Amazon to open online grocery store in UAE

The US retail giant has also been in the news regarding Saudi Arabia and Egypt recently.
Completed customer orders are seen in their boxes, awaiting delivery, at the Amazon Fulfillment Center.
Completed customer orders are seen in their boxes, awaiting delivery, at the Amazon Fulfillment Center on Nov. 14, 2018, in Hemel Hempstead, England. - Leon Neal/Getty Images
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Al-Monitor Staff

Amazon signed an agreement Wednesday to start an online grocery store in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). 

Amazon and Abu Dhabi’s Lulu Group will work together to develop an online grocery service that delivers products to customers in the UAE. The shopping will be done on Amazon’s Emirati website, according to a press release. 

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