Andrew Scott

Mr Saadi spoke frankly with The National about the challenges facing the sector, and pointed to one change that could help the sector a great deal: more access to temporary or part-time staff.

The Earth course at Jumeirah Golf Estates has been the permanent home of the DP World Tour Championship for the past eight years.

The starting gun for the frenetic activity in the online space was fired by Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, with its agreement to buy Souq.com, for an undisclosed fee, at the end of March.

The company supplies more than 50,000 products by 600 brands, offering a same-day delivery service in the UAE.

'We believe mall rents should be a percentage of sales, [I do not mean] turnover rent but base rent. Mall owners need to be true partners with their retailers'.

“I just didn’t know how deep the problems ran,” said Omar Kassim, who joined the company when it acquired JadoPado at the beginning of May.

The service, which allows customers to track the delivery of small items, takes Careem into competition with new two-wheeled rivals such as fetchr as well as old four-wheeled ones like Uber.

Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) put out the call-to-shop when it announced the 3-day event including 1000 outlets, 250 brands and discounts of between 30 per cent and 90 per cent.

More than US$1 billion in investment funds for technology start-ups will be raised in the UAE this year, according to the founder of Arabnet.

Noon.com, which was announced in November last year with a January launch, is the brainchild of the Emaar chairman and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia looking to dominate the region’s rapidly changing retail landscape.

Most of Dubai’s shoppers are now shopping regularly online and spending more than ever as they do it.

The global logistics company will run the venue for the six-month Dubai event and manage interaction.