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4Sale Achieves Remarkable 2023 Sales Volume Increases

The Kuwaiti online classifieds platform is now focused on hyper-personalization and infrastructure upgrades amid ambitious plans for 2024.

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11 months ago

January 23, 2024

Nour Nasir

4sale achieves remarkable 2023 sales volume increases

4Sale, Kuwait’s prominent online classifieds platform, has announced its exceptional growth in 2023, along with heightened activity across all of its 197 categories. The ongoing trend of consumers shifting towards online transactions rather than cash payments has continued to flourish, with over 90% of the company’s sales occurring online in 2023, a significant increase from the 65% recorded in 2019.

2024 should see continued growth for the classifieds platform as the company focuses on refining and enhancing its search capabilities. A major strategic endeavor will involve the implementation of hyper-personalized recommendations for customers, enabling the optimization of strategies for holidays and major commercial events. To achieve this, 4Sale will employ data collection and analysis techniques similar to those of Google and Facebook.

Furthermore, this year will see a significant upscaling of the company’s infrastructure to accommodate its rapid growth trajectory. The goal is to reach two million monthly active users by 2025, a substantial market share in a country of just five million people.

Tarek Sakr, Chief Executive Officer of 4Sale, expressed his enthusiasm for the outstanding 2023 performance and emphasized the company’s ambitions to enhance customer experiences in the coming year. “While a market leader, 4Sale’s ambition remains undimmed; we want everything we do to be bigger and faster, easier and more personalized for customers, with maximum choice […] I look forward to next year with confidence and excitement”.

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Meanwhile, Nabil Mohamed, Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer of 4Sale, highlighted the company’s commitment to hyper-personalization and technological advancements that aim to transform sporadic purchases into daily habits. “We are committed to delivering an enhanced user experience and embracing technological advancements for the benefit of our users. Our goal is to offer highly relevant recommendations and truly beneficial features”.

As part of the ongoing infrastructure upgrades, 4Sale is investing in more efficient technologies to streamline website and backend operations in a bid to enhance performance and data-handling capabilities.

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Samsung Smart Glasses Teased For January, Software Reveal Imminent

According to Korean sources, the new wearable will launch alongside the Galaxy S25, with the accompanying software platform unveiled this December.

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2 days ago

December 4, 2024

Nour Nasir

samsung smart glasses teased for january software reveal imminent

Samsung appears poised to introduce its highly anticipated smart glasses in January 2025, alongside the launch of the Galaxy S25. According to sources in Korea, the company will first reveal the accompanying software platform later this month.

As per a report from Yonhap News, Samsung’s unveiling strategy for the smart glasses echoes its approach with the Galaxy Ring earlier this year. The January showcase won’t constitute a full product launch but will likely feature teaser visuals at the Galaxy S25 event. A more detailed rollout could follow in subsequent months.

Just in: Samsung is set to unveil a prototype of its augmented reality (AR) glasses, currently in development, during the Galaxy S25 Unpacked event early next year, likely in the form of videos or images.

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The Galaxy Ring, for example, debuted in January via a short presentation during Samsung’s Unpacked event. The full product unveiling came later at MWC in February, and the final release followed in July. Samsung seems to be adopting a similar phased approach with its smart glasses, which are expected to hit the market in the third quarter of 2025.

A Collaborative Software Effort

Samsung’s partnership with Google has played a key role in developing the smart glasses’ software. This collaboration was first announced in February 2023, with the device set to run on an Android-based platform. In July, the companies reiterated their plans to deliver an extended reality (XR) platform by the end of the year. The software specifics for the XR device are expected to be unveiled before the end of December.

Reports suggest that the smart glasses will resemble Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses in functionality. They won’t include a display but will weigh approximately 50 grams, emphasizing a lightweight, user-friendly design.

Feature Set And Compatibility

The glasses are rumored to integrate Google’s Gemini technology, alongside features like gesture recognition and potential payment capabilities. Samsung aims to create a seamless user experience by integrating the glasses with its broader Galaxy ecosystem, starting with the Galaxy S25, slated for release on January 22.