e-commerce

Blue Wheel, an omnichannel digital commerce agency with over a decade of experience, and Retail Bloom, an e-commerce marketplace agency, announced their merger to form the joint venture Blue Wheel With the financial backing of Longshore Capital Partners, a private equity group out of Chicago, this new partnership enhances Blue Wheel’s range of services and […]

Chatbot market reached a value of $3.7 billion in 2021 and is likely to reach $13.9 Billion by 2027, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 24.68 per cent. Research firm IMARC Group has reported that the global chatbot market reached a value of $3.7 billion in 2021 and is likely to reach $13.9 […]

Sitecore the global leader in digital experience management software, recently announced  that 89 per cent of customers in the UAE, and 91 per cent of customers in the Middle East and North Africa, have become digital converts since the pandemic and want to keep buying everything online. The research, conducted by YouGov MENA, surveyed more […]

App marketing analytics platform Adjust released its annual Mobile App Trends Report, which shows mobile app growth continuing to accelerate globally in 2021. The report — based on Adjust’s top 2,000 apps and its dataset of apps tracked across gaming, e-commerce, and fintech — analyses long-term trends in installs, sessions, time spent in-app, retention and re-attribution rates across […]

For those who are new to the e-commerce business, choosing between a hosted and self-hosted platform can be a fundamental challenge A major hiccup that has troubled SMEs for years is the popularity of eCommerce platforms like Amazon. Consumers prefer to purchase from such them rather than turn to individual websites whose innovations and quality […]

Ramping up digital activities and exploring a wide range of tools has never been more important  It was the change in customer behaviour that prompted the launch of My Lily Box in 2020. A feminine hygiene and self-care subscription box, set up for the women in the MENA region who wanted an alternative method to […]

Riyadh-headquartered B2B e-commerce marketplace Retailo has raised $6.7 million in the largest seed-round-ever for a Saudi startup. The deal comes just seven months after Retailo raised $2.3 million in what was one of the largest pre-seed rounds of the region. The seed round that takes Retailo’s total financing to date to $9 million was led […]

The successful business growth of Amazon strongly revolves around their technological innovations and personalisation algorithms for a better customer experience The richest man today, Jeff Bezos, had impulsively decided to start a company in the dot-com boom back in 1994. He never regretted it. Well, he might have regretted the then contemplated company name, Cadabra, […]

Digital spending is expected to surge further in the UAE and Saudi Arabia this month, with approximately 76 per cent consumers planning to buy more frequently online during Ramadan, according to a new survey.  About 60 per cent of people surveyed in the two countries said they expect to buy groceries more often this Ramadan, […]

AnyTag will be the first of a suite of solutions AnyMind Group will introduce to the Middle East for individuals and businesses, including brand building, manufacturing, e-commerce, marketing, and logistics AnyMind Group, a company which develops software for individuals and businesses that enable brand building, manufacturing, e-commerce and marketing, has announced the launch of its […]