A latest study showed that as high as 75% of UAE shoppers are subscribers to various loyalty programmes offered by online marketplaces and companies across sectors
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Noon advises Dubai SMEs on the value of online sales
Dubai Chambers teams up with Noon to support SMEs
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Revealed: MENA leads online marketplace orders globally with over $25bn in 2022
Fashion category led the spike in online sales in the region last year, followed by electronics and household goods
consumer behaviour
MENA region sees 91% population make online purchases in 2022: Report
Fashion and clothing make up almost half of the online purchases across the region
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Discounts platform Zoutons set to go local in UAE, Saudi Arabia with Arabic site in expansion bid in Middle East
The digital media startup is also in the process of sewing up a series of merchant partnerships in the region to expand its customer base in a big way
consumer confidence
Saudi Arabia’s e-commerce council empowers consumers with slew of measures to prevent fraud
Through these measures, the Saudi Ministry of Commerce aims to enhance confidence and integrity in e-commerce transactions
consumer trends
Three in four UAE consumers typically purchase online; e-commerce market value jumps to $5 billion in 2021
Proactive government policies, trust in online payments, and advanced telecommunication infrastructure have contributed to the e-commerce growth in the UAE, according to a report launched by EZDubai in partnership with Euromonitor International
ADQ
Gulf funds back India’s Flipkart as it raises extra funding
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign fund, Qatar Investment Authority and SoftBank Group Corp are among the investors in the online store, mainly owned by US retail giant Walmart
E-commerce
Why the region’s digital retail natives are turning to bricks and mortar stores
Reaching customers wherever they are is key as e-commerce penetration in the UAE remains comparatively low at 8.1 percent of total sales in the country
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How Covid-19 drove UAE’s retail e-commerce market to reach $3.9bn record value
The pandemic-driven digital shift led to a 53 percent market increase with growth forecast at $8bn by 2025
consumer habits
The challenge of returns in e-commerce
One of the biggest challenges e-commerce businesses worldwide face is lowering product return rate as the cost of handling returns is typically three to five times higher than original shipping costs
Dubai CommerCity
How Dubai Commercity aims to grow on back of $148bn regional e-commerce surge
Gulf region witnesses a 214% year-on-year increase in cross-border online sales amid ongoing coronavirus crisis
Bricklin Dwyer
Surge in global online spending is lifeline for struggling retailers: Mastercard survey
Mastercard Recovery Insights report indicated a 21 percent year-on-year increase in the number of online shops in UAE
Amazon
E-commerce giant Amazon to create 1,500 new jobs in Saudi Arabia
US online retail major reveals major investment to expand its operations across the Gulf kingdom
E-commerce
How technology helps the logistics sector during its busiest times
How firms ensure that a massive volume of shipments reaches its intended destinations within a given timeframe