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Dubai-UAE: Landmark Group, the region’s leading retail and hospitality conglomerate, today announced that it has partnered with tabby, a GCC based ‘buy now, pay later’ startup, to provide customers with the flexibility to pay in installments across all of the Group’s retail concepts. tabby enables customers to purchase products online at their convenience with the option to pay within 14 days or via interest-free instalments for up to three months from the date of purchase.
The flexible payment solution is available across all Landmark Group’s brands in the UAE including Centrepoint, Babyshop, Splash, SHOEMART, Lifestyle, Max, Home Centre and Home Box. Customers can use the service by clicking on the ‘Pay with tabby’ option in the online checkout process. After filling out their mobile number and e-mail address, customers will be able to instantly complete their purchase and pay later. Customers will be able to pay in interest-free instalments simply by adding a credit or debit card at checkout.
Rahul Jagtiani, Group Director, Digital at Landmark Group, said: “In partnership with tabby, we’re delighted to introduce the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) option that ensures added convenience and enhances the overall customer shopping experience. As our customers’ needs evolve, we’re committed to constantly improving our services and adapting to address their needs through introducing innovative customer-centric solutions. The installment-payment option helps customers make purchases at their convenience while our brands benefit from catering to a new customer base.”
Speaking on the new partnership, Hosam Arab, CEO of tabby, said: "Landmark Group is an ecommerce powerhouse that continues to enhance its digital offerings to meet evolving customer expectations. We’re absolutely delighted to launch our payment solutions across Landmark Group’s brands as the shift to online retail accelerates and consumer demand for smarter and more flexible payments grows.”
As part of the timely launch that coincides with the festival season, customers can use the flexible payment service for the upcoming White Wednesday deals across all retail concepts and benefit from exciting offers from 18 November – 5 December 2020.
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About Landmark Group
Founded in 1973 in Bahrain, the Landmark Group has successfully grown into one of the largest and most successful retail organisations in the Middle East and India. An international, diversified retail and hospitality conglomerate that encourages entrepreneurship to consistently deliver exceptional value, the Group operates over 2,100 outlets encompassing over 30 million square feet across the Middle East, North Africa, India and South East Asia.
Landmark Group has a strong workforce of over 55,000 employees and provides a value-driven product range for the family through its retail concepts: Centrepoint, Babyshop, Splash, SHOEMART, Lifestyle, Max, Shoexpress, Home Centre, Home Box, Emax and UAE’s first food discounter, VIVA. In addition to the brands developed in-house, the Group also holds the franchise rights for some of the world's leading fashion and footwear brands in the countries where it operates.
The Group brands ensure the delivery of a seamless shopping experience to customers through a keen focus on their e-commerce and omni-channel capabilities
The Group has also diversified in the leisure, food and hospitality with Landmark Leisure, Citymax Hotels, Fitness First and Foodmark, the restaurant division, which operates the Group's own and franchise food outlets.
As a high-volume retailer, Landmark Group operates the MENA region’s largest privately-owned logistics and distribution hub. The company has now advanced to offer 3PL Logistics services with the launch its fully-automated Mega Distribution Centre at JAFZA, Dubai under the brand name of Omega Logistics.
About tabby:
tabby is the region’s first Buy Now Pay Later solution with a mission to empower people to easily buy what they want, when they want, while remaining in control of their finances. tabby works with retailers across the UAE and KSA to offer their customers flexible payment solutions which in turn, help increase their sales. tabby’s Pay Later solution aims to replace cash on delivery while its Pay in Installments option gives customers the flexibility to pay for their purchases in multiple, interest-free installments without requiring a credit card. tabby has secured over $9m in investments from global institutional investors and regional VCs and from its base in Dubai, has plans to rapidly expand across the Middle East. For more information visit tabby.ai or visit @tabbyPay
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