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Amazon
UAE e-commerce market tipped to reach $25bn by 2029
E-commerce is booming in the UAE and will pass $11bn in sales this year
E-commerce
UAE e-commerce market to reach $13.3bn by 2028
UAE e-commerce market reached $7.5bn in 2023
E-commerce
E-commerce: Industry leaders form new platform in MENA to boost profitability, liaison with governments
The latest community initiative is aimed at giving further fillip to the surging e-commerce sector in MENA, which is estimated to reach a market volume of $50 billion by 2025
cross border online shopping
Dubai e-commerce sales to hit $7.6bn by 2025
Dubai Customs meets with delivery companies to plan e-commerce sector growth
E-commerce
Saudi Arabia announces new 2030 masterplan
Saudi Arabia will launch 59 logistics zones by 2030 under the new masterplan
B2B e-Commerce
Middle East business e-commerce to explode in value, hit $3bn by 2025
The huge growth potential of the sector has caught the attention of investors, with the B2B market in the Middle East already getting close to $500 million in funding in the last two years
digital transformation
Abu Dhabi’s Lyve acquires major stake in Shopini; plans $150 million to fuel expansion
The move is part of the company’s broader plans to expand its global reach, for which it has allocated $150 million “in acquisitions within the next two years”
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
Amazon.ae
Video: Ronaldo Mouchawar on the story behind Souq and Amazon
Syrian-born Ronaldo Mouchawar once had ambitions to be a basketball player.
Dubai Airport Freezone Authority
Dubai CommerCity phase 1 set for end-2020 delivery
Region’s first dedicated e-commerce free zone to chase investors at the E-commerce Expo at Olympia, London
Craig Plumb
Why the days of ‘build it and they will come’ may be over in Dubai
Dubai’s retail sector is undergoing a major transformation with the rise of e-commerce, says JLL
Baza Bazaar
UAE e-commerce start-up sells rare clothing, fights forgery threat
Baza Bazaar, an e-commerce start-up that sells rare clothing, sneakers, has gone live in the UAE
Arif Saiyad
UAE VC firm aims to disrupt e-commerce in emerging markets
ASA Ventures says to launch ZON in the UAE in early 2020, plans rapid roll-out across emerging markets
digital payments
Chinese payments firm eyes growth amid Gulf e-commerce boom
iPayLinks says it is aiming to build up a one-stop payment solution for the Middle East
E-commerce
Saudi mobile grocer Nana Direct raises $6.6m for expansion
Middle East Venture Partners and Impact46 have co-led an investment round in Saudi-based Nana Direct
consumer complaint
Dubai sees 19% rise in consumer complaints in H1
Dubai Economy figures show it resolved 17,768 consumer complaints in first six months of 2019, a rise of nearly 3,000 compared to year-earlier period