Several recent events in Dubai billed as training have focused on the technical side of Ecommerce – outlining some of the functional benefits of various plaforms like Shopify and Magento. However many Digital shop projects fail because there is a rush to get to market which causes large and costly mistakes to be made. While it might Read more…
What is a Digital Experience Platform (DXP)? Well according to the analysts at Gartner: … an integrated set of technologies, based on a common platform, that provides a broad range of audiences with consistent, secure and personalized access to information and applications across many digital touchpoints. Organizations use DXPs to build, deploy and continually improve websites, portals, Read more…
There is a line that sends a shiver down my spine when I hear a business owner talk about their Ecommerce customer experience: “Our IT department are working on it” Different companies are set up in different ways, but the most successful ecommerce sites have a demarcation between the business, the product (experience) and the technical delivery Read more…
The update of this article can be found here The buzz around Ecommerce in the GCC is building after a string of announcements including Amazon’s acquisition of Souq, a financing round for Fetchr and a busy calendar of events, including ArabNet. The buzz has inspired a range of merchants, from entrepreneurs to large family businesses to open Read more…
Hundreds of Commerce professionals will be in Dubai on May 1 and 2 at the Dubai World Trade Center for Seamless. As well as a free exhibition, showcasing some of the Middle East’s most innovative Ecommerce and Payments companies, the event also features a rich program of conference sessions covering Commerce, Payments and Retail. Ecommerce in the Read more…
Shopify Unite 2017 Announcements… There is no doubt that Shopify is innovating rapidly and the announcements came thick and fast on Day 1 of Unite. One announcement stood out though… Shopify Pay Allowing a single click checkout on any site powered by Shopify. The first time you checkout on a Shopify powered store, you will be asked Read more…