
SEOUL -- South Korea's E-Mart will join with a Saudi Arabian retailer for a foray into the surging Middle Eastern cosmetics market.
The Seoul-based supermarket operator will open a Sugar Cup makeup store in the Saudi capital of Riyadh through a franchise with Fawaz Alhokair. The cosmetics market in the Middle East is projected to double in size from 2015 to $36 billion in 2020.