Saudi Arabia

noon acquires Namshi for unknown sum

Saudi Arabia-based e-commerce platform noon.com has completed its acquisition of the UAE-based fashion shopping platform...

News • 13 February, 2023

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U.A.E

Emaar to sell Namshi to Noon for $335.2 million

Dubai real estate developer Emaar will sell its fashion e-commerce platform Namshi to Noon for $335.2 million. Emaar, which is listed...

News • 20 August, 2022

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U.A.E

Emaar considers sale of Namshi

Emaar Malls, the retail arm of Dubai-based real estate developer Emaar Properties, is considering selling e-commerce startup Namshi for...

News • 01 September, 2021

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Regional

Namshi latest e-commerce platform to expand to Egypt as competition heats up

Namshi is set to expand to Egypt and establish a logistics base in Saudi Arabia following Emaar Malls' full acquisition of the...

Triska Hamid • 03 March, 2019

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Global

Chinese ecommerce Jollychic gets funding from Sequoia Capital, hits a reported $1 billion valuation

Jollychic, a Chinese online store founded in 2012, has a value of $1 billion after a Series C round from the global venture firm Sequoia...

Reine Farhat • 28 May, 2018

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Regional

Entrepreneurship is disrupting MENA’s real estate and retail gurus

The first half of 2017 was an exciting one for enterprises and startups in the MENA region with mega deals taking the ecosystem by storm....

Rana Freifer • 19 July, 2017

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U.A.E

Emaar Malls acquires 51% stake of online fashion retailer Namshi for $151M

Global Fashion Group (GFG), an international online fashion destination, announced today a strategic partnership with Emaar Malls, the...

Rana Freifer • 24 May, 2017

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Regional

Exponential growth wasn’t built in a day [Podcast]

“Everyone has the Middle East at the bottom of their pyramid,” said Fadi Ghandour, Wamda’s executive chairman, and...

Berthe El Aya • 20 June, 2017

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Lebanon

Smart scaling: how these MENA companies got it right

The Middle East and North Africa is one of the most difficult parts of the world to grow a business, but it’s even harder to scale...

Brooke Anderson • 03 January, 2017

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U.A.E

Startups, compete at your own risk

Be it money, equity, consultation, incubation or simply a platform to fine-tune the elevator pitch, startup competitions have manufactured...

Archana Menon • 26 June, 2016

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Saudi Arabia

Building a real estate startup in Saudi's stagnant market

The decrease in oil prices also affected the real estate market. (Image via news.weetas.com) Online real estate platform Lamudi,...

Safar Ayad • 28 March, 2016

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Regional

Is COD still the only way for ecommerce?

As the ecommerce market in MENA continues to grow by more than 40 percent annually, so does the urge to challenge the dominance of cash on...

Maysaa Ajjan • 02 December, 2015

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Namshi's momentum acknowledged with MSN strategic partnership

Major entities striking deals to support economic growth has become a trend in the region. Luxury fashion retail site Namshi, a Rocket...

Eman Mostafa • 21 July, 2014

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Namshi hops on the World Cup bandwagon, launching Namshi Koora

At a time when it seems everyone's attention is squarely on the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Namshi.com, the luxury e-commerce site ...

Eman Mostafa • 26 June, 2014

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Why e-commerce site Namshi stopped using 'Sukar' as a keyword

In an e-commerce sector that is increasingly competitive in the Middle East, online retailers of all sizes are seeking to enrich their...

Eman Mostafa • 26 December, 2013

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Jordan

Can e-commerce site Cazamoda overcome the challenges of family business?

As a market for e-commerce builds in the region, many offline retailers are considering going online to launch their own e-commerce...

Reine Farhat • 22 September, 2013

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Dubai startups bond at Astrolabs' first Scaling Online Startups workshop

New platform Astrolabs isn’t just another mentorship network. Sprung from the minds of ex-Namshi founders Louis Lebbos and Muhammed Mekki, ...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 14 May, 2013

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Namshi raises $13m, its third round in 8 months. Is it burning cash or stockpiling?

Namshi, the Dubai-based fashion retail company launched by Germany’s Rocket Internet, has announced another $13 million in investment f...

Nina Curley • 13 May, 2013

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Namshi Receives Investment from Summit Partners

On the heels of its $20 million investment round from J.P. Morgan and Blakeney Management this past September, Dubai-based fashion...

Nina Curley • 10 January, 2013

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PPR Invests $13 Million in Rocket Internet to Support Namshi, Fashion Sites

Luxury group PPR has invested € 10 million (US $13 million) in Bigfoot I, the Rocket Internet holding company that controls Dubai-based r...

Nina Curley • 12 December, 2012

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Namshi Raises $20m Round from JP Morgan, Blakeney Management

Christmas is coming early this year to several of Rocket Internet's clones. The latest in a slew of investments by J.P. Morgan, Namshi, the...

Nina Curley • 26 September, 2012

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