Kantar Retail, a consultancy business owned by UK-based communications group WPP, has bought a stake in GME.FZ, a Dubai-based consultancy company.
GME.FZ employs 16 people and its clients include Arla, BP, Heineken, J&J and Samsung, WPP said in a statement.
GME had been Kantar Retail’s franchise partner in Dubai since 2007 and it has becomes a full member of Kantar Retail’s network, WPP said.
GME had revenues at the end of 2011 of about AED9.5m ($2.6m), with about AED2.6m in gross assets.