Big online retailers like Amazon and Alibaba are competing more fiercely to gain a foothold in the Arab world during this year’s Ramadan
Online sales in the Middle East and Africa have doubled during this year’s holy month following local investments by the retailersAmazon.com Inc., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and other online retailers are competing more fiercely to gain a foothold in the Arab world during this year’s Ramadan, Islam’s holy month of fasting and gift giving.
Ramadan has long been a time when Middle Eastern retailers offered steep discounts on everything from cars to toasters, but the competition was mostly confined to traditional Arab markets and the Persian Gulf’s glitzy malls. Online retail lagged behind, but that has begun to change this Ramadan, which started May 5...
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