ecommerce

The Shopify Entrepreneurship Index highlights that Singaporean entrepreneurs on Shopify have supported over 64,000 jobs, up 14.1% from 2021 

The Merchandising Studio provides no-code automation tools, category-level analytics and discovery channel data to pinpoint optimisation opportunities, insights into customers’ online experiences. Algolia has launched Merchandising Studio, a no-code interface that uses Algolia’s artificial intelligence to help merchandisers enhance business outcomes in real time at every stage of the shopper journey. The Merchandising Studio provides […]

Running an ecommerce business today is more challenging than ever. Competition is getting tougher while consumers are growing more demanding and will not miss the chance to switch to a competitor if your service quality is poor. One of the criteria for success in retail is multiple well-functioning customer interaction channels. According to the Getting […]

Ecommerce Heavyweights Partner with Jitterbit, Bringing Crucial Connections, Speed and Agility to Retailers Worldwide Jitterbit, the API transformation company, has seen significant growth over the last 12 months, hitting record highs in its ecommerce integrations and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) business and growing ecommerce-related deal flow and ARR by over 100 per cent. Jitterbit has […]

Swiftly, a retail technology platform company delivering omnichannel tools for retailers, unveiled their True Cost of a Grocery Shop survey, gauging how consumer food shopping habits and behaviours are evolving in the face of rising inflation and costs. The survey found that current economic conditions are significantly impacting nearly all consumers’ shopping habits, with more […]

Chat apps are fast becoming crucial communication channels for consumers, given an 80 per cent spike in WhatsApp usage and a 62 per cent increase in rich communication services interactions (RCS) the first half of this year compared to a year ago. The data, from cloud communications platform Infobip, reveals consumers want conversational experiences. Infobip […]

SIDEUP, the Mena region’s e-commerce services platform, has announced the completion of a $1.2 million seed round. This round saw participation from leading global and regional investors in early-stage growth startups, including Launch Africa VC, 500 Global, Riyadh Angels, Alex Angels,  Al Tuwaijri Fund and Saudi angel investor Faisal AlAbdulsalam. Launched in 2019, SIDEUP empowers […]

Making the most of the holiday shopping surge means planning for inventory demands and increased contact centre traffic. But there is a unique opportunity to meet customers with special deals and convert them to loyalists. After a two-year break due to COVID-19, the much-anticipated holiday shopping season is soon to begin, and things are finally […]

Around 91% of respondents said they regularly shop online, up from 87 per cent in 2021. Ecommerce in the MENA region has settled into a stable, high-growth era, with increased opportunities for ecommerce players. Data from leading global payment solutions provider Checkout.com’s report: Digital Transformation in MENA 2022, proves that the ecommerce trends accelerated by […]

Ecommerce in the UAE will gain further momentum as more businesses and shops gear up to strengthen their online services in the post-Covid-19 era, experts say. The UAE’s e-commerce sector is growing faster, and soon it will join global powerhouses like the United States and China. Ecommerce in the UAE will gain further momentum as […]