MKT-KW

Mystery shopping in Kuwait

A dense, geographically compact market where the entire retail estate sits within a short drive, making high-frequency programmes practical at a cost that would be prohibitive elsewhere.

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Coverage

Cities and zones we cover.

Where our panel actually reaches. Where a location falls outside it we say so at scoping rather than substituting a shopper who does not fit the profile.

01 Kuwait City Central business district, Souq Al Mubarakiya and the Sharq waterfront

02 Hawalli High-density retail and restaurant corridors

03 Salmiya Salem Al Mubarak Street and the mall estate

04 Farwaniya Community retail and the airport corridor

How it runs

How engagements run in Kuwait.

LanguagesArabic and English, with Hindi, Urdu and Malayalam useful across much of the service workforce.

Typical lead timeThree to four weeks.

PanelCompact geography makes shopper scheduling straightforward; most of the estate is reachable within an hour of the panel's centre of gravity.

Run fromThe Doha office. Fieldwork is staffed locally.

Kuwait's restaurant and café sector is unusually competitive and turns over quickly, which makes the competitor benchmark more valuable here than the internal trend. A brand's score against its own previous wave says less than its score against the three venues its customers were also considering.

Because the geography is compact, monthly or even fortnightly waves are affordable in a way they are not in Saudi Arabia. Programmes here should be designed around that: more frequent, smaller waves produce a trend that supports operational decisions rather than quarterly reviews.

Sectors

Where the work is in this market.

IND-RST Restaurant Whether anyone came back to the table after the food arrived IND-RTL Retail How long a customer stands in a department before anyone acknowledges them IND-FIN Financial Whether the fee was disclosed before the customer was asked to sign IND-ELC Electronics Whether the recommendation followed the customer's need or the vendor's incentive IND-AUT Automotive Whether the test drive was offered or had to be requested

Other markets

The other five.

MKT-QA Qatar HQ Two to three weeks from a signed brief to first completed visits. MKT-SA Saudi Arabia Four to six weeks, longer where a specific shopper profile has to be recruited in a secondary city. MKT-AE UAE Three to four weeks for client programmes. MKT-OM Oman Four to five weeks, longer for Salalah outside the Khareef season. MKT-KW Kuwait Three to four weeks. MKT-BH Bahrain Three to four weeks.

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