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Qatar mega-mall Place Vendome stakes claim on luxury windfall

Published on 29.09.2022 at 05:30 GMT Reading time 3 min

Place Vendôme shopping centre, located in the new district of Lusail, 15 km from Doha. © Studio Pachamama

Qatar is intent on recouping some of the funds its nationals spend in the boutiques of Paris, London and Geneva. With some of the world's most avid luxury consumers, the emirate is growing its own investment in the sector, sharpening its efforts before football's World Cup kicks off there in November.

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Spotlight | Middle East
Qatar mega-mall Place Vendome stakes claim on luxury windfall

Golden Miles
How Doha lords it over its Place Vendôme tenants

Spotlight
The Mayhoola fund and its royal backer fight for success with bottomless budget and trips to court

Front Row
The influential Al-Mana family, Hermès's go-to in Qatar and the Emirates

Golden Miles
Warehouse war erupts in duty-free paradise Hainan

Spotlight
Luxury sector eludes effort to seal Ukraine sanctions loopholes