Hi I’m after quick opinions to help new staff judge some things

The country I come from is ..	USA

Cost of items below in Dubai compared to my home country	Unsure or not known	Much less	Less	Same	More	Much more

Bedding			X
Beds			X
Big Mac					X
Books	X
Can of Coke			X
Car rentals			X
Cars-Sedans		X
CD’s	X
Children’s activities	X
Cinemas	X
Clothing children			X
Clothing female			X
Clothing male	X
Clothing teenagers			X
Crockery and cutlery		X
DVD’s	X
Electricity and Water	X
Four Wheel Drives	X
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables			X
Furniture			X
General electrical goods			X
Groceries			X
Gym/club memberships	X
Haircuts-Female	X
Haircuts-Male			X
Hi Fi systems	X
Magazines	X
Meat			X
Motor bikes	X
Pay TV	X
PC (entry level PC)		X
Petrol/Gasoline		X
Phone calls			X
Refrigerators			X
Restaurant meal			X
Restaurant meal at a Hotel		X
Shoes Children			X
Shoes Female			X
Shoes Male			X
Shoes Training shoes			X
Stoves		X
Take away food			X
Teenage activities	X
TVs			X
Video Buy			X
Video rental	X
Washing machines			X

Please write any particular comments on the above or on availability or choice of the above below…..

I have found that shopping in malls and other more attractive and western oriented places to be more expensive than shopping in more local types of places. For example, groceries in the Coops are rather inexpensive compared to the US while goods that I buy in Spinneys are more expensive. This holds true, in my experience, for appliances, clothing, etc.