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    Home»News»Kalahari, Takealot set out merger details

    Kalahari, Takealot set out merger details

    News By Agency Staff20 April 2015
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    E-commerce in South Africa is set for a major change as the discontinuation of the Kalahari.com brand and website is set to happen within a month.

    The Kalahari brand and website will be folded into Takealot.com within a month, according to an announcement from the online retailers.

    “The Kalahari website will close within the next month. We will keep our customers informed in advance,” reads an answer to a frequently asked question section on the Takealot website.

    The website says that on 20 April, it will be “delisting all products that have a supplier lead time from the Kalahari website”.

    The Takealot website further says that pre-orders due to be delivered before 31 May 2015 will be delivered by Kalahari.com. Meanwhile, pre-orders on the Kalahari website due to be delivered after 31 May will be delivered by Takealot.

    Selected Kalahari accounts are also planned to be moved over to Takealot automatically so that customers can track their orders. The Takealot website explains how users can migrate their accounts.

    The move to fold Kalahari into takealot comes after the Competition Commission earlier this year approved a merger deal between the two e-commerce companies.

    The folding of Kalahari into Takealot is intended to boost the merged unit’s scale and supply in South Africa.

    The Competition Commission approved the deal on condition that no more than 200 jobs be cut. It’s understood that some Kalahari staff have been absorbed into Takealