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MENA Online Gifting Market Sees 62% Rise in Festive Sales

MENA Online Gifting Market Sees 62% Rise in Festive Sales The festive season fuels growth in MENA e-commerce platforms and gifting marketplaces, driven by special promotions, convenience, and rising interest in mobile shopping Online orders for gifting items in the MENA region are witnessing a surge during the year-end festive season, a new report found, suggesting impressive record sales. Leading gifting marketplace Flowwow reported an impressive 62...

Economy December 21, 2024

Customer Service Leaders to Pilot Conversational GenAI in 2025

Customer Service Leaders to Pilot Conversational GenAI in 2025 Gartner: Eighty-five percent of customer service leaders will explore or pilot a customer-facing conversational generative AI (GenAI) solution in 2025, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. A Gartner survey of 187 customer service and support leaders conducted in July through August 2024 found 44% of leaders report exploring a customer-facing GenAI voicebot, in addition to 11%...

Business December 16, 2024

IT Spending to Grow 6.8% in 2024

IT Spending to Grow 6.8% in 2024 Worldwide IT spending is expected to total $5 trillion in 2024, an increase of 6.8% from 2023, according...

Technologies February 6, 2024

Euro falls violently as the US labor market

Euro falls violently as the US labor market Today's market analysis on behalf of Samer Hasn Market Analyst and part of the Research Team at XS.com The euro fell sharply today after 1:30 p.m. GMT, after reversing its gains into losses...

Economy February 4, 2024

VC funding in India down by more than half to $7.8 billion in 2023

VC funding in India down by more than half to $7.8 billion in 2023 Indian startups went through a harsh funding winter during 2023, resulting...

India January 29, 2024

Gold Price Outlook: What’s happening in the markets?

Gold Price Outlook: What's happening in the markets? Market analysis on behalf of Rania Gule Market Analyst at XS.com The price of gold has declined, losing more...

Economy January 22, 2024

Cryptocurrencies consolidate after a worse than expected week of performance

Cryptocurrencies consolidate after a worse than expected week of performance Today's Crypto analysis on behalf of Samer Hasn Market Analyst and part of the Research Team at XS.com Cryptocurrencies are trying to consolidate today after the bad performance they recorded throughout the...

News January 16, 2024

The IMF greenlights $1.2 billion loan to Jordan for economic reforms.

The IMF greenlights $1.2 billion loan to Jordan for economic reforms. The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved today a four-year arrangement...

Business January 11, 2024

300 minds, one mission: Transforming the future through AI

300 minds, one mission: Transforming the future through AI The final stage of the Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence’s (DCAI) accelerator program witnessed the participation of 30 companies from...

Technologies January 9, 2024

Bitcoin price expectations and rumors of immediate ETF rejection

Bitcoin price expectations and rumors of immediate ETF rejection Market analysis on behalf of Rania Gule Market Analyst at XS.com Analysts expect that all pending requests...

News January 7, 2024

U.K. house prices continue to rise at a rapid pace

U.K. house prices continue to rise at a rapid pace British pound is trying to reduce the losses it has suffered since the beginning of...

Britain January 6, 2024

The Middle East’s Top 100 CEOs 2023

The Middle East’s Top 100 CEOs 2023 Forbes Middle East has released its third annual list of the Top 100 CEOs in the Middle East,...

leadership January 4, 2024

Palestinian unemployment rate year-on-year

Palestinian unemployment rate year-on-year At least 66 per cent of employment has been lost in Gaza since hostilities erupted on 7 October, equivalent to 192,000...

Palestine December 27, 2023

Artificial Intelligence Could Widen Racial Wealth Gap In U.S. By $43 Billion

Artificial Intelligence Could Widen Racial Wealth Gap In U.S. By $43 Billion he implementation of generative artificial intelligence in the workplace, such as automated customer and employee...

Technologies December 26, 2023