With ever-increasing demand and fluctuating market conditions, the retail business is now competing for customer satisfaction and speed is one of the most crucial factors. When a consumer orders a product online, they expect delivery
Four big challenges in the UAE’s beauty & care industry
Apart from so many other attractions and business opportunities, the UAE has emerged also as a progressive beauty and personal care market in the world. Similar trends are observed in many regions of the MENA
Managing cross border eCommerce across the Middle East region
The Middle East market A slight difference between the Middle East and the MENA is that while considering the former some of the North African countries are excluded. However, there is no steadfast definition to
Why Create Operations Manual for Franchise
If you are thinking of branching out into the franchising business in the Middle East Region, creating an operations manual to pass on to your franchisees is a very important step especially for a franchise
Critical 05 Steps to Setup Dark Store
What is a Dark Store?With digital shopping driven by the global pandemic here to stay, dark stores have become increasingly popular across the retail landscape in recent times. Dark stores are most commonly physical retail
Future of Grocery Dark Stores in Saudi Arabia
Dark Stores Meaning Transforming the grocery retail landscape in Saudi Arabia in current times, dark stores are essentially retail distribution centres catering to the needs of online shopping. Also known as dark supermarkets or dot-com
Carrefour expanding via Dark Stores
There is no doubt that the way we lived has changed since March, with ongoing stay-at-home protocols imposed across local and national governments worldwide- thanks to Covid-19. Little did we even imagine that masks would
Delivery Hero Case Study: Middle East, Europe & Asia
We are stuck in our homes but with the shelves of our kitchens full of food. Throughout the lockdown, online food delivery has suited itself to become the sole life-line that many of us have
The Rise of Dark Stores in the Middle East
With the ongoing pandemic crisis and nation-wide lock-downs across the globe, things like going out to buy groceries, medicines and other essential items have become difficult if not impossible. Getting essentials delivered online is becoming