Snapchat and Instagram are stepping up their shopping rivalry as they both work e-commerce into new areas of their apps. Instagram On June 12,…

A year after what Goldman Sachs labeled the “the biggest M&A deal in the Arab World” i.e. the Amazon/Souq deal, Noon has announced its…

Taxation is a globally accepted practice by the state to generate revenue and subsequently fund expenditures that sustain the operation of the government. For…

With e-commerce being valued as a $10 billion industry in the GCC, it only makes sense for brands to jump onto the e-commerce bandwagon…

By Waseem Afzal, general manager of OMD MENA’s e-commerce arm, Transact Every year, Seamless Middle East brings together experts and businesses from all over…

Facebook has announced the launch of its Marketplace feature in Egypt, Algeria and Morocco, enabling people to use the platform to discover, buy and…

Chalhoub Group, which partners with luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior Couture, Fendi, Louboutin, Berlutti, Saks Fifth Avenue, Loewe, Carolina Herrera, and Michael Kors,…

The e-commerce landscape has seen a great deal of movement in the past year. November 2016 saw the announcement of Noon.com – which is…

By Sanjit Gill, General Manager, ICLP While many of us have been busy preparing our summer getaways, one retail event has been dominating the…

MEC has launched its specialist e-commerce consultancy, MEC Commerce, in the MENA region. The new division combines the services of a media agency with…

The e-commerce space in the Middle East – the UAE in particular ¬– is becoming very exciting. It’s an era where we’re seeing a…

Visa Inc. introduces a new specification to enable palm, voice, iris, or facial biometrics for chip card transactions. The framework is designed for the EMV…