The iconic fish market at Souq Mubarakiya is set to be relocated to a new location, the Minister of Municipality Affairs, ...
The Arabian Gulf may be filled with souqs, but only Souq Waqif in Doha can claim to be historic, authentic, and totally entertaining. Qatar-based historian Chandi Wyant takes us on a tour. Doha, Qatar ...
When you enter Doha‘s Souq Waqif, an intricate network of winding alleys awaits you, ready to captivate your senses. This traditional Qatari marketplace, whose name translates to “standing market,” ...
Jamal al-Ishaq, supervisor of the truffle auction, noted that most buyers are currently traders, with a small percentage of ...
One has to remember that Souq and for that matter, e-commerce, places Emaar Malls in a difficult situation. Customers are slowly spending less time at shopping malls that are owned and operated by ...
In 2009, Yahoo acquired Jordan-based web portal Maktoob for $164 million, marking the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s entrance into the Arab world. The deal excluded Maktoob’s four-year-old e-commerce ...
Lively souks, striking museums and delicious food (all at bargain prices) turn a Doha stopover into a bonus break ...
E-commerce giants with ambitions to build regional Amazon rivals in emerging markets continue to rake in huge amounts of funding. Today, comes the latest development: Souq — an online marketplace that ...
Back in March 2017, Amazon paid $580 million for the Dubai-based e-commerce company that was one of the most popular internet retailers in the Middle East. Now, Amazon has announced that it is ...
Can one man build an entire business ecosystem? Probably not, but Ronaldo Mouchawar has done his fair share of building. And we are not talking about bricks and mortar. The co-founder and chief ...
The company announced that it will buy the popular Middle East retailer for an undisclosed sum. During its last funding round, Souq was valued at more than a billion dollars. In a statement, Russ ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Amazon purchased the Middle East’s biggest online retailer Souq.com on Tuesday for an undisclosed amount, a day after a state-backed firm disclosed an $800 million ...