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 […]
A hefty majority, 80 per cent, of consumers report higher frustration levels when it comes to using customer service chatbots, while 72 per cent stated using a chatbot for customer service was a waste of time. Those are top findings from a Uject Inc. research report that polled nearly 1,700 consumers over the past 12 […]
Amazon is debuting Inspire, an in-app shopping experience that offers customers a new way to discover ideas, explore products and shop from content from brands and influencers they follow on social media. The shopping feed is personalised, featuring shoppable photos and videos, according to a press release. Users open the Amazon Shopping app and tap […]
Consumers in the US and UK will be trimming non-essential purchases and scaling back on discretionary spending — behaviour already taking place this holiday season. Those are prime findings from an SMG study that polled more than 15,000 consumers across the two countries regarding spending habits in the next 12 months. In the UK, 63 […]
du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), and Bedu, the UAE’s pioneer in Metaverse and Web3 technologies, announced a partnership to enhance digital experiences through Project 2117 – a unique metaverse environment designed to simulate the space travel experience with a goal to eventually accommodate 100 million users. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formalising the […]
The first in a new generation of immersive, experiential entertainment parks opens its doors in WAFI City on Saturday, 17th December 2022. Launched by parent company HyperSpace, a Future Forward Entertainment company that builds and operates physical parks for a digital world, AYA invites intrepid travellers to step foot into a huge universe of vibrant, […]
Compliance and international payroll provider, RemotePass, launches a mobile app designed specifically for remote workers, offering them equal access to financial services and benefits from anywhere in the world. The RemotePass Super App, which comes with a virtual and physical payroll card, enables remote workers to get paid instantly and at zero transfer cost, hold […]
Two foodtech eGroceries startups, Saudi-based Jumlaty and Egypt-based Appetito, announce their merger into a new entity, NOMU. Aiming to become MENA’s leading food-tech supply chain platform, NOMU is currently present in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco, with the capacity to cover the existing infrastructure of 25 million people and 100,000 F&B stores including strategic […]
Odoo to offer cloud-based ERP solutions to SMEs in line with The Entrepreneurial Nation programme Odoo, a global leader in open source all-in-one business software, joins The Entrepreneurial Nation programme to empower and scale up small and medium businesses in the United Arab Emirates. The Ministry of Economy launched the programme to further develop UAE’s […]
New capabilities unlock speed to insights for businesses looking to more quickly eradicate the frictions that block customers from completing their purchases during peak season and beyond Contentsquare, the global leader in digital experience analytics, announced it has enhanced its Find & Fix solution with automated real-time alerting, monitoring and analysis. Launched in September this […]
