Shopex has announced the official launch of its online mobile solution in the UAE that connects consumers with every local electronics store to find the right product, at the right price and at the right place.

It is already one of the top three shopping apps in the UAE, featuring as many as 25,000 products, a statement said.

The app showcases 400 stores around the UAE, including all the prestigious electronic merchants such as Sharaf DG, Jumbo Electronics, Axiom Telecom, Sony and iStyle.

Rani Assad, cofounder and head of Business Development & Marketing said: “We’re delighted to be officially launching during the holiday season as we have identified a real gap in the market for an online mobile solution that drives offline purchases.  The web is now influencing more than $1 trillion of in-store sales globally and Shopex is an integral part of redefining the retail landscape in the United Arab Emirates. Adding new categories including footwear, eyewear, books and sporting goods are also in the pipeline.”

Shopex has revealed the top selling products this December are all mobiles: Samsung Galaxy Tab S, Samsung S6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, which doesn’t differ too much for the rest of 2016’s best performing products,  which also saw the Samsung and iPhone as the most popular items, along with the Mac Book Pro.

Smartphone retail shoppers are doing increasing amounts of research online, with 77 per cent still making their purchase in-store. Smartphones will influence $689 billion of retail store sales by 2016. – TradeArabia News Service