ShopCash, an online shopping cashback and deal discovery app for Middle East consumers, reveals the latest shopping trends in the UAE in Q4 2021. UAE consumers across ages and backgrounds are getting increasingly cozy with the presence of eCommerce giants the likes of Amazon, AliExpress, and Noon in their lives. Purchasing groceries, household staples, and […]
Sustainability and authentication can’t be ignored in the luxury resale economy. How do resale marketers make their case for customer trust? Luxury apparels worth trillions sit in closets, and probably half of them are collecting dust. The most basic solution would be resale. With the Kardashians and Bollywood star Deepika Padukone endorsing pre-owned luxury items, […]
Discussing how MENA’s media and creative industry can work hand-in-hand to deliver award-winning campaigns The past year has been dominated by insights and developments of the COVID age, but another potentially industry-changing dynamic has seen tremendous growth – the power of synergies. It is the additive effect of two or more media working together to […]
Vonage has announced a strategic partnership with Etisalat Digital in driving digital transformation by enabling organisations to become smarter through the use of technology. With this partnership, Etisalat Digital will drive a more contextual and personalised experience for its business customers, offering reliable and customisable communications APIs (Application Programming Interface) powered by Vonage, to organisations […]
YouGov’s Retail Rankings 2021 marks Carrefour at the top of its list with an Index score of +42.2. And Swedish furniture giant IKEA is placed second (33.1), followed by UAE’s retail major Lulu Hypermarket in third (30.8). Amazon.ae secures the fourth place (26.8) in the list, while Amazon’s paid subscription programme Amazon Prime appears in […]
Spending by the UAE and regional companies on IT and the digital increase has seen up to a three-digit increase following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, say senior IT and ICT officials. Jacob Chacko, regional director for the Middle East and South Africa at Aruba Networks, a subsidiary of HP, said IT is going […]
Fashion startup Fashinza plans to enter all GCC markets with a focus on the UAE. They will look forward to partnering with apparel retailers as well as commercial brands. The company, which was founded by serial entrepreneurs Abhishek Sharma, Pawan Gupta, and Jamil Ahmad, had recently secured $20 million in series A VC funding. Fashinza […]
The office in Kuwait is the newest addition to AWS offices in MENA, which include Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, where it is building teams of account managers, technical account managers, partner managers, systems engineers, solutions architects, professional services, and other roles to help customers of all sizes move to AWS. Amazon Web Services (AWS) […]
Varjo, a leader in professional-grade VR/XR hardware and software, announced the start of sales and shipments of its virtual reality and mixed reality devices – the VR-3 and XR-3 – to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Suitable for any immersive workflow, Varjo headsets feature industry-leading resolution and technology needed to develop photorealistic, true-to-life VR/AR/XR experiences. […]
KUBE Ventures has a single purpose; to drive transformation by incubating and accelerating hospitality start-ups. Inspired and created by Michael Levie and David Keen, KUBE has attracted some entrepreneurs and disruptors in the hospitality space. Each one shares the values of the founders and a drive to create fundamental change. The KUBE vision, in short, […]
