Dubai is one of the most competitive restaurant markets in the world, and most concepts opening there are already well funded and well designed. Here's what actually separates the ones that last.

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The UAE and Saudi Arabia get talked about as one market. They aren't. Here's what's different about building brands in each, and what tends to go wrong when a concept is imported without being adapted.

Two businesses sell a similar thing at a similar price. One builds a following, the other doesn't. The difference is almost never the product, and it's rarely the logo.