Devices made by Brazil’s Datacom are sold to a distributor and used by telephony and internet operators in the Arab country. The company has sold to Kuwait in the past and is looking for new markets in the region.
Author: Aurea Santos
Marcelia Bou Chebel owns Arpoador, a store in the city of Mazaraat Yachouh that sells bikinis and swimsuits designed by Marcelia herself, which have become a hit among young Arab women looking for colorful attire.
This Wednesday, businesswoman Julia de Biase opened Al Zahra, store dedicated exclusively to selling fragrances from the Middle East. Perfumes might cost as much as R$ 4,000 (US$ 964).
S’ollér Brasil exports its products to nine countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The São Paulo-based company keeps a representative in Saudi Arabia and also its own store in Bahrain.
Twelve Brazilian companies will be at the Sweets and Snacks Middle East expo, slated for October in the UAE. Biscuit manufacturers are attending the event for the first time.
NGO will hold a charity bazaar on September 26th in the city of São Paulo. The meeting will have sale of goods and presentation of music, dance and other activities. The goal is to raise money for refugees studying Portuguese.
The International Logistics workshop is set for September 30th in São Paulo. Representatives of the Emirates SkyCargo and MSC Brasil will speak about the main topics and services for the transportation of goods abroad.
At Refúgio Ecológico Caiman, set in a 130,000 acre farm, tourists can enjoy the local fauna and flora while choosing from two guest houses and relying on bilingual guide services.
Rula Maayaa Albandak, Palestine’s minister of Tourism, will visit the country this month to promote Palestine’s main destinations to businessmen and authorities from the sector. She will also attend a fair in São Paulo.
Companies Docile and Peccin from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, certified their product lines as a strategy to boost sales to Arab countries. Now, they are already looking to break into new markets in the region.
Fine Cosméticos already exports to seven Arab countries and plans to expand its sales in the region. Saudi Arabia buys half of company’s exports, which is in negotiations to work with a new Gulf distributor.
Representative of the UAE-based RAK Porcelain in Brazil says that there’s space to expand sales to four and five-star hotels. The company will launch colored line in a fair in the city of São Paulo.
The Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Center will apply the Celpe-Bras test, which attests mastery of the Portuguese language, from April 2016. In October, the organization starts offering a prep course for the exam.
UAE-based RAK Porcelain will attend the fair that is scheduled to September 14 to 17th in the city of São Paulo with a stand of more than 100 square meters. The exhibition will gather 1,500 brands.
