Staff Articles

While emotional marketing gets more popular every year, technology and social media have amplified customer impact  A day without Whopper. It’s not often you see a competitor go out of their way to support their rival company. During every McHappy Day, $2 from each Big Mac supports children with cancer. Showing solidarity, Burger King once […]

Digital marketers focus on metrics like views, brand recall, time spent, and sales. However, there is more to data than just measuring performance. The right information can shed light on how customers see them, measure the engagement and increase ROI.  Customer attention spans are declining, and in this age of information overload and connected technology, […]

The biggest strategic differentiators for successful, high-growth organisations are data and analytics. Whether it’s SMBs or MNCs, data is fast becoming their most prized asset. Afterall, harnessing the power of data makes organisations unstoppable. Though the capacity to utilise new marketing technology successfully and effectively depends on the technology itself, it also depends on the […]

Facebook acknowledged that hackers ‘scraped’ personal data of around half-billion users back in 2019 by taking advantage of a feature that was designed to help people easily find friends using contact lists. A trove of information of over 530 million Facebook users was allegedly shared at a hacker forum, prompting the leading social network to […]

Fintech Startup Stripe has set up in Dubai for its debut in the Middle East and North Africa region. Stripe has partnered with Dubai-based payments processor Network International, the company said in a statement. “Our launch today means we can now connect our global user base to the Gulf, enabling them to seamlessly expand their operations […]

Who would have thought one year ago that popular high-street stores would now be closing their doors for good? Or that some of the country’s biggest brands would decide to focus solely on eCommerce? Well, neither did we. But due to the coronavirus pandemic, that is precisely what happened for many businesses, particularly within the […]

Online sales within the UAE’s food and beverage market surged 255 per cent year-over-year in 2020 to reach $412 million, according to a recent analysis by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The report also forecasted the value of online food and beverage sales in the country to reach $619 million by 2025 and […]

Decoding SAP When we think of SAP, two things come to mind. First, the enterprise resource planning (ERP) software businesses use to manage their core functions. Second, the German software company that actually created the system. The SAP software helps enterprises manage their core processes efficiently by combining internal and external management systems and facilitating […]

To those marketers who do not give B2B gamification a fair chance It was 2011. Popular marketers Gabe Zichermann and Sebastian Detarding were having a public debate on Gamification.  Their argument was not about the importance or the future of gamification marketing. Instead, it was about the syntax of game design. While Gabe believed that […]

The world as we know is changing at a fast pace. The pandemic accelerated changes on many levels across industries. As people remained confined indoors, and all outdoor activities were severely restricted, online was the only way they could spend time with each other without flouting social distancing norms. The same applied to marketers too. […]