Amazon Prime Hits 90 Million; Online Holiday Spending To Surpass In-store
Deloitte is predicting that this year, people expect to do 51% of their holiday spending online, making it the first time it may surpass...
Bricks and Mortar Retail in UAE will Survive Only with Digital...
A digital customer experience revolution will rejuvenate bricks-and-mortar retailing, but stores must start on the back foot
In-store retailing has been under rising pressure from...
Is E-Commerce Killing the Shopping Mall Culture?
Each year, Internet retailers report increasing sales while more and more shopping centers in the United States are closing up and experts are trying...
13 Marketing Trends for Brands in 2013
The new 2013 year is almost here. As you have probably heard, 13 is a number that symbolizes many different things. In religion, 13...
Physical Stores Are Not Going Out of business, But Due for...
Brick-and-mortar stores will still play key role in the region’s future retail landscape
With the proliferation of smartphones and expanding internet connectivity across the region,...
Black Friday shoppers will spend more this year
You must have noticed the holiday shopping season has begun pretty early this year. Although we are still in the mood of Halloween, we...
Shopping tips for Cyber Everyday, or Cyber Monday
Holiday shoppers don't need to wait until Cyber Monday to get online specials. Most of the "best Black Friday deals" are still available across...
Asia Pacific’s Top 500 Retailers Reach $1 Trillion in Sales in...
Asia Pacific's top 500 retailers grew by 5.4% in current value terms in 2012 to top $1 trillion in sales, compared to 11% growth in...
Amazon Crashes on Prime Day, Temporarily
It is not only you who can't navigate through Amazon's departments right now. We are also struggling to fetch the Prime Day deals. Is...
Top 10 High Buzz Brands in UAE
Samsung, Google and Emirates top the mid-year brand rankings in UAE, recently released by research firm YouGov. During the first half of 2014, Facebook...
Al Dahra BayWa Rolls Out to UAE Markets its First Harvest...
Al Dahra BayWa, a leading UAE-based sustainable agribusiness company, has announced that it has rolled out the market distribution of its first harvest of...
Spend on Consumer Packaged Goods Slowing in Key GCC Markets
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), key markets in the GCC region, have undergone significant change in the last...
Al-Waleed Real Estate completes Meyan Mall in Dubai
Al-Waleed Real Estate, the real estate investment arm of Al-Waleed Investment Group, announced the completion of the new shopping center "Meyan Mall" within "Jumeirah"...
Introducing RetailGPT: Redefining the Future of Retail
Pathfinder unveils revolutionary technology RetailGPT: a new platform showcases the transformative potential of Vertical AI in retail.
Leading retail technology company, Pathfinder, has unveiled RetailGPT,...
Arabic to become main language across invoices, customer care services
Invoices, price tags and menu cards will have information in Arabic by end of year
Call centres and reception desks will have Arabic...
Online Sales Outnumbered Black Friday in 2013
While there are still some Cyber Week deals to consider, Black Friday has already come to an end. And a new trend is becoming...
Most People Plan to Start Their Black Friday Shopping at 3:29...
Groupon finds that most people plan to start their Black Friday shopping at 3:29 p.m. on Thanksgiving! Surprisingly, the survey also found that people...
2018’s Key Trends for the Luxury Goods Industry
Luxury brands should devote particular attention to millennials and Chinese consumers in the coming years, according to True-Luxury Global Consumer Insight, the fifth edition...