E-commerce

Arrival of Apple Pay puts new pressure on UAE omnichannel strategies

Filed in E-commerce, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Mobile, UAE by Carrington Malin on October 29, 2017 • 1 Comment

Will the arrival of Apple Pay in the UAE create a new sense of urgency for aspiring omnichannel retailers? Now that the country has a wide choice of mobile payment options, mobile-first strategies should finally be able to pay their own way. Few can have missed the fanfare surrounding Apple Pay‘s launch in the UAE […]

Selling the Internet is over

Filed in E-commerce, Internet, Internet research, Internet statistics, Marketing, Online Marketing, Online-shopping, Research by Carrington Malin on October 15, 2017 • 0 Comments

The novelty of Internet marketing has worn off and buying products and services via the Internet is now just a fact of life, which means that today’s brands have to do much better than simply show up online. With a long heritage in technology, Spot On has been involved in helping to sell many new […]

Counting the days to the ArabNet Digital Summit

Filed in Conferences, E-commerce, Events, Marketing, Middle-East, Technology by Alexander McNabb on May 22, 2013 • 0 Comments

The ArabNet Digital Summit will take place in Dubai from the 24th-26th June 2013. It’s the first time ArabNet has been held in Dubai – the event launched in Beirut back in 2010 and instantly established itself as the Middle East’s premier regional digital event. We knew a winner when we saw one and we’ve […]

Has the Arab Spring turned into a torrent of cash?

Filed in Competition, CRM, Customers, E-commerce, Facebook, Internet, Linkedin, Middle East marketing, Middle-East, Online Marketing, Social media, Twitter by Carrington Malin on January 28, 2013 • 1 Comment

Whilst debate continues, even now, on how pivotal the role social media was in the revolutions of the Arab Spring, there can be no doubt that Arab digital activism woke up businesses and governments across the world to the potential of new digital media. In the Middle East the change in attitudes towards digital media […]

Are brands at risk from the UAE’s new cyber-crime law?

Filed in Blogging, Content, Disintermediation, E-commerce, Facebook, Internet, Media, Middle East marketing, Middle-East, Newspapers, Online Marketing, Online-shopping, Public Relations, Publishing, Social media, Twitter by Carrington Malin on November 13, 2012 • 0 Comments

Taking many media watchers by surprise, the United Arab Emirates President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has approved a new cyber-crime law for the UAE, Federal Legal Decree No. 5, this week. The online law was duly announced by the Emirates official news agency WAM yesterday evening (you can find the contents […]

The future is important

Filed in E-commerce, Internet, Middle-East by Alexander McNabb on September 11, 2012 • 0 Comments

There are few things more depressing than sitting in one of the Middle Eastern digital conferences listening to the Ministerial Keynote. The Internet, we are invariably told, is important. Now you count two seconds, one Mississippi two Mississippi as The Great Man scans the room, his arms held stiff and his hands grip the lectern. […]

Ecommerce in the Middle East

Filed in Customers, E-commerce, Internet, Middle East marketing, Middle-East, Online-shopping, Research by Carrington Malin on May 23, 2012 • 0 Comments

Last week’s Dubai Eye radio #Unwired digital programme featured a special segment on ecommerce in the Middle East featuring Spot On PR’s Alexander McNabb; Rama Chakaki, Partner at Baraka Ventures (@rchakaki on Twitter); Sonia Sultan, director of brand partnerships and marketing collaboration at Glambox; Monica Debowski, director of operations for Glambox (@Mmmon); Omar Kassim, CEO […]

Looking forward to ArabNet 2012

Filed in E-commerce, Internet, Middle-East, Mobile, Online Marketing, Social media by Alexander McNabb on March 25, 2012 • 0 Comments

This week, from the 27th-31st March, will see the fourth ArabNet and it’ll be the fourth time I go along for the conference. It’s not all about the conference, though – the event is being billed as a festival and it’s shaping up to be just that, with five days of events with a developer […]

Social media marketing in the UAE

Filed in Brand marketing, CRM, Customers, E-commerce, Facebook, Internet, Measurement, Middle East marketing, Public Relations, Social media, Twitter by Carrington Malin on February 17, 2012 • 0 Comments

How fast are UAE businesses adopting social media best practices? Dubai One TV’s Emirates 247 news programme interviewed Spot On’s Alexander McNabb about social media trends in the UAE and how social media is changing company communication. Watch the interview Dubai One TV Emirates 24/7 – 8pm February 14, 2012 (5.54 mins) Listen to a […]