Amazon UAE and RAKEZ team up to empower SMEs
Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) and Amazon UAE have signed a memorandum of understanding to enable businesses registered within the hub to sell their products across the UAE on…
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Amazon UAE launches leadership programme
Amazon UAE has launched its leadership development scheme ‘Amazon Future Leaders Programme — Injah’ to accelerate the career growth of Emirati talent at Amazon and prepare them for leadership roles.…
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Amazon UAE customers can fall victim to ‘brushing’ scam
UAE residents have been receiving unordered Amazon packages delivered to their home addresses, as part of a so-called ‘brushing scam’.
These scams often occur when third-party sellers send customers packages…
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Gen Z consumers in GCC prefer digital payments and prioritise personalisation
Gen Z consumers in the GCC value personalisation over privacy and choose to pay digitally, according to a white paper by Amazon Payment Services.
More than half of the research…
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Amazon fulfilment centre launches in Riyadh
Amazon has opened a fulfilment centre in Riyadh to support the country’s rising entrepreneurship culture and rapid development of SMEs.
The enhanced capacity will help independent sellers to scale their…
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Amazon Payment Services expands to Bahrain with Benefit
Amazon Payment Services, a Mena-based digital payment processing service, has expanded its services to Bahrain with the addition of the Benefit payment method to its network.
Its merchants can now…
Read MoreAmazon sellers eye expansion in Middle East
Amazon sellers are set to expand their online stores to the Middle East to harvest the region’s full potential.
Amazon accelerator Pattern expects its base of clients in the Middle…
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UAE’s B2C e-commerce market to hit $31 billion this year, study says
The UAE’s business-to-consumer e-commerce is expected to grow by 15 per cent this year, business intelligence company Research and Markets said.
This reach US$30.7 billion in 2023, recording a CAGR…
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Amazon opens logistics centre in Dubai
Amazon opened a logistics facility in Dubai on Tuesday.
Located in Logistics District in Dubai South, the centre has a storage capacity of 2.1 million cubic feet spread across 350,000…
Read MoreAmazon to sell more regional products in UAE
Amazon UAE plans to showcase 100,000 SMEs on its website by 2026, according to Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed.
The initiative will grant UAE retailers a global…
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