Abu Dhabi-based Anghami to list on Nasdaq after historic SPAC merger
Anghami will become the first home-grown Middle East tech company to list on the New York stock exchange after merging with Vistas Media Acquisition Company in a deal that values the music-streaming service at $220 million. Anghami, which translates in Arabic to ‘my tunes’, announced on Wednesday that the deal had been struck with Vistas, […]
Digital Disruption in The Middle East
The Middle East is on the verge of a massive digital disruption. In the past decade, the cross-border data flow, connecting the Middle East to the rest of the world, has increased more than 150-fold. Several countries—including Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE are leading the digital consumer charge, with high smartphone-adoption rates and social-media use. […]
Luxury brand and the ability to reach affluent customers
Luxury brands tend to target overseas customers such as Arabs, Russian & Chinese during the summer seasons to achieve their targets for the rest of the year. Brands such as Louis Vuitton, Ferrari, Graff and Prada are missing a trick by not targeting a source of wealth that exists in the UK, which are affluent […]
UK’s Luxury Market Is Growing Thanks to Arab, Russian an Chinese Shoppers
The luxury market is growing year on year. The number of luxury consumers is at an all time high of 380 million, which, according to Boston Consulting Group will reach 440 million by 2020. With this in mind it comes as no surprise that the UK’s luxury market is worth £6.6 billion and is expected […]
Dubai Comes to Life in a great Timelapse
Dubai is one of the world’s most futuristic and visually striking cities. This timelapse video takes us on a stunning trip through its streets, waterways and skyscrapers. The entrancing clip was uploaded created by Vimeo user. It’s deservedly become a hit online since posting five days ago, with more than 100,000 views from travel addicts, […]