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OPINION features signed columns from industry leaders and WORLDEF editors on e-commerce, cross-border logistics, payments, and policy. Expect rigorous analysis, practical recommendations, and diverse viewpoints. The opinions expressed here are those of the authors.
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For more than a decade, retail has been framed as a simple competition, physical stores versus E-commerce. One side was supposed to win. The other was supposed to disappear. I increasingly believe that this framework is outdated. The…
By Kerissa Varma Africa’s digital economy is accelerating at a remarkable pace, drawing millions of first-time users into mobile money,…
Turkish Ambassador Ömer Faruk Doğan writes on the EU’s growing pressure against Chinese e-commerce platforms and its implications for…
Geopolitical risk has become the leading concern for UK finance leaders, as Deloitte’s latest CFO Survey shows weaker business optimism, sharper inflation worries, and a…
The Pope Meets Anthropic We spend a lot of time in the tech and digital commerce sectors analysing white papers from Silicon Valley, regulatory updates from Brussels,…
Relations between Türkiye and Algeria are being carried to a new strategic dimension through increasing diplomatic contacts and economic cooperation in recent years.…
For years, we told ourselves a comfortable story about technology. Artificial intelligence was framed as a tool of efficiency, something that would help us sell better,…
For the Middle East, the digital economy should be considered a central pillar for long-term economic sustainability, geopolitical influence and global competitiveness.…
Retailers across Asia are facing a growing challenge: despite heavy investments in digital transformation and customer experience (CX), many are still struggling to…
The Digital Kickoff As we head toward 2026, the FIFA World Cup isn’t just arriving in North America; it’s arriving at the precise moment our region’s e-commerce…
If furniture is taxed but software is not, who really benefits from global trade? The WTO’s e-commerce moratorium deadlock reveals a deeper conflict, one that could…
E-commerce in the GCC is facing its most significant resilience test to date. The sirens that echoed across Abu Dhabi and Dubai in early March 2026 told two very…
The future of e-commerce will not be decided on the storefront, but behind it. As global demand continues to expand, operational discipline, data quality, and…
Burak Yalım writes… 2025 was not the year e-commerce slowed down, it was the year it became harder. Behind the growth headlines, the ecosystem faced rising costs,…
Editor in Chief Burak Yalım writes: Q4 is arriving with record sales, rising pressure, and a new force reshaping everything: AI. November deals are no longer just…
Burak Yalım writes on the AI Sandbox and its potential for emerging economies. The idea of an AI sandbox first caught his attention as more than a regulatory experiment,…
Burak Yalım writes: What began as ideology now performs as infrastructure: one-party systems running world-class marketplaces, logistics, and payments. E-commerce in…
Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade, writes on the transformative impact of the UAE, Türkiye Comprehensive Economic Partnership…
Burak Yalım writes on how the UAE and wider GCC are repositioning themselves in the global hunt for talent: rising shares of highly skilled workers, cities ranked among…
Burak Yalım writes on Saudi Arabia’s digital pivot: positive diplomacy, policy flexibility, and real-time rails (Sarie, Fatoorah, open banking) are powering steady…
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