A grocery webstore backend should have features that that support efficient business operations to fulfil the low-margin but high demand specific to the sector. Here’s a list of features you must include.

Online grocery and FMCG retailers have the potential to tap into a massive retail market by including these features on their webstore at the checkout stage. The features are designed to give consumers a smooth shopping experience and deliver success.

In the first post of a demonstration series, we explore the must-have front end features of a grocery and FMCG webstore. These features have been developed in response to the specific needs of the online grocery business and to ensure a seamless shopping experience and convenience to consumers.

The ecommerce market in the Middle East is unique - it is still underdeveloped but is already expecting the conveniences available in developed markets. This presents unique challenges to retail businesses in the Arab world.

How many people shop online in the Arab world? What can they afford and what are their preferences? Get insights into the demographics of ecommerce in the Middle East from this showcase of the State of Payments 2016 report by Payfort.

In its evaluation of digital commerce platforms, the Gartner Magic Quadrant (report available for download here) finds that Magento Commerce is an excellent choice for small and medium businesses looking for a cost-effective digital transformation journey.

SAP hybris has once again emerged as a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Digital Commerce 2016 (entire Gartner report available for download here). SAP hybris offers robustness, versatility, growth, and rich functionalities that make it a leading digital commerce platform for B2B and B2C business models.

Magento customization, integration, mobile responsive design, omnichannel implementation: our work for projects in the Arab world has accelerated our clients’ ecommerce path to success

With the rapid growth of ecommerce in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and rest of the Middle East, trends are emerging and players are able to identify challenges. What do the numbers say and what should businesses expect? And how can the right ecommerce technology vendor in the Middle East help? Read on