Archives for November 2017

Press statement from Alibaba (before 11.11.17) claimed - 11.11 is more than 18 times the size of Amazon Prime Day and 2.5 times bigger than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. What really happened on 11.11 more than validated this claim. In just 24 hours Alibaba registered $25 billion in sales. Yep 25 followed by 12 big zeros! ( this is 39% more than 2016 … [Read more...] about How Alibaba’s Global Shopping Festival Showcased Mind-Blowing Scale and the Future of Retail

A consortium of the UAE’s 16 prominent local banks came together to make an announcement earlier this month: their new digital wallet will be ready for rollout by the end of the year. Dubai is working hard on the road to a cashless society, and the UAE’s digital wallet is a big step in that direction. Markus Vekinis, general manager of the Emirates Digital Wallet says … [Read more...] about Digital Wallets Integration for Magento Commerce Websites Made Easy