Shopping Seasons in Dubai
- Dubai is a world-famous shopping destination, which caters to the fancies of millions of shoppers with special shopping seasons
- Dubai has exclusive festivals for shopping, like the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) and the GITEX Shopper
- Festivals and public holidays are also a time when sales are aplenty, during days like Ramadan, Eid Al Fitr, Chinese New Year, Eid Al Adha, Diwali, National Day and Christmas
- Periods like the spring-summer collection launch, fall-winter collection launch, and back-to-school are also quite popular seasons when retailers in Dubai host sales
- Dubai Shopping Festival is the oldest festival of its kind in UAE, started in 1996, as a way to boost retail trade in Dubai
- Dubai Summer Surprises is an annual festival in which thousands of retailers in Dubai participate and offer discounts to shoppers, apart from which there are a lot of entertaining events and activities
- Dubai Shopping Festival takes place every year between December and January, while Dubai Summer Surprises usually happens during the summer months on June to August
- GITEX Shopper is the largest consumer electronics show in the Middle East, and typically takes place during autumn in Dubai (October-November)
- Depending on the occasion and the retailer, discounts and deals during shopping seasons in Dubai start from 15%-20% and can go up to 75%-80%
