‘Market Outside The Box’ Is Back
Bespoke buys, avant-garde fashion, on-trend food trucks and handcrafted jewellery in an alfresco festival setting with the backdrop of the Burj Khalifa; Swyp Market...
Smartphone Shoppers Help Make Retailers’ Registers Jingle this Season
68 percent of smartphone owners plan to use their devices for holiday shopping.
48 percent of shoppers plan to use social media as part of...
2013 Trends in Christmas Gift Giving
Christmas gift giving is a great holiday tradition. By gifting people get to show their appreciation to those closest to their heart and mind....
Amazon Helps Businesses Handle Customer Payments
Amazon, the biggest online retailer, just introduced a credit card reader and a mobile payment app, which targets small and medium-sized brick-and-mortar stores. Competing...
How To Engage With Socially Conscious Consumers
Consumers around the world are interested in companies, such as for example Qatar Airways, that have implemented programs to give back to society, and...
Nakheel to build shopping mall on Palm Jumeirah
Nakheel, the largest Dubai-based property developer, is planning to build a 136,000 square metre mall at the end of the Palm Jumeirah.
1 in 5 UAE residents are likely to buy a new...
Men are more likely to buy a car online as compared to women
A fifth of UAE residents are likely to buy a first-hand car...
The Story Behind Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Savvy shoppers will know that Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are coming up on November 25 and that it's the best time to...
Retail Investor Capital Presents AED 367 Billion Growth Opportunity For Sustainable...
Retail investors could be the key to unlocking finance for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) priorities if barriers are addressed
Investors in the UAE have...
Success Triggers Desire for Luxury Goods
Footballers in flashy cars, real estate agents in Armani suits, trophy wives with Chanel bags: what drives people to purchase luxury goods? It may...
Tablet Sales to Surpass PCs’ by 2015
Although tablets appeared on the mass technology market back in 2010, they are on their way to outsell the good old PCs.
The growth...
New e-commerce platform launched for the Middle East region
Emirati businessman Mohammed Alabbar announced today the launch of a new e-commerce platform for the Middle East. It is dubbed Noon and its web...
Retail Reels from Covid-19 – Sharp Decline in Sales; Online Groceries...
Online groceries sales surge 40%, luxury and fashion sales down by 50%
KPMG Lower Gulf’s latest report, ‘Navigating the pandemic,’ has revealed a mixed...
What NOT to Buy on Black Friday
Bargain shoppers, style hunters, tech freaks and parents are now making plans for the busiest shopping day of the year, Black Friday. But not...
Abu Dhabi retail sector driven by young wealthy population
Abu Dhabi retail sector is looking ahead to brighter prospects, with anticipated solid increase in sales and a swathe of new shopping developments set...
Black Friday Online Spending Jumps 26% to $1.5 Billion in 2014
Black Friday Online Spending Surpassed $1 Billion in Desktop Spending Alone
Black Friday Jumps 26% to $1.5 Billion Pushing Season-to-Date Growth Rate to 15%
For the...
Nakheel Pledges AED 230 Million Relief Package, Rental Holidays
Master developer Nakheel has announced a Dh230 million ($62.6 million) economic relief package for customers in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak.
The initiative is...
Online shopping set to make holiday history
Retailers could see record web traffic this year, according to Deloitte’s 31st annual holiday survey of consumer spending intentions and trends. Among the findings...