AMCC features a company every week on its social media outlets (Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter) promoting products or companies which are meeting the growing needs of American Muslim Consumers. Companies/Products which were featured in the month of April were:

Guidance Residential

Guidance Residential is the leader in Sharia-compliant home acquisition product that has been carefully designed to provide you some very unique benefits. Whether you are buying a homefor the first time or wish to replace an existing conventional mortgage, our Declining Balance Co-Ownership Program allows you to enjoy the benefits of home ownership with peace of mind.

Edible Arrangements

Celebrate the end of Ramadan and feast on delicious Ramadan arrangements, featuring traditional crescent moon and star shaped pineapples. Ramadan arrangements will make colorful andbeautiful table centerpieces that your family and friends are sure to enjoy. Tariq Farid is the Founder and CEO of Edible Arrangements.

HalalTrip

Halal tourism has been the main growing part of tourism. The whole market is quite huge. “In the United States and the UK, there are a growing number of Muslims and a growing number of wealthy Muslims,” says Karim Saad, founder of Halaltrip.com.

Misk Shoppe

Misk Shoppe brings Halal perfume to the United States. Be captivated by exotic aroma of the East. Perfected in the art of perfume making, oriental perfumes have been around for thousands of years. We introduce the best of these perfumes, made from the rarest and purest ingredients, shipped direct from the United States.

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At AMCC we keep a pulse on the Muslim Consumer market. These articles which were on major media outlets talk about opportunities and the growing demand in the Muslim Consumer market:

Halal products and services have evolved beyond Shari’ah compliancy, into a coherent, issues-led brand philosophy

Values which Shari’ah encourages are emblematic of mainstream CSR-friendly themes, such as organic, fair-trade and going green. This takes us back to the point I made in the beginning about Halal being manifested in key trends such as localism, provenance and eco-ethical. This all begs the big question: Can Halal break into the mainstream?

Bloomberg L.P. Opens Its 10th Global Hub in Dubai

The Dubai hub will house Bloomberg’s expanding news operations and will provide support and development resources for Bloomberg’s recently launched Islamic Finance platform (ISLM), a comprehensive solution that increases transparency and provides analytical tools to maximize investment performance in the growing Shariah finance market.

Halal food index growing at fast pace and likely to overtake Dow Jones Islamic Index

The world’s first Halal food index, the Socially Acceptable Market Investments (SAMI) Halal Food, is anticipated to grow even faster than the Dow Jones Islamic Index (DJII) in terms of size, branding and spin-off products. This index is championed by Thomson Reuters Global head of Islamic Finance & OIC Countries Rushdi Siddiqui in cooperation with Ideal Ratings. It is backed by Thomson Reuters and supported by the World Halal Forum (WHF).

Towards a Halal economy – The Power of values in global market

The sixth World Halal Forum was held in Kuala Lampur on April 4^th and 5^th. In the past five years, Halal has become a global issue. Halal now plays a role in government policies, multinational corporate strategies, SME development, R&D and marketing. Halal has a major impact in the food sector and beyond affecting manufacturing, retail, restaurant, travel and hospitality sectors

AMCC features a company every week on its social media outlets (Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter) promoting products or companies which are meeting the growing needs of American Muslim Consumers. Companies/Products which were featured in the month of March were:

One Pure

OnePure is commited to providing an alternative of Halal certified products for discerning Muslims who value excellence and having a peace of mind has been the key to OnePure’s worldwide recognition. Following our successful launch of the OnePure Travel Collection on Saudi Airlines, the retail line has been launched with the famous French department store Galeries Lafayette.

Saffron Road

Halal is a tradition that has nourished billions of people over the last 1,400 years. Halal promotes the sacred tradition of respect for the land, fair treatment for farmers, humane treatment of livestock and clean, healthy food to eat. You’ll be amazed how good Saffron Road’s such carefully prepared food tastes.

Shukr

Shukr is an Islamic clothing company dedicated to putting faith into fashion. Launched in 2001, Shukr was the first company to provide contemporary modest clothing which met the aesthetic and cultural needs of the new generation of Muslims living in the West. Shukr also aspires to be a model Islamic business, by applying sacred Islamic values to a contemporary, multinational company.

