Shopping

Discovery is shifting from stores to AI. Optimising product data for LLMs is now the key to winning visibility and sales in 2025.

Seven out of ten consumers now identify shopping as their main reason for using AR, while 84% of consumers are interested in using AR to interact with a product before buying. Snap Inc. in partnership with PwC Middle East and Retail Leaders Circle (RLC) announced the launch of their latest white paper titled, ‘The shift […]

Google is looking for a new middle ground between browsing and purchasing. This is about Google trying to figure out methods to defend search by making search more relevant to the purchasing process In an effort to capitalise on the anticipated online shopping season traffic, tech giant Google recently unveiled nine new shopping tools. Google […]

The latest round of research conducted by Vericast found that 50 per cent of all consumers and 64 per cent of Millennials indicated that making spending decisions along with rising prices due to inflation are negatively impacting their mental health. Over a quarter agree that inflation is also influencing their decision to seek appropriate care. […]

It’s not only customer experience that has become the core of business strategies but customers themselves. With shoppable user-generated content (UGC) as the current marketing trend, brands anchor their loyal customers to fuel their business strategies. A recent DemandGen report revealed that over 90 per cent of buyers prefer interactive and visual content over traditional […]

To provide a more personalised experience, businesses are using AI algorithms to start a dialogue with the customers Digital transformation in commerce has existed for long, but it witnessed an accelerated growth during the pandemic.  As millions of people were confined to their homes, the footfall in brick and mortar stores ceased, and people turned […]

Facebook IQ commissioned a survey of 17,758 adults across Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the UAE. Here is what it taught us  Learning’s from Facebook’s Ramadan: This is the Joy of Discovery extends far beyond the Holy Month. This Ramadan season, people will want to come together, whether virtually or socially […]

You’re browsing Instagram, scrolling through the various posts, all of a sudden, you see an advertisement of your favourite t-shirt on sale. Without wasting time, you hit the buy here option on the Instagram advertisement, and your purchase is made – without visiting the merchant’s site or the bank’s site. Once the purchase is made, […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the way people live, connect, shop and discover. This was more evident during Ramadan, a period of introspection and celebration for nearly 2 billion people. During Ramadan, people want to come together, whether virtually or socially distanced, to share joy with loved ones. Despite inevitable differences in recent years, […]