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UAE HALAL FAST-FOOD BRAND CHICKING TO OPEN 30 OUTLETS IN CANADA BY 2023
United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based halal fast-food chain Chicking is planning to expand its geographic footprint with up to 30 new outlets across Canada by 2023.
The company opened its first ChickQueen branch in the multi-cultural city of Mississauga, Ontario, in May 2021, as part of a plan to expand to all major Canadian cities, AK Mansoor, founder and chairman of Chicking, told Salaam Gateway.…
MUSLIM COUNTRIES MAINTAIN AWKWARD NEUTRALITY OVER RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE
Many Muslim countries, their governments and businesses, have adopted an uneasy neutrality towards Russia, as it continues its invasion of Ukraine.
Malaysia is a case in point – its close relations with European, north American and Asian countries (such as Japan and South Korea) means it will not want to breach their sanctions on Russia.…
NEW ZEALAND’S BUTTER EXPORT SECTOR EMERGES FIGHTING FIT FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC
NEW Zealand’s butter industry is thriving, despite the disruption of Covid-19 and now Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with strong export demand particularly from China but also from other markets worldwide, especially in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) bloc. Major exporter Fonterra is also looking ahead to a world that increasingly cracks down on carbon emissions, introducing the first carbon-zero certified organic butter made in NZ, reflecting how consumers are seeking more sustainability in their food purchases.…
FATF TO INSIST ON CENTRAL UBO REGISTERS, AS ITS PLENARY CONDEMNS RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE
FATF has agreed reforms to its Recommendation 24 on beneficial ownership, insisting that governments ensure UBO data is henceforth held by a public authority or central beneficial ownership registry. The changes agreed by FATF’s plenary last week also insist that competent authorities can rapidly and efficiently access UBO information.…
LOCAL START-UPS INNOVATE IN ASIA’S HIJAB HAIRCARE, GCC MARKET STILL UNTAPPED
Global haircare brands are starting to recognise a gap in the Muslim market as they launch products for hijab-wearing women and include them in marketing campaigns. L’Oréal’s Kérastase is the latest international brand to target this segment, having positioned its first anti-hair fall (loss) range, Genesis, to appeal to hijab-wearing women in Malaysia.…
EXPERTS DOUBT MLB AML EXPENDITURE EFFECTIVENESS – MORE MONEY NEEDED FOR CRIMINAL PROBES
WITH around USD400 billion spent annually on AML compliance and government efforts to curb financial crime according to LexisNexis, AML experts are increasingly calling for more of this money to be spent on in depth and undercover investigations to follow money trails, delivering convictions and dirty money seizures.…
MUSLIM-FOCUSED MEDIA INCREASES DIVERSITY AND CROSS-BORDER REACH THROUGH APPS AND BROADCASTING
The international growth of media content focused on Muslim cultural and Islamic religious interests is burgeoning, with companies expanding the reach of their output across national borders, developing an increasingly comprehensive ecosystem of programming delivered by broadcasting and internet-based apps.
The opening of the Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) bureau of the Annahar Al Arabi digital news platform in January (2022) is one example of such cross-border growth, highlighting an appetite for regionally-relevant content in the Gulf region.…
HALAL NUTRACEUTICAL SEGMENT SEEKS TO CEMENT COVID-19 INSPIRED GROWTH
The global market for halal nutraceutical products, including vitamins and wellbeing supplements, is set to double over the next 10 years, according to new research. A report from Dubai-based Future Market Insights (https://www.futuremarketinsights.com/reports/halal-nutraceuticals-and-vaccines-market), published last July (2021), predicted sales of these products would increase from USD58.01 billion in 2021 to USD116.38 billion by 2031.…
INDIA’S MAJOR CLOTHING AND TEXTILE HAS ENOUGH DIVERSITY TO FLOURISH
India’s large and diverse clothing and textile industry is flourishing through sustained domestic sales growth and lucrative government incentives.
Its increased reliance on man-made fibres (MMF), a sharper focus on technical textiles and the construction of mega production units have been major features defining the progress of India’s clothing and textile industry.…
THE POTENTIAL OF ITALY’S HALAL FOOD MARKET EMERGING POST-PANDEMIC
When France’s fast-food chain O’Tacos (www.o-tacos.fr) announced in 2020 that it would be selling in Italy its halal-certified French-style meat and vegetable wraps, Italian Muslims took this as a sign that halal was going mainstream in their country. O’Tacos’ first Italian outpost will open in January 2022 in Rome (delayed by Covid-19) and more openings in 2022 are planned in major Italian cities, including Milan and Bologna, said Yassin Baradai, founder of Milan-based Meem Communication (https://meemcommunication.com/…