There are concerns among multinational marketers that they won’t be able to recruit the experts they need in the years to come. The most critical areas include artificial intelligence (AI) predictive modeling, programmatic marketing and the internet of things (IoT). This was a highlighted in… Read More
The impact of social media influencers on driving consumer brand awareness, especially among millennials, has reached record high in the UAE. New research shows that 94 percent of in-house marketers in the UAE believe social media influencer marketing is now very significant for the success… Read More
Young people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region expect the fourth industrial revolution to have a significant impact on their work and daily lives. Many are comfortable about living in a future where robots work and exist alongside humans, according to the… Read More
Expanding its digital footprint, du has entered into a partnership with Souq.com, which was recently acquired by Amazon. Following this, du customers will now be able to purchase a range of products including SIM cards, post paid plans, data packs, SIM top-ups and du devices… Read More
The changes in the device ecosystem, recent shifts in video behavior and the need to understand a constantly changing future in terms of consumer technology have led to the emergence of a new kind of consumer – the ‘onliner’. Google has taken a closer look… Read More
On-the-job training has proven its importance for professionals across the world and certainly for those in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, who largely agree on its many advantages. According to a new poll by Bayt.com, more than nine in 10 (91.4%) respondents deliberately… Read More
World Tourism Day is just behind us, a day that highlights one of the UAE’s biggest industries. In 2016, tourism and travel accounted for 12.1 percent of the UAE’s GDP, adding $43.3 billion to the economy. The country attracts masses of tourists from season to… Read More
Hussain Al Qemzi has stepped down from his position as Managing Director of Noor Bank, effective 31 October, 2017. Mr Al Qemzi was CEO of Noor Bank from its inception in 2008 until June 2017 when he became the Bank’s first Managing Director. “Since Noor… Read More
Tech giant Apple is the most positively talked about brand among millennials in Saudi Arabia, ahead of Saudia and Al Rajhi Bank according to data from YouGov BrandIndex. YouGov’s daily brand tracking tool, BrandIndex, considered the opinions of respondents aged between 18 and 34 in… Read More
A promotional film commissioned by Invest in Sharjah as part of its marketing collateral has won a prize at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards. Out of nearly 1,000 entries the jury selected the ‘Invest in Sharjah’ submission as a winner of the Dolphin… Read More
