Posts By Imad El Fay
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9.7KAdviceEvolution of ecommerce: The historical challenges of ecommerce and how companies overcame them
Almost everything you buy online has a 4–5x mark-up embedded in the price. That blue shirt you just bought for $100 and...
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17.2KNewsThe rise of NFTs and what it could mean for the collaboration economy
In June 2017, Matt Hall and John Watkinson released 10,000 CryptoPunks, a set of tokenized 24×24 pixel art images built on top...
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15.5KNewsThe fate of restaurants in the food delivery era
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the food delivery industry, analyzing the economics of food aggregators and how the industry’s recent...
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18.0KNewsAnghami’s journey to the public markets: Everything you need to know
Last week, Anghami became the first Arab technology company to announce that it’s going public through a listing on the Nasdaq (New...
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21.4KNewsThe rise of buy now pay later in the Middle East: Overview and predictions
As the world went into lockdown last year, most people turned to online shopping, which accelerated ecommerce adoption and increased its share...
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37.5KNewsFood delivery wars in the Middle East: A breakdown of the industry’s dynamics
As cities worldwide went into lockdown last March, most businesses were forced to shut their doors and forgo revenues for a few...
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22.8KAdviceHow Gymshark used negative cash conversion cycles to build a billion-dollar business
Albert Einstein once said, “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He, who understands it, earns it, and he, who...
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5.3KEcommerceOpinion: Distribution is everything, outsourcing it could be recipe for disaster
Lord Harold Samuel, a British real estate tycoon, coined the expression: ‘There are three things that matter in real estate: location, location,...
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19.7KInfographicsChart: It costs Uber Eats $43.5 to deliver a $40 food order
Many people assess the attractiveness of a business by looking at the value it creates for consumers. In reality, those two are...
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15.6KAdviceThe curse of VC money and unsustainable growth in consumer startups
Following the global economic meltdown of 2008, central banks around the globe loosened their monetary policies, embarking on a money-printing frenzy and...