Mere months after the COVID-19 lockdowns sent shockwaves throughout the world last year, online traffic spikes had begun sending a flood of work-from-home users to spend more hours and money than ever…

Mere months after the COVID-19 lockdowns sent shockwaves throughout the world last year, online traffic spikes had begun sending a flood of work-from-home users to spend more hours and money than ever…
Once upon a time, just 8 months ago but feels like 5 years, work-from-home was for those who wanted to skip work, going to malls, pubs and concerts was a lifestyle, wearing…
In 1958, Shyamala Gopalan stunned her orthodox Hindu Brahmin family by announcing that she had applied for a master’s programme at UC Berkeley in USA. Little did she know that sixty years…
It’s a heartache, nothin’ but a heartache, hits you when it’s too late, hits you when you’re down. Bonnie Tyler’s song recorded in 1978 about life after a heartbreak, remains one of…
In the UAE, commerce has transcended physical and digital channels. The “e” in “e-commerce” is superflous. A unique feature of UAE’s e-commerce growth is actually the thriving mall culture. Traditional brick and…
Can businesses predict what customers really want? Anyone who has received an unsolicited, personalized e-mail or viewed a personalized ad recommendation on their social media timeline or have been followed endlessly by…
A brand new car looks and smells good — but it’s never worth the price, says self-made millionaire and bestselling author David Bach. “Nothing you will do in your lifetime, realistically, will waste…
Skeletons tumbled out of the closet after the actions of Trump campaign contractor Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy, in scraping loads of personal data from Facebook, came to light. And just like…
GITEX Shopper is here. Bring on the debate about Retail vs Online shopping again! Reports of the retail apocalypse are all around us. Every week, new headlines proclaim a highly distressed retail…