Tag: Retail Trends
Global Retail Trends Shape Industry’s Outlook
The pandemic affected various sectors of the global economies but perhaps one of hardest hit was retail in key destination cities.
Grappling with a series...
E-Commerce Sales to Rise to Dh100b by 2022
Dubai Customs plays a major role in supporting Dubai strategy, which sees Dubai as the world’s capital of the new economy. This is done...
COVID-19 Crisis Accelerates Shift to Online Retail
Over the past 20 years, e-commerce has steadily risen in size and reach. According to Statista’s Digital Market Outlook, more than 250 million Americans...
Consumers Gear Up for a Festive Season Like No Other
The global retail sector is in an unprecedented state of flux and as the end of the year approaches, Nielsen Global Connect predicts that...
UAE Retail Response on COVID-19: Seek More Government Support to Open...
· The survey reports the level of impact and possible future of over 150 retailer brands who have presence across all the emirates of...
How Global Buying Habits Are Changing due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Salesforce announced its Q1 Shopping Index, powered by Commerce Cloud, which analyzes data from the activity of over 1 billion global shoppers. The following...
How COVID-19 Inspire New Ideas in Food Retail
With social distancing rules in place, and restrictions on eating out to stop the spread of COVID-19, food retailers have been forced to reinvent...
Middle East Retailers Relying on Data-driven Retail Models to Woo Digital...
MENA the fastest growing region globally for e-Commerce with an annual growth rate of 25 per cent
Optimizing Customer Experience & implementing OmniChannels...
Future of Retail: Industry must invest for the long-term
Every year, the battle to survive as a brick-and-mortar retailer gets tougher. As consumer expectations heighten and ecommerce sales continue to rise, businesses too...
Black Friday Global E-Commerce Sales Growth Outpaces Cyber Monday
Black Friday global e-commerce sales growth outpaced Cyber Monday’s in major markets by more than 34% according to proprietary data by eShopWorld, one of...
“Future Proof Retail” at RECon MENA 2018
Middle East Council of Shopping Centre’s theme is Future proof retail for RECon MENA 2018 from 28th – 30th October at the Ritz Carlton Hotel – DIFC, Dubai, UAE
Smart Stores Expo 2018 Opens
Event is bannered under the theme ‘Explore the Future of Smart Retail’; will feature a three-day exhibit and a two-day conference
All is set for...
Digital Transformation Driving Future of Retail
While the global e-commerce market continues to grow, today’s consumers still like to visit brick-and-mortar stores regularly and retailers must rethink their business model...
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,...
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...
Do We Really Buy Top-rated Deals Online? New Research May Surprises
Anyone who shops online is familiar with those top-rated deals, products or services that rise to the top of their search on e-commerce intermediary...
Why Men Shop in Store and Enjoy It Even More
The stereotype that women like to shop more than men is coming apart at the seams—at least in bricks-and-mortar stores.
Research has long pointed to...
How to Shop Online Safely during Ramadan and Avoid Being Hacked
Facebook released a case study that says Facebook users in the Middle East and North Africa spend extra 57.6 hours using the platform during...