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At AMCC we keep a pulse on the Muslim Consumer market. These articles which were on major media outlets talk about opportunities and the growing demand in the Muslim Consumer market:

Nestle suspends halal products due to pork traces

Food giant Nestle decided on Tuesday to suspend all production of its Herta halal products in France, a spokeswoman said, after a laboratory found traces of pork in sausages labeled as made from chicken.

The Future of the Global Muslim Population – Pew Research Center

The report by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life seeks to provide up-to-date estimates of the number of Muslims around the world in 2010 and to project the growth of the Muslim population from 2010 to 2030. Changes in the political climate in the United States or European nations, for example, could dramatically affect the patterns of Muslim migration.

French Muslims Confused Over Halal Restriction

Bad news for halal food producers who want to build on the booming sector, currently worth $7.6 billion in annual sales in France. Though that only accounts for a tiny slice of the estimated $655 billion global halal market, experts say its growth in France has consistently been in double digits for nearly a decade.

Halal Cosmetics – Ethical approach

Analysts already predict that Halal cosmetics will be the next thing in the Islamic economy after Halal food and finance. Interestingly, Halal cosmetics are also gaining popularity amongst modern consumers of an Eco-ethical conscious, i.e. those willing to pay a premium for organic, natural and earthy cosmetics products to suit their modern lifestyle.

How Ethnic Brands Grow Beyond Their Niche

Tapping the cultural uniqueness of a product might not be conducive to appealing to a broader customer base.

AMCC features a company every week on our Facebook page promoting products or companies which are meeting the growing needs of American Muslim Consumers. Companies/Products which were featured in the month of January were:

University Islamic Financial

Time to switch to Islamic Banking, University Islamic Financial offers Residential home financing, commercial financing, checking accounts, saving accounts, free internet banking, 37,000 sur-charge free ATMs. UIFC is a Shariah compliant subsidiary of University Bank which is member FDIC.

Crescentrating

Crescentrating is an online destination for Halal friendly travel services and facilities. Halal conscious market segment is becoming increasing mobile for both work and leisure and as such there is a need to provide travel and tourism facilities and services catering to the unique needs of this group of travelers says Crescentrating CEO, Fazal Bahardeen

Midamar Corporation

Midamar is a pioneer and leader in Halal food services. Midamar provides Halal food production and distribution, export management for US companies, and export services to restaurant concepts located throughout the Middle East, South East Asia, the Far East. Bill Aossey is the CEO of Midamar.

Zayan Takaful Insurance

Zayan Takaful has Introduced the first ever home owner’s Takaful program in the US. Homeowners policies are provided through a strategic relationship with Lexington Insurance Company, a member of the AIG family of companies.

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At AMCC, we keep a pulse on the Muslim Consumer market. These articles which were on major media outlets talk about opportunities and the growing demand in the Muslim Consumer market:

Spreading the Wings of Islamic Finance in India’s Emerging Market

The Bombay Stock Exchange has launched a new stock index of companies that are compliant with the Islamic legal code, encouraging Muslims to invest in India’s fast-growing stock market.

Testing a new market – The Muslim American Consumer

For most retailers, the holidays can be the same. Get shoppers in, entice them with special sales and extended hours, sell big and send happy shoppers home. But Best Buy electronic stores are trying something different. For the second year in a row, Best Buy is reaching out to the Muslim-American Consumer.

Eat, Pray and Tweet. Social-networking sites have taken off in Indonesia. Who will profit?

WHAT does the most populous Muslim nation do in its spare time? Increasingly, it swaps gossip online. Indonesia is now the world’s second-largest market for Facebook and the third-largest for Twitter, according to several web research firms.

First Illinois University to serve Halal food

What do you do when you want to change something in your school? Feel frustrated and throw your hands up in the air or seek scholarly guidance and take action? A group of Muslims chose the latter – and now attend the first university in Illinois with Halal food on their college campus.

U.S. Companies Urged to Tap Into $170 Billion Muslim Consumer Market

U.S. companies are loosing out by neglecting a rather attractive and overlooked consumer: American Muslims.

Halal beauty products appeal to wide range of customers — notably non-Muslims

Like most women, Samina Akhter loved being in style and keeping up with the latest makeup trends. She didn’t give much thought to what was actually in the products she put on her skin — until two years ago.

Global Muslim population gains will outstrip non-Muslim growth over the next 20 year

The world’s Muslim population will grow at double the rate of non-Muslims over the next 20 years, according to a broad new demographic analysis that is likely to spark controversy in Europe and the United States.