A client needing a one-time, category-level view of grocery, general-merchandise and beauty products in the UAE.

Use Case

UAE retail market research – category, brand and price mapping

Region

United Arab Emirates

Sources

Carrefour UAE, Sephora UAE

Number of sources

Price & Discount Snapshot

by Category

Brand and Pack-Size Coverage

Grocery vs Beauty

Contact Sales

Key Takeaways

Actowiz Solutions collected Carrefour UAE and Sephora UAE product data for a UAE retail market-research client who needed a single, category-level snapshot rather than an ongoing feed. We extracted public listing fields such as brand, AED price, original price, discount, pack size, availability and ratings, and delivered them as one normalised file ready for analysis.

What did the client need?

The client, an independent UAE retail market researcher, contacted us on 17 August 2026 and the project kicked off on 8 September 2026. They wanted to understand how grocery, general-merchandise and beauty categories are priced and assorted online in the UAE.

The brief was a one-time snapshot from both sites, organised by category path, so brands, prices and discounts could be compared side by side.

What made this hard?

Two very different catalogues – a hypermarket and a beauty specialist use different category trees and naming styles.
Pack size versus shade and size – grocery items are sold by weight, volume or multipack, while beauty items vary by shade and millilitre size, so "one product" means different things on each site.
Price and promotion display – both sites can show a current price next to a crossed-out original price, which has to be captured consistently to calculate a fair discount percentage.
Bilingual content – UAE retail sites commonly offer English and Arabic versions, so a typical challenge is keeping one language consistent and avoiding duplicate rows.

How did Actowiz solve it?

We built a short, scoped collection run focused only on publicly visible product listings.

Approach

Category scoping first – we agreed the target category paths with the client before collection, so the snapshot matched the research question. [Add category list / SKU count from delivery team]
Platform-specific parsers – separate extraction logic for Carrefour UAE and Sephora UAE captured each site's price, promotion and variant layout.
Normalisation into one schema – both sources were mapped to a shared set of snake_case fields, with prices in AED and discounts calculated the same way.
Pack-size and variant handling – grocery pack sizes and beauty sizes were stored in a dedicated field so per-unit comparisons are possible later.
Quality checks – duplicate, missing-price and out-of-category rows were reviewed before delivery.
Public data only – the run collected publicly available listing data, respected site terms, and included no personal data; we recommend legal review for any reuse.

Data Attributes / Fields

Field	Description
platform	Source site: Carrefour UAE or Sephora UAE
category_path	Full category breadcrumb, e.g. grocery or beauty sub-category
product_name	Product title as listed
brand	Brand name
price_aed	Current selling price in AED
original_price_aed	Crossed-out or regular price where shown
discount_pct	Calculated discount from the two price fields
pack_size	Weight, volume, count, shade or size of the item
availability	In-stock or out-of-stock flag at scrape time
rating	Average star rating where shown
review_count	Number of reviews where shown
product_url	Public product page link
scrape_date	Date the snapshot was collected

What were the results?

One analysis-ready file – grocery, general-merchandise and beauty listings from both websites were organised into a single, consistent schema for easier analysis.
Like-for-like price comparison – AED prices, original prices and discount percentages follow consistent calculation rules across both websites, supporting reliable price comparisons.
Brand and assortment view – structured brand, category and pack-size attributes help the client compare product assortment and identify differences between the two websites.
Reusable structure – the standardised field set supports repeat data collection and can be extended to additional UAE retailers as the project scope grows.

Project at a Glance

Metric	Value
Use Case	UAE retail market research – category, brand and price mapping
Region	United Arab Emirates
Sources	Carrefour UAE (grocery & general merchandise), Sephora UAE (beauty)
Metrics	Price, original price, discount, pack size, availability, rating, reviews
Reconciliation / Method	Category scoping, platform parsers, shared schema, QA checks
Cadence	One-time snapshot (kickoff 8 September 2026)
Output	[Confirm delivery format – CSV / Excel / JSON]

Client Feedback

“Actowiz Solutions delivered a consolidated snapshot of product and pricing data across Carrefour UAE and Sephora UAE, helping our team evaluate key grocery and beauty categories in the UAE retail market. The structured dataset made it easier to compare product assortments, review price differences, and identify useful insights to support our market research.”

— Market Research Manager, UAE Retail Research Company

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Can Actowiz collect Carrefour UAE and Sephora UAE product data as a one-time project?

A: Yes. A one-time snapshot suits market sizing and category reviews, and can later become a recurring feed.

Q: Which fields are usually included in UAE grocery and beauty data?

A: Typical public fields are product name, brand, category path, AED price, original price, discount, pack size, availability, rating, review count and product URL.

Q: How do you handle English and Arabic product pages?

A: We usually agree one primary language per project and de-duplicate rows, so each product appears once with consistent naming.

Q: Is personal data collected?

A: No. Projects like this cover public product listing data only, and we recommend legal review before any reuse.

Need UAE Grocery and Beauty Data?

Related: Sephora & Trendyol UAE report, Carrefour UAE dataset, Sephora UAE case study, Sephora scraping, Dubai use cases. Visit actowizsolutions.com to discuss your data requirement.

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