Constructor, an eCommerce search and product discovery solutions provider, recently announced a $55 million Series A funding round led by Silversmith Capital Partners on the heels of more than tripling its ARR year over year and partnering with retailers like Sephora and Backcountry. The round also includes a lineup of investors who are experts in the space, including: David Fraga, […]
The UAE-based B2B marketplace Elkaso has successfully raised $2.1 million in its latest funding round. The pre-seed round was led by Global Founders Capital and MSA Capital and recorded participation from key strategic global and regional investors including former and current leaders of Careem, Delivery Hero, Apple, Faith Capital, Talabat, Eyewa, and Instashop. Founded in early 2021 by entrepreneurs Manar Alkassar and Ahmed Soliman, Elkaso provides a […]
Shopify recently launched Shopify Markets, a centralised hub with all the tools needed for merchants to manage global commerce. Merchants will be able to use the new hub when they sell outside of their home country, and it will help reduce complexities like currency conversion, language localisation, local payment methods, and duty and import taxes. […]
UAE startup BeanBurds has included augmented reality (AR) to improve the online shopping experience for coffee connoisseurs. With this latest AR innovation on BeanBurds.com, customers can view products in real time, from wherever they are. A complete 3D visualisation enables shoppers to picture how products such as coffee machines might look in their homes before […]
The holiday season is edging closer, and consumers are pumped to indulge, celebrate, and recuperate. Young UAE consumers are especially eager to resume their normal lives and make up for last year’s COVID-controlled holiday. For insights from enthusiastic consumers about holiday shopping, gift-giving, spending, and sentiment, Sitecore conducted a survey, Holiday Shopping Trends 2021, which […]
Holiday retail sales are likely to increase between 7 per cent and 9 per cent in 2021, according to Deloitte’s annual holiday retail forecast. Overall, Deloitte’s retail and distribution practice projects that holiday sales will total $1.28 to $1.3 trillion during the November to January timeframe. Deloitte also forecasts that eCommerce sales will grow by 11-15 per cent, year-over-year, […]
FedEx Corp and Salesforce.com Inc are entering into a partnership to collaborate on tools for businesses that sell goods online. The companies will integrate Salesforce’s cloud-based eCommerce software and its order-management tools with FedEx’s ShopRunner eCommerce platform. The combined tools will help commercial customers manage and fulfill orders and get better visibility into the supply […]
Google recently announced that it will enforce correct unique product identifiers (UPIs) for products uploaded to Google Merchant Centre, even for free listings. Google said it is “expanding this enforcement and applying it to products listed in free listings.” Google explained that “providing the correct unique product identifiers (UPIs) for your products ensures that Google recognises them […]
Emplifi, the unified customer experience platform, recently announced the launch of Emplifi Social Commerce Cloud, offering industry-first social commerce capabilities for CMOs, eCommerce leaders and social media teams charged with driving high conversion rates and increased revenue across social platforms. The innovative, first of its kind platform delivers a full suite of solutions to enable […]
34 per cent of YouTube views occur on connected TVs, brands and programmatic buyers now can curate custom TV genres that mimic traditional programming VuePlanner, a contextual, data-driven YouTube campaign performance solution, announced the extension of its capabilities to connected TV (CTV) on the entertainment platform. “As we launch for CTV, there are nearly 5 […]
