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UAE (62%) and KSA (59%) consumers unhappy with online shopping: VML study

An outline of online shopping trends from consumers in the UAE and KSA based on VML's ninth annual Future Shopper report.

Many brands are still failing to deliver on the basics of customer experience, especially within online shopping, reveals VML’s ninth annual Future Shopper report.

Surveying over 25,000 shoppers across 16 countries, including Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the 2025 edition exposes a gap between what consumers expect and what brands provide when it comes to value, speed, and trust.

The global study finds that despite years of digital acceleration, 45 per cent of global shoppers often abandon their online shopping cart because the digital experience is too frustrating.

“Future Shopper 2025 is a reminder for brands and retailers everywhere. The data is clear: consumers are continuing to raise


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Shantelle Nagarajan is Campaign Middle East’s Junior Reporter who covers marketing news which focuses on FMCG, real estate and brand retail industries. Her features delve into brand strategy, appointments, trends in consumer behaviour and CX. Shantelle also contributes to social media coverage, editorial event programming and print content work. She previously worked in PR and marketing, most recently at Edelman, where she was part of the Brand team. When she’s not writing for her day job, you can find her with her nose buried in a book, playing at a weekly open mic night or doom-scrolling the latest make-up challenges on TikTok.