HOME E-tailer letstango.com revamps website
UAE-based e-tailer letstango.com is making a multimillion dollar investment to revamp its website, shifting to a new platform and a new design that will make browsing easier for online shoppers. Letstango.com is a member of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and is now in its fourth year of operation. The company was named e-tailer of the year at the recent Middle East Retail Academy (MERA) Awards held in Dubai in conjunction with DISTREE Middle East 2017.
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Winners of MERA Initiative and Icon Awards announced at DISTREE Middle East
The 10th annual Middle East Retail Academy (MERA) Awards took place on May 9th in Dubai, in conjunction with regional consumer tech channel event DISTREE Middle East 2017. The MERA Awards included a series of initiative categories, with retailers, distributors and vendors submitting detailed application packs that were assessed by a VIP Jury. There was also an individual award for a retail executive – chosen by the VIP Jury – who has played a pivotal role in driving the growth and evolution of the consumer tech retail channel in the Middle East.
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Leading Middle East consumer tech distributors and retailers recognised at 10th annual MERA Awards
The 10th annual Middle East Retail Academy (MERA) Awards took place on May 9th in Dubai, in conjunction with regional consumer tech channel event DISTREE Middle East 2017. The awards recognised outstanding performance in the market, with categories covering distributors, retailers, e-tailers and online marketplaces. Stuart Wilson, organiser of the MERA Awards, stated: “We congratulate all winners on their achievement. The winners in each category were determined using continuous channel feedback from the last 12 months, plus input from a VIP Jury.”
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DISTREE Middle East completes successful three-day consumer tech channel event in Dubai
DISTREE Middle East took place from May 8-10th at the Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, UAE. This week’s event gathered more than 200 senior executives and buyers from the region’s leading consumer technology retailers and e-tailers in one place at one time. During the three-day event, exhibiting vendors and distributors held thousands of pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with buyers from across the region.
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DISTREE Middle East 2017 unites regional consumer technology channel
DISTREE Middle East takes place from May 8-10th at the Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, UAE. This week’s event gathers more than 200 senior executives and buyers from the region’s leading consumer technology retailers and e-tailers in one place at one time. During the three-day event, exhibiting vendors and distributors will hold thousands of pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with buyers from across the region.
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Whoopey.com promotes e-commerce credentials
E-commerce platform Whoopey.com will look to build brand awareness at this week’s DISTREE Middle East event in Dubai, joining 200-plus consumer tech retail and e-tail executives at the region’s leading annual channel event. Saad Khan, CEO at Whoopey.com, said: “Whoopey.com is an electronics-focused, e-commerce platform offering 5000-plus SKUs from 100-plus brands. DISTREE offers the ideal platform to meet and interact with a wide gamut of vendors and brands across the category who do not have an online presence or are looking to expand their online reach.”
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Middle East e-tailer JadoPado has been acquired by a ‘large regional business’. The deal was announced in a blog post by JadoPado founder Omar Kassim. The identity of the acquirer has not been revealed. The acquisition of Souq.com by Amazon earlier this year raised interest in the potential of e-commerce in the Middle East, with a wide range of major business now looking to position themselves for future growth opportunities.
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DISTREE Middle East 2017 workshops to cover consumer tech market developments and e-commerce trends
DISTREE Middle East has confirmed the line-up of workshops and small group sessions at this year’s consumer technology retail channel event. The sessions form part of an extensive conference programme that runs alongside the main exhibition and pre-scheduled meetings between consumer tech suppliers and trade buyers that take place at the event.
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Tech retailers, e-tailers and marketplaces from 20-plus countries confirmed for DISTREE Middle East
More than 160 senior executives from retailers, e-tailers and online marketplaces have already confirmed their participation at DISTREE Middle East, which takes place from May 8-10th at the Meydan Hotel in Dubai. The three-day event allows consumer tech vendors and brands to showcase their portfolio and pre-schedule one-on-one meetings with retail channel executives from across the wider Middle East region.
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Home Electronics confirmed for DISTREE Middle East
Home Electronics from Bahrain will join consumer tech retailers and e-tailers from across the wider Middle East region at this year’s DISTREE Middle East channel event, which takes place in Dubai from May 8-10th 2017. Channel EMEA caught up with Sumith Thekkayil, category manager digital and IT at Home Electronics, to learn more about the retailer’s strategic objectives and to get the inside track on the highly competitive consumer tech market in Bahrain.
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