UAE’s Majid Al Futtaim reports 188% surge in online sales
Published 24 Feb,2021 via Arab News - Economy DUBAI - Dubai’s Majid Al Futtaim recorded a 188 percent rise in its online sales in 2020, meaning its overall retail revenue for the year decreased by just 1 percent year-on-year.
The dramatic rise in online sales at the retailer, which operates more than 350 Carrefour outlets across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, came as workers were forced to stay at home and many governments imposed restrictions on movement in a bid to curtail the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
In March, as the financial impact of the pandemic took hold, MAF launched a staff redeployment program. It moved 1,015 employees from its other divisions, including VOX Cinemas, Magic Planet, and Ski Dubai in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Oman, and Lebanon, to new roles at its Carrefour online order fulfilment center and assigned them to food packing, stock replenishment and processing online orders.
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