Find out which city tops the rankings as world’s hottest retail market for international brands according to the latest edition of How Global is the Business of Retail? by global property advisor CBRE. And where do Abu Dhabi and Dubai place?
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2nd: Tokyo. 48 new international brand entrants in 2014. Yuriko Nakao / Reuters -
3rd: Hong Kong. 43 new international brand entrants in 2014. Anthony Wallace / AFP -
4th: Abu Dhabi. 42 new international brand entrants in 2014. People enjoy their first day at The Galleria, checking out the stores and shopping at the brand new luxury mall at Sowwah Square on Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi. Silvia Razgova / The National (Editors note: Al Maryah Island (formerly Sowwah Island) has been classified as an investment zone, setting it at the forefront of Abu Dhabi's real estate opportunities. It is a 114 hectare mixed-use residential, retail, leisure, hotel and commercial development in the heart of Abu Dhabi. It is designated by the emirate's Urban Planning Council to be the capital's Central Business District (CBD). Sowwah Square is the exclusively commercial first phase of Abu Dhabi's new Central Business District (CBD). (Source: http://www.almaryahisland.ae/) -
5th: Berlin. 35 new international brand entrants in 2014. Sean Gallup / Getty Images -
6th: Beijing. 34 new international brand entrants in 2014. Frederic Brown / AFP -
7th: London. 31 new international brand entrants in 2014. Newscast Limited via AP Images -
Joint 7th: Moscow. 31 new international brand entrants in 2014. Yuri Kadobnov / AFP -
9th: Shanghai. 31 new international brand entrants in 2014. Reuters -
10th: Frankfurt. 29 new international brand entrants in 2014. Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters -
19th: Dubai. 19 new international brand entrants in 2014. Pictured, the Dubal Mall. Jeffrey E Biteng / The National
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