JSE-listed Dis-Chem, one of South Africa’s largest pharmacy groups, has launched on-demand delivery for online shoppers, offering delivery of a catalogue of 7 000 items within 60 minutes.
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Naspers-controlled Takealot group reported revenue growth of 55% in the last financial year despite a ban on unfettered e-commerce during the height of the hard lockdown in 2020.
Prosus said its e-commerce business grew revenues and shrank trading losses for the year that ended 31 March, even as its overall profit continued to be dominated by its investment in Chinese technology giant Tencent.
Naspers spin-off Prosus is planning to expand its grocery services using “dark stores” as competition booms in the global market for food delivery.
South Africa’s largest fashion and lifestyle retailer, TFG, wants to build up its newly launched technology hub to more than 100 new staff, its CEO said on Thursday.
The South African Post Office has signed an agreement with Mail Americas that it says will give online traders better access into all of Southern Africa, including rural areas.
From Hollywood to health care, Amazon.com seems to be growing tentacles at an accelerating rate.
Mr Price Group reported a 64.1% increase in full-year online sales, with the same figure from its core apparel and sports brands more than doubling in the same period.
The Competition Commission has launched an investigation into online markets in South Africa, designed as a “proactive” measure to prevent monopolies from forming in the e-commerce space.
A pandemic-fuelled online shopping boom lifted South Africa’s e-commerce sales by 66% last year to more than R30-billion, according to a new research report published on Wednesday.