Two Publications.
One Complete Picture of
MENA Retail
Retail People Magazine tells the stories. The MECSR Directory holds the data. Together they keep the region’s retail community informed, connected, and easy to find.
Countries in circulation
Issues published to date
Shopping centres listed
Years in print
Ground-level intelligence
Quarterly reporting and cover conversations with the people running the region’s malls, brands, and destinations, plus market data and project updates from across MENA.
A verified industry audience
Campaigns sit beside editorial read by owners, operators, developers, retailers, and suppliers in more than 60 countries, in print and digital.
Visibility that lasts
Get featured in RPM, contribute expert articles, and hold a Directory listing that keeps your company in front of the industry all year.
Retail People Magazine
Retail People Magazine is MECSR’s flagship quarterly, published in print and digital and read in more than 60 countries. Each issue pairs cover conversations with the people leading the region’s malls, brands, and destinations with reporting on what is moving the market.
Across more than 45 issues, RPM has tracked the evolution of MENA retail: sustainability, AI and data, customer experience, and the rise of mixed-use destinations. Browse the archive below, or explore the full collection on Issuu.
MECSR Directory
Published once a year, the MECSR Directory is the region’s working reference for the industry, listing more than 1,120 shopping centres alongside retailer and supplier profiles.
Listings are organised in three sections, shopping centres, retail brand operators, and services and suppliers, so leasing teams, expansion planners, and procurement can go straight to what they need.
Four Ways In
Read
Latest issues of RPM and the Directory are online and free to browse, with print copies at MECSR events.
Contribute
Pitch a story, expert article, or project feature for an upcoming issue of RPM.
Advertise
Request the media kit for formats, positions, and rates across print and digital.
Get Listed
Join MECSR and secure your company’s listing in the next Directory edition.
Contribute, Advertise, or Get Listed
Both publications are built from the MECSR community. If you have a story worth telling or a business worth finding, there is a place for you in the next edition.










































