Ecommerce

Takealot CEO Kim Reid chats Black Friday, the ‘War Room’ and fidget spinners

“I think it’s grown over time” is how Takealot CEO Kim Reid describes Black Friday. And he’s not wrong. In November 2016, South African…

Uber debuts its very own credit card

Tech companies very rarely remain in their niche. Over time, we’ve seen Google become a hardware company, Microsoft transform into a creator of Android…

‘Pay with Google’ simplifies mobile payments on Android

Filling out forms completely suck, and even more so on mobiles. This is especially true when you just can’t wait to part with your…

When can we expect Takealot to expand on continent?

Takealot co-CEO Willem van Biljon says the Naspers-owned South African ecommerce platform is not immediately considering expanding to other African countries. “It is something…

Root is Standard Bank, OfferZen’s new ‘programmable’ bank account

Developer job platform OfferZen has teamed up with Standard Bank to introduce Root — a “programmable” bank account for software developers. Root features full…

South Africa’s Orange Store is shutting down online

Update #2, 1 December, 9.11am: Orange also noted that its brick and mortar stores will also be shuttered, and will be “utilized for other…

Here’s how Raru, Wootware handled South Africa’s Black Friday rush

This year’s Black Friday was a massive occasion. Besides the number of deals that were spread across a range of SA’s ecommerce stores and…

5 SEO tips for optimising your Magento store

Since its inception in 2008, Magento has grown in popularity from a simple niche ecommerce platform into a universally-respected Content Management System for the…

We’re moving from electronic-commerce to ‘everywhere-commerce’

If we think back 10 to 15 years ago, we could not have imagined shopping online or the increasing importance of online retail in…

Mirror mirror on the wall: eBay to put interactive mirrors in fitting rooms

eBay wants to reach the brick and mortar world, and it is doing so with the flair that is to be expected of a…

6 ways retailers can own 2015

With the festive season already here, the retail sector is in the spotlight. How the sector fares is an indication of the economy’s health…

Amazon and publisher Hachette bury the hatchet over online book sales dispute

After months of bickering, pointing fingers, flinging accusations and calling each other names, it appears that Amazon, the international electronic commerce company, and Hachette,…

Beyond ‘the customer is always right’: understanding the social shopper

The consumer has always been right, but now they are so informed by their peers that they are savvier than ever when it comes…

7 reasons why online shopping is only going to get more mobile

In recent years, people have more or less gotten adjusted to the idea of technology and all the changes that come along with it….

Embracing mCommerce is about more than finding the right tech

There’s a word on the lips of everyone in the know these days, and that word is “mCommerce.” Okay, so it doesn’t exactly flow…

DRC’s JobWangu connects job seekers to companies

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), job seekers and companies use different paths to go about their daily lives, but now any inherent…

What I’ve learnt from the trenches of startup ecommerce in London

I’ve spent almost two weeks writing this. At first it was too personal, then it became too anecdotal, so I’ve settled on a list…

10 factors that will drive mobile payment adoption into the mainstream

South African consumers have been caught up in a whirl of excitement around mobile payment solutions with the launch of no fewer than three…

Design, process and technology all make big ecommerce sense

The world of commerce is often presented as a complex place, filled with tainted tactics and mass confusion. And that’s just the brick and…

The future of retail belongs to the curators and creators [EcommSA]

A lot of people are shopping online and ecommerce is on an unstoppable trajectory across the globe. With around 100 000 stores, and a…

Takealot claims responsibility for death of SA’s shopping trolleys

In a stunt that it’s labelled a public confession, South African ecommerce store Takealot is claiming responsibility for the alleged death of shopping trolleys…

China’s ecommerce light shows no signs of dimming

If you’re the kind of person who battles to understand why Alibaba’s IPO — set to be the biggest in tech history — is…

Embracing the age of the customer: where content and commerce come together

According to an Accenture Industry report, 68% of Millennials (those born between 1980 and 2000) demand an integrated, seamless online experience, regardless of the…

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