Justina Eitzinger

February 8, 2023 | By Justina Eitzinger Global retail industry leaders and tech innovators came together at the annual National Retail Federation 2023 Retail’s Big Show. Conversations ranged from rethinking consumer and associate experience to collaboratively future-proofing retail, how sustainability, diversity, inclusivity and wellbeing are all becoming business imperatives…Here’s our exclusive report.

As mega shopping event Black Friday coincided with mega sporting event FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar shoppers are expected to contribute $8.5 billion to the MENA e-tailing market, estimates RedSeer. If anything, MENA shoppers were excited to maximise their opportunity to avail the most attractive deals on ‘White Friday’ – the equivalent of Black Friday for the Arab world. Like every year Amazon MENA ran its ‘White Friday Sale’ from November 21-28, 2022.