commerce will witness an upward growth trend in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt with Internet retail sites touching $1bn sales in 2011 for the first time, according to industry analysts Euromonitor International. This evolution is due to the increasing internet user-base in these countries and more Arab shoppers moving to an online purchasing model, said senior management from Dubai Internet City and Yebab.com, the region's leading and the only online wedding directory in Arabic. The comments came during a press conference hosted by Dubai Internet City and Yebab.com to announce the expansion plans of the wedding portal in the UAE and the region. Senior management from Dubai Internet City, Yebab.com, portal investors National Net Ventures (N2V), and Kharabeesh, partner in the Emirati cartoon with Yebab.com, attended the event. Yebab.com was one of the participants at DemoCamp Dubai, an initiative spearheaded by DIC as part of its continuing support to emerging entrepreneurs. DemoCamp Dubai offers a crucial platform for tech entrepreneurs to demonstrate their innovative concepts to an audience of investors and venture capitalists.