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MENA growth agency · Retail & consumer

01Go-to-market AI analysts, store builders & culture keepers.

MINA+ takes retail and consumer brands into the Middle East & North Africa, and helps them grow once they’re here. We combine real local knowledge, AI‑driven analysis and in‑store craft, and our founder has done it before.

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Dubai-rooted · Working across the GCC & wider MENA Scroll Est. 2026
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Proven delivery

Results the region has already seen.

Before MINA+, our founder helped put three international brands in front of MENA shoppers. The sales speak for themselves.

Case 01GCC · Year one
$0M

European fast-fashion entry

In-store sales in the first year. The founder was a leading member of the ideation committee behind the brand’s GCC entry.

Case 02MENA · 10 months
$0M

US beauty brand

Sales delivered within ten months of launch.

Case 031 country · FY25–26
$0M

US athleisure brand

Sales in a single MENA market within one year (2025–26).

Figures reflect the founder’s previous roles before MINA+. Brand names are withheld for confidentiality.

What we do

MENA isn’t one market.
Don’t enter it like one.

Riyadh isn’t Dubai, and Kuwait isn’t Cairo. We combine five things most agencies keep separate so your launch lands in every city.

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Go-to-market with real local knowledge

Mall landlords, franchise partners, the retail calendar and city-by-city demand. It comes from people who have worked the floor here, not from a desk abroad.

  • Market entry
  • Partner fit
  • Location
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AI tooling & analysis

We use AI to size markets, listen to social conversation in Arabic and English, model footfall and test creative quickly. Decisions come from signal, not guesswork.

  • Market sizing
  • AR/EN listening
  • Creative testing
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03

The human touch, in store

In the Gulf, the mall is still the stage. We design store concepts, visual merchandising and launch moments that people want to walk into and share.

  • Store concepts
  • VM
  • Launch events
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MENA campaigns with cultural touches

Arabic-first creative that fits the moment: Ramadan, Eid, national days and the White Friday season. Built with regional creators and tuned for the Khaleeji, Levantine and North African audiences they speak to.

  • Ramadan & Eid
  • Arabic-first
  • Creators
  • National days
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Delivery with a proven track record

$132M+ in sales across three international brand launches the founder helped lead. We plan to the same standard, and we report against real sales, not vanity metrics.

  • $71M
  • $30M
  • $31M
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Zamina Mir, Founder & Chief Growth Architect of MINA+
Zamina MirFounder & Chief Growth Architect
مينا+
Founder-led
The best AI tools in the world won’t tell you how a Riyadh mall feels on the last night of Ramadan. That comes from being there.

MINA+ was founded by Zamina Mir, a retail marketer who has sat on the committees and stood on the shop floors where international brands succeed or fail in the region. The agency pairs that experience with modern AI tooling, so you move faster without losing the local feel.

  • 01Leading member of the ideation committee for a European fast-fashion brand’s GCC entry
  • 02US beauty and athleisure launches across MENA markets
  • 03Experience across KSA, the UAE and the wider GCC
Meet the founder
AI tooling

Signal first.
Spend second.

Before a riyal or dirham goes into media or fit-out, our models read demand, sentiment and competitor activity across the region, in both languages.

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How we enter

Signal. Shape. Stage. Scale.

A four-step path from first question to a store that pays back, run by one team.

01

Signal

AI market scan, category sizing, competitor mapping and bilingual social listening.

Weeks 1–3
02

Shape

Proposition, pricing, partner and franchise fit, city sequencing and location strategy.

Weeks 3–6
03

Stage

Store concept, VM, opening events, PR and creator seeding for day-one footfall.

Launch
04

Scale

Always-on campaigns, the seasonal calendar, performance media and roll-out to new markets.

Ongoing
Where we work

Local in every market.

From the Gulf to North Africa, we plan city by city, because that is how shoppers actually live.

UAE
DXB
دبي
UAE
AUH
أبوظبي
KSA
RUH
الرياض
KSA
JED
جدة
Qatar
DOH
الدوحة
Kuwait
KWI
الكويت
Bahrain
BAH
المنامة
Oman
MCT
مسقط
Egypt
CAI
القاهرة
Jordan
AMM
عمّان
Morocco
CMN
الدار البيضاء
Next
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Your market
أهلاً وسهلاً
Let’s build

Enter MENA like you already live here.

Tell us about your brand, your category and the markets you’re considering. We’ll come back with a first view of the opportunity.

Start the conversation
MINA+ / Services

Five disciplines.One launch team.

From the first market scan to the hundredth store opening, every discipline you need to enter and grow in MENA, under one roof and one plan.

01

Market entry & go-to-market

Local knowledge put to work: which city first, which mall, which partner, what price point, and why.

  • Market & category sizing
  • Franchise & partner assessment
  • City sequencing & location strategy
  • Pricing & range localisation
  • Launch business case
  • Regulatory & landlord landscape
02

AI tooling & analysis

Faster answers and sharper bets, using AI-assisted research, bilingual listening and live dashboards.

  • Arabic & English social listening
  • Competitor & share-of-voice tracking
  • Demand & footfall modelling
  • Creative pre-testing at speed
  • Audience & persona clustering
  • Always-on performance dashboards
03

In-store concepts & experience

The human side. Physical spaces and launch moments that turn footfall into sales and social content.

  • Store concept & spatial storytelling
  • Visual merchandising guidelines
  • Opening events & VIP previews
  • Pop-ups & mall activations
  • Staff storytelling & training
  • Clienteling programmes
04

Culturally-fluent campaigns

Creative that respects the region and speaks its dialects, timed to the moments that matter.

  • Ramadan, Eid & national day campaigns
  • Arabic-first copy & transcreation
  • Regional creator partnerships
  • PR & press launches
  • Social & content production
  • Paid social & performance media
05

Growth & delivery

The part that proves it worked. We report on sales, run it with discipline and scale it into new markets.

  • Sales-linked KPIs & reporting
  • Launch PMO & critical path
  • Retail calendar planning
  • Market-by-market roll-out
  • CRM & loyalty strategy
  • Post-launch optimisation
Engagement models

Start where you are.

Whether you’re weighing up the region or already trading here, there’s a way in.

6–8 weeks

Entry Sprint

A clear go / no-go and a market-entry blueprint before you commit capital.

  • AI market scan
  • Partner & city shortlist
  • Launch business case
6–12 months

Launch Partner

End-to-end from proposition to opening day and the first seasonal campaign.

  • Store concept & VM
  • Launch campaign & PR
  • Creator programme
Ongoing

Growth Retainer

Always-on marketing and insight for brands already trading in the region.

  • Seasonal calendar
  • Performance media
  • New-market roll-out
MINA+ / Track record

$132M+ in sales.Three launches.

Three international brands brought to MENA shoppers, each with results measured in sales, not impressions.

Case 01 · Fast fashion · GCC
$71M
In-store sales · Year one
European fast-fashion brand

From ideation committee to $71M in store in twelve months.

The founder was a leading member of the ideation committee that shaped the brand’s entry into the GCC. The work covered how the brand would show up, where it would open and what would make shoppers queue on day one.

Role
Ideation committee, leading member
Market
GCC
Outcome
$71M in-store sales in year one
Case 02 · Beauty · MENA
$30M
Sales · 10 months
US beauty brand

A US beauty brand reaches $30M in ten months.

A launch built around regional beauty rituals, creator-led discovery and in-store experiences that turned trial into repeat purchase.

Category
Beauty
Market
MENA
Outcome
$30M in sales in 10 months
Case 03 · Athleisure · Single market
$31M
Sales · FY 2025–26
US athleisure brand

$31M in one MENA country in a single year.

Depth over breadth. One market, worked hard, with community, culture and a store estate built around how people there actually move.

Category
Athleisure
Market
Single MENA country
Outcome
$31M in sales, 2025–26

Results achieved in the founder’s previous roles before MINA+. Brand names are withheld for confidentiality.

MINA+ / Founder

Human insight,machine speed.

Founder & Chief Growth Architect

Zamina Mir

A retail and consumer marketer who has helped bring major international brands to MENA shoppers, and measured the results in sales.

Before founding MINA+, she was a leading member of the ideation committee behind a European fast-fashion brand’s entry into the GCC, a launch that drove $71M of in-store sales in its first year. She has since helped deliver $30M for a US beauty brand in ten months and $31M for a US athleisure brand in a single MENA country in one year.

MINA+ is built on what she learned along the way. The brands that win here pair rigorous data with real respect for local culture, and they still invest in the magic of a great store.

Fast fashion · GCC
$71M in-store, year one

Leading member of the ideation committee for a European fast-fashion brand’s GCC entry.

Beauty · MENA
$30M in 10 months

Launch and growth of a US beauty brand across the region.

Athleisure · FY25–26
$31M in one country

A US athleisure brand’s results in a single MENA market within a year.

2026
Founded MINA+

A MENA growth agency for retail and consumer brands.

Be there

Local knowledge can’t be downloaded. We walk the malls.

Read the signal

AI does the heavy lifting so people can make the calls.

Respect the culture

Every campaign is made for the market, not translated for it.

Report on sales

If it doesn’t move product, it doesn’t count.

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MINA+ / Contact

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