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Dubai luxury shops are feeling the absence of Nigerians who have been kept away from their usual travels to Asia’s shopping capital by a weaker naira and higher airfares, Businessday reports.

Nigerians who typically buy huge volumes of luxury goods are cutting down on their expenses. “Before now, purchases from Nigerians made up about 18% of our market share, but it has dropped to about eight percent this year. .

I tell you the truth, we really miss Nigerians here and we hope things get better so that they can shop again as they used to,” Bilal Chaouch, sales manager, Paul Smith, said. .

“We hope the government in Nigeria will help provide dollars for Nigerians to come and shop here as they use to do. We hope things get better because patronage by Nigerians has been part of our success story,” he added.

Johanna Pascual, sales manager, Accessorize, also said Nigerians often bought accessories in large quantities but there has been a sharp drop this year because only few Nigerians have been visiting recently and those who come do not buy as much as they used to.

“I always believed Nigerians were very rich people because when they came to buy gold, they always bought in large quantities and paid immediately. But that has changed now. We have not sold as much as we sold accessories by this time last year,” Pascual disclosed.

Gilbert, a sales representative of Timex, said he has observed a sharp drop in demand from Nigerians for luxury brands. The Dubai attraction has lost its shine as Nigerians now struggle at the airports to get dollars to travel unlike before when they could easily travel with the cards and shop in over 200 countries around the world.

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  5. Even the devil is now economically concious with his resources no more foods in dreams anymore..

    If a whole Davido (OBO) can tell his baby mama ”no be by force to go DUBAI” then something is wrong somewhere,money no dy to waste again..

    Besides the diffrence between ur Dubai goods and the ones in Onitcha is just PACKAGING…

  17. By saying u re missing Nigerians, interpret dat Nigerians re fools for traveling down to buy ur goods nd abandoning ours for it to get spoilt, besides if a rich country like Dubai shld b complaining of low sales,den wat do u guys expect we d Nigerians dat even d cost of shop rent is d total amount one can easily build a house of his or her own, pls u guys shld allow dem pay attention to our own very market so dat we can b able to get returns in gud profit

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  23. Nigerians are like MTN. They are everywhere you go. East, West, North, South of the Globe. We are men & women of fashion. Recession is just a process for Nigeria to find her feat. Nigeria will bounce back.

  35. U no join support change? Make una bear am cos na wetin person sow e dey reap and d worst part is that many most senseless and heartless people are still supporting buhari government ..I no blame them i cos they are enemy of Nigeria

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