{"id":61685,"date":"2022-07-24T13:23:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T09:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=61685"},"modified":"2022-07-24T16:34:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T12:34:49","slug":"podcast-why-dubai-continues-to-remain-a-global-shopping-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/podcasts\/podcast-why-dubai-continues-to-remain-a-global-shopping-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST: Why Dubai Continues To Remain A Global Shopping Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>PODCAST: Why Dubai Continues To Remain A Global Shopping Destination<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This week on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashi.tv\/shows\/dubai-works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DUBAI WORKS<\/a> podcast, we have Sachinn J Laala, the CEO at Liquid. A homegrown UAE brand, and the Middle East&#8217;s first independent agency fully dedicated to Commerce that has begun to expand globally, including eastern Europe and soon the UK.<\/p>\n<div style='clear:both;'><\/div>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<p>Listen to it on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podeo.co\/play\/?type=episodes&amp;id=59389798&amp;beta=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podeo<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.anghami.com\/episode\/1070531520?adj_t=dgl0aa8_64v1dnl&amp;adj_campaign=web&amp;adj_adgroup=episode&amp;adj_creative=undefined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anghami<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5zPsprh9Gh3WYlK9SH20yA?si=c9n1I24JSFmdxfMRBdQO_A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ae\/podcast\/sachinn-j-laala-ceo-at-liquid\/id1450257652?i=1000570799114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/dubai-works-business-podcast-G4aEeO\/s1!78956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RadioPublic<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lNmMyNWQ4L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz?sa=X&amp;ved=0CAMQ4aUDahgKEwjIhfOtwP34AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQyAs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Podcasts!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch a snippet below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LwbqwbqQxDc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Launched in 2016, Liquid is the Middle East&#8217;s first marketing and e-commerce agency<\/h2>\n<p>Sachinn delves deep into how Liquid came to be, and his experience working in a place like Dubai, especially with renowned companies like Saatchi &amp; Saatchi. 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