The e-commerce giant Amazon is finally in the country after months of testing. As of May 7, Amazon.co.za has been launched in South Africa…
Is South Africa ready for B2B-scale ecommerce?
Ecommerce in South Africa is enjoying explosive growth, with the total internet shopping spend in 2014 estimated to be near the R6-billion mark, increasing…
South African ecommerce won’t be a big force: here’s why
At each of the ecommerce conferences he’s attended over the last two decades the same lie was spread: ecommerce is booming. Massmart’s ecommerce executive Colin…
From powerhouses to peers: how the balance of power has shifted in ecommerce
The media has devoted enough columns that talk of disruption and disintermediation for the terms to be dismissed as mere buzzwords, but buzz aside,…
Amazon’s very busy 2014: more than five-billion items shipped
Amazon has revealed record figures for 2014. The ecommerce colossus shipped about five billion items in 2014, with more than 40% of those products…