Ecommerce

US online auction giant eBay has made a return, in a very low-key but stylish way, to the China market. It recently launched a joint-venture ecommerce store at ebay.xiu.com -- dubbed “eBay Style” -- that focuses on mid-range to high-end clothing, handbags, and accessories.It features brands like Banana Republic and ...

Building an ecommerce business in Africa is a markedly different process from other, more developed parts of the world as well as other emerging markets. The business models, operations and marketing solutions that work for Amazon, for example, probably won’t work in Africa which is evolving very differently in terms ...

We recently identified some of the main challenges that have faced mobile network operator (MNO) mobile money (MM) products, and why the concept's overall impact in emerging markets remains a bit of a mixed bag. This week, we look at whether the shift to interoperability heralds a new deal between ...

Anyone who regularly shops online knows how influential customer reviews of products have become. This form of user-generated content (UGC) shows up on the e-commerce sites of internet giants such as Amazon as well as up-and-coming web entrepreneurs across the globe.And there's good reason why businesses have encouraged the growth ...

No purchase decision happens by chance. Every thought leading up to why you need the product -- from the rational versus emotional arguments about what the product will offer to the intrinsic and extrinsic benefits -- are all weighed up and part of a very complicated decision-making process.It's all ...

Digital is fusing into our daily lives more and more. As a concept, it will soon disappear in a future where we reminisce about the good old days of offline and online.This fusion is already underway. The mobile evolution continues to provide increasing interaction with richer digital content. While enabling ...

German-based cloning giant Rocket Internet is set to open up an Amazon-style ecommerce site in Nigeria.The company made its first big forays onto the continent with a number of properties in South Africa. These include a stake in Groupon, shoe and clothing site Zando, and make up testing service ...

Fundamo co-founder and CEO Hannes van Rensburg is set to head up the Sub-Saharan division of Visa -- the world’s largest debit and credit card network.The South African-based mobile money platform has been a part of Visa since mid-2011 when it was bought out for US$110-million.Elizabeth Buse, Group ...

Half a billion internet users and an economy which, although not immune to international economic pressures, is still on the up means that China is poised to experience a massive ecommerce boost.Add in an anticipated 200-million more users and the Asian superpower could become the world’s biggest ecommerce market ...

eCommerce changed everything, but beyond the convenience, choice and financial savings yielded by armchair shopping, there’s an armada of disgruntled brick and mortar businesses who find it hard to compete. Why? In the US, big online retailers such as Amazon are exempt from collecting sales tax from online shoppers in ...