Now Belonging to Amazon, Souq Starts Integrating With the Giant
Amazon has completed its acquisition of the Middle Eastern marketplace Souq.
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The two companies said today that they have completed an initial integration that allows customers to log into Souq.com using their Amazon account credentials. Next up, they plan to integrate products and services between the two sites to leverage their respective scale. In an announcement, Souq.com in particular spoke of the potential to integrate with Amazon’s global seller and customer base to boost its business.
Souq, led by its founder, Syrian entrepreneur Ronaldo Mouchawar, fills an important geographic gap for Amazon. The e-commerce company sells nearly 2 million products — books, electronics, toys, home products, and more — to customers in countries such as United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.