With the ecommerce industry on an all-time high, Fishry, along with the Pakistan Software House Association brings Ecomx Pakistan Series to Pakistan, with IDG as Knowledge Partners.
According to the recent rankings by Bloomberg Pakistan has been ranked the world’s fastest growing retail market with 135m millennials, and 50m active internet users. eMarketer, this year in Asia alone, ecommerce will represent 15% of total retail sales, estimated at $1.4 trillion. Statista meanwhile anticipates a 250% increase in worldwide ecommerce sales approaching $4.5 trillion in 2021. That’s a nearly threefold lift in online revenue.
The rise of ecommerce in the industry is very apparent with several businesses taking up platforms such as social media and etc to set up their stores without actually having a brick and motor store. Having an online presence these days has become an absolute necessity for businesses and it is no exception for the ones in Pakistan as well. The local e-commerce industry has seen several acknowledgements from world leaders like eBay, Amazon, Alibaba and several industry players.
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After a successful round in Lahore, Fishry, a product of Bramerz, in collaboration with Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) is bringing its signature event ‘EcomX Pakistan’ to Karachi. This is said to be Pakistan’s first ever dedicated series of ecommerce events, with IDG Pakistan as the Knowledge Partners for the event. The event is powered by Microsoft and also includes Nutshell as Knowledge Partners.
The event is to take place on the Thursday, 8th of February 2018 from 9am to 5pm at the Movenpick Hotel in Karachi, and registration drive is in full swing. Register now to buy tickets
- Early-bird conference Investment: PKR 5,500/- per participant
- Early-bird Investment for P@SHA Members: PKR 4,500/- per participant
- On-spot Conference Investment: PKR 8,500/- (subject to availability of seats)
The event is aimed to understand the dynamics of the domestic ecommerce industry, EcomX aims to bring together all industry and value chain stakeholders at one platform to share their successes, best practices, challenges and chalk out a way forward to facilitate this emerging sector of the economy.
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The speakers at the event include businesses leaders from all across the industry, with regional speakers from the likes of Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and local market leaders including PTCL, Nishat, TCS, SimSim, Fonepay, Fishry, and more.
The event is a must attend for retail businesses and chain stores, Web & Facebook store owners, business leaders and exporters, young entrepreneurs and investors, chambers of commerce and trade associations, online marketplaces, payments service providers, logistics and fulfillment service providers, technology companies, policy and regulatory bodies, and academia (especially CS & Business faculties).
So hurry up and register now to get your hands on the tickets for the biggest ecommerce event that is to take place! To take a look at the EcomX event that recently took place in Lahore, click here.
Image source: EcomX/Fishry
