{"id":16879,"date":"2022-03-04T21:04:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T21:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=16879"},"modified":"2022-06-12T19:43:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T19:43:35","slug":"sap-recognises-majid-al-futtaim-as-distinguished-customer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/03\/04\/sap-recognises-majid-al-futtaim-as-distinguished-customer\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP recognises Majid Al Futtaim as distinguished customer\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Systems, Applications and Productions (SAP), global leader of enterprise resource planning software, recognised Majid Al Futtaim as a distinguished customer at its annual Customer Experience (CX) event.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SAP commended Majid Al Futtaim\u2019s efforts to keep pace with the digital age and enhance shoppers\u2019 experiences with real-time technology.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SAP has implemented multiple digital solutions for Majid Al Futtaim, such as CarrefourNow, Carrefour Hypermarket\u2019s express one-hour delivery service.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition, SAP deployed Carrefour\u2019s Scan&amp;Go technology, which allows customers to scan and pack items as they shop, saving their time at checkout tills.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Also launched by SAP was Carrefour\u2019s digital platform in 2018 which integrated all products available on its website and mobile.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For this, Majid Al Futtaim was awarded The International Omni-Channel Transformation of the Year in 2019.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Abdullah Saqqa, head of customer service at SAP, said at the time: \u201cMajid Al Futtaim demonstrates how a home-grown UAE brand can compete on a regional and global level thanks to the power of digital transformation and e-commerce innovation.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Majid Al Futtaim\u2019s commitment to e-commerce has helped maintain its business during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the first six months of 2021, Majid Al Futtaim\u2019s revenue rose 25 per cent alongside a 50 per cent increase in online orders, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arabian Business<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> reported.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alain Bejjani, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim, shared with the Business of Fashion website last year that the rise in e-commerce sales was a sign of recovery after the uncertain economy caused by the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retail operator named distinguished customer by software designer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":17298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1323,6,1],"tags":[571,3944,4025],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16879"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17177,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16879\/revisions\/17177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}