Sixty-five per cent of IT decision-makers at retail companies said artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are technologies that are most mission-critical to their business strategy, said a new survey sponsored by Rackspace Technology. With AI/ML technologies, there is an opportunity to enhance customer experiences, improve revenue growth potential, undertake rapid innovation and create […]
GMG, a global well-being company retailing, distributing and manufacturing a portfolio of international and home-grown brands has announced its foray into the food retail business with the acquisition of the UAE operations of the French retailing major Géant. Under a strategic pact with Urban Foods by Dubai Holding, GMG has acquired Géant’s current UAE retail […]
Acino, a provider of high-quality pharmaceutical products and services, announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Alpha Pharma. The partnership will align with the aspirations of the Kingdom’s Health Sector Transformation Programme, which was launched as part of National Vision 2030. H.E. Abdullah Al Masoud, Saudi Commercial Attaché to Switzerland said: […]
UAE startup CanCan, launched a way for consumers to buy kandoras, with a convenient and price-competitive artificial intelligence (AI) platform. CanCan takes accurate measurements through a mobile phone camera and delivers a quality kandora four days later. Hamed, Managing Director of CanCan, said: “CanCan is modernising the kandora buying experience while honouring the region’s heritage […]
talabat announced its support for the ‘1 Billion Meals’ initiative to distribute vital food support to the underprivileged and vulnerable in 50 countries. talabat users can contribute to provide vital food parcels and food vouchers to communities in need by following a few simple steps to donate on the app and selecting one of the […]
Salesforce recently added several services, field service, and marketing cloud features, including artificial intelligence-powered conversational intelligence, mobile augmented reality, and customer data platform innovations. Service Cloud innovations include New Service Cloud Voice telephony partners that give customers more choice in using Service Cloud Voice and enable AI for their teams. Salesforce partners will introduce telephony […]
Mashreq and noon.com have partnered to launch the “Mashreq noon VIP Savings Account”. The initiative is the latest solution as part of a long-term partnership between the two organisations – and follows the launch of the ‘Mashreq noon VIP Visa Credit Card’ last year. As the first of its kind co-branded savings account in the […]
Saudi Arabia-based company GLT Express, the logistics arm of Global Logistics and Technology (GLT) Holdings, has extended its activities to the Egyptian market by acquiring the Egyptian logistics company Gallop Express. The acquisition is a part of GLT’s plans to expand its operations beyond the GCC countries and into further countries in the MENA region. […]
PopID, a consumer authentication service, and Visa, a digital payments provider, announced a partnership to collaborate on launching facial verification payment acceptance in the Middle East region. The partnership’s goal is to provide cardholders with new safe, secure, and innovative ways to pay. The first operators to welcome PopPay (PopID’s facial biometric payment solution) in […]
There is a 50 per cent a rise in inquiries for travel opportunities from UAE residents ahead of Eid and summer, said Musafir.com, an online travel agency. The agency sees pent-up demand for travel, as regulations ease and travellers prefer taking short trips to other destinations besides their home country. Musafir.com offers getaway packages / […]
