No More Excuses – Ecommerce in the Middle East – Part 1
This article is a transcript of a presentation that I made to the Arab Ecommerce Summit in Dubai this week. It is a wake up call to merchants who are still making excuses for not…
No More Excuses – Part 2 – The Excuses
This article is a transcript of a presentation that I made to the Arab Ecommerce Summit in Dubai this week. It is a wake up call to merchants who are still making excuses for not…
Melltoo – Improving on Disruption
Classifieds have been around forever, and the process of customers selling 2nd hand goods to each other was one of the first customer journeys to be ‘disrupted’ by the internet. Sites like Ebay, Gumtree and…
Ecommerce Business Models – Subscription
One of the more interesting ecommerce business models that has been made possible by digital technology – particularly online payments – has been products or services delivered by subscription. From razors to socks, from movies…
Ecommerce Business Models – Marketplace, Multi-Vendor
The concept of the Mall has been taken to new heights in the Middle East. In Dubai, the Mall of the Emirates, Dubai Mall and Dragon Mart are sprawling concentrations of commerce that sell almost…
Ecommerce Business Models – Pureplay.
A ‘pureplay’ business is one that only operates online, it has no real-world stores. Some pureplay stores don’t even have any physical inventory – selling virtual goods that have unlimited stocks. Some of the earliest…
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