministry of Tourism will develop Halal tourism in West Sumatra, a province that has a potential for such a concept just as West Nusa Tenggara province, known for similar tourism. “West Sumatra has a potential for Halal tourism development as culturally, it is known as a religious province,” the Deputy Assistant of Business […]

Retail Asia25/11/2015

Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika expressed disagreement to the idea of developing Shariah tourism on the island, citing fears that it could create potential problems. “I did not agree with it. It will only create problems. Just leave it as it is for now. It has all been going well so far,” he stated after […]

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Islamic clothing market growing to US$88bn by 2025

Indonesia launches master plan to breathe new life into Islamic finance sector

Government fine watch shop over Aishwarya Rai photo

Indonesia’s Muslim cyber warriors take on IS

Halal tourism in West Sumatra

Bali governor opposes shariah tourism idea