Dubai: Allowing majority foreign ownership in 13 sectors — and covering 122 lines of business — could relieve the pressure on foreign businesses and investors to set up t...

Dubai: With the roll-out of its Prime subscription services in the UAE, Amazon is finally ready to take on the competition on two fronts — in e-retailing, where it domina...

Online retail has been the biggest driver of e-commerce, to the extent that both these words have been used interchangeably. Each country started with its own local player that e...

Souq has turned into Amazon in the UAE, but no timeline has been set on whether the same would happen in Saudi Arabia or for the other individual Middle East markets, but it will...

The entire blame for the financial mess at Drake & Scull International, whereby it reported losses of Dh5 billion for 2018, has been placed on the previous management and B...

Gulf News : The start-up ecosystem is buzzing in the Mena territory, with the most encouraging aspect being the ability to secure an exit as seen with Careem, Souq and Namshi, an...

GULF NEWS: One industry that has emerged as a torchbearer of eCommerce is mobility, and within that, especially in the cab-hailing sector. The annualised GBV — which is the gross...

GULF NEWS: The grocery market in Saudi Arabia is undergoing transformation with the $20 billion (Dh73.4 billion) unorganized market serviced by convenience stores and baqala...

The Middle East e-commerce market is heating up with increasing competition, driven primarily by the UAE and Saudi Arabia. According to estimates, from 2015-17, the MENA onli...

THE HINDU BUSINESSLINE: Omni channel home furniture and décor retailer Urban Ladder has witnessed a 24 per cent surge in average order value, driven by demand for sofas and beds,...