In Pictures: Dubai’s CommerCity is all geared for ecommerce – and speedy delivery

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In Pictures: Dubai’s CommerCity is all geared for ecommerce – and speedy delivery

Dubai’s dedicated free zone for everything related to ecommerce sure is on a fast track

Published: September 28, 2021 12:00 Manoj Nair, Business Editor

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Stock - Dubai CommerCity — When Dubai launched its latest free zone dedicated to host ecommerce businesses, it was clear about one detail – the location had to be near the Dubai International Airport. That meant being right in the heart of the city. The Dubai CommerCity has delivered that to perfection, taking up 2 million square feet in the Umm Ramool locality. Image Credit: Anas Thacharpadikkal/Gulf News

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Copy of 019229-01-02-1605162375350 — Same-day delivery? Consider it as a given. Optimum speed on delivery will be standard practice for businesses at Dubai CommerCity. The target is to ensure handover to customer within 45 minutes in Dubai and same-day delivery when it comes to orders from the northern emirates or Abu Dhabi. Image Credit: AFP

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Living to adjust in a world of eCommerce — The CommerCity authority is packing multiple incentives to get potential clients looking closely at what the free zone has to offer. There will be no processing fees for ecommerce orders of up to Dh10,000. Image Credit: Supplied

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Stock - Dubai CommerCity's Devere Forster — “My intent is clear - To establish Dubai CommerCity as the home of everything ecommerce and omni-channel,” said Devere Forster, Chief Operating Officer at the free zone. “We will have the region’s biggest talent pool in the digital space. The ecommerce ecosystem we are developing will thrive from the sharing of successes - and learning from the failures - from all of our clients.” Image Credit: Anas Thacharpadikkal/Gulf News

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E-CommerCity-for-web — Another free zone in the UAE is not what CommerCity is planning to become. That means being something over and above being a landlord. Image Credit: Supplied

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Potential tenants clearly are not waiting around – take up rates for space was over 30 per cent two months into the launch of leasing. At Dubai CommerCity, speed or service and of delivery are non-negotiable. For an ecommerce focused free zone, there can be no other way. Image Credit: Supplied

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