Browsing: Retail and e-commerce

Big e-commerce brands are largely absent from Africa – but intermediaries are bringing their goods to shoppers anyway.

Catalyst Software helped build the retailer’s Gemini-powered shopping assistant – and rebuilt the asap! app it lives in.

My Woolies Chef, an AI meal-planning assistant, will only reach a small beta group in September.

Shoprite’s first usage data for Pixie has been made available, a week after Pick n Pay launched rival AI assistant Penny.

New DHL research shows sub-Saharan Africa embracing AI shopping tools as local retailers eye global expansion.

Pick n Pay’s asap! app is adding Penny, a Gemini-powered assistant that builds your basket by conversation.

Conversation versus replenishment: Enrico Ferigolli on Penny, Gemini and how Pick n Pay is taking on Sixty60.

Takealot is not treating Amazon’s arrival in South Africa as a threat to be survived so much as a contest just getting under way.

Even after stronger revenue and margins at Takealot, the Naspers board declined to reverse a R5.9-billion impairment.

Vodacom is deepening its relationship with Amazon as both chase a bigger share of household spending.