Category Archives: Muslim Consumer
“In 2018, the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report 2018/19 reported that in 2017, the global Islamic economy reached $2.1 trillion and is expected to reach $3 trillion in 2023.” Yet today many mainstream businesses still have no formal plan of entering the Muslim market. In 2016, Tabish Hasan, Chief Executive of Muslim Ad […]
Voice is the New Extension If you are old enough, you may remember your first experience using the mouse for your computer. With the mouse in your hand, you no longer need to keep pressing the “enter/return” button over and over again. And although the first mouse felt like you were holding a brick in […]
In February 2022 Muslim Ad Network concluded a survey dedicated to advertising to Muslim consumers during Ramadan. The first of this two-part survey asked businesses about their strategies and tactics when it comes to advertising to Muslims during Ramadan. For the second part, we surveyed over 200 Muslim consumers. The aim was to understand Muslim […]
In April 2021 we released an article titled “How Mainstream Brands Can Identify and Serve Muslim Niche Markets”. In it, we advise mainstream brands not to approach the Muslim consumer market as one big market where they can do mass marketing. The article goes on to highlight the approach brands need to take to identify […]
New Attitudes, New Personas At Muslim Ad Network we have been informing our readers and advising them about the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic and how to cope with it as a business. Experts have spoken about how the pandemic has changed consumer behavior drastically and permanently. Now a study by Microsoft Advertising reveals new […]
Your Halal Brand Must Stand for Something In one of our previous blog posts: “Brands for Social Justice: It’s Not All About Profit for Muslim Businesses”, we mentioned the pressure on brands to speak up for social justice coming from protestors, customers, and employees. Today, we can confidently say that purpose and standing for something […]
Advertising to Muslim consumers is already tough enough due to advertising companies like Google and Facebook not allowing brands to target by religion. However, there is another degree of complexity that most advertisers come up against. This complexity is due to: levels of religiosity ethnicity and culture demographics Muslims are not one big homogeneous group […]
What is Diversity and Inclusion Marketing? First, let’s understand what both words – diversity, and inclusion – mean. Diversity refers to the traits and characteristics that make people unique while inclusion refers to the behaviors and social norms that ensure people feel welcome. Source: builtin.com Diversity and inclusion marketing recognizes that different cultures have different […]
What is Halal Marketing? Halal Marketing or Islamic Marketing is a concept based on the paradigm that Islam affects Muslim consumer choice. Therefore all marketing activities follow Islamic laws, principles, and guidelines. This includes strategic marketing decisions, designing, communicating, delivering products and services to customers, and everything in between. Islamic Marketing fulfills needs through Halal […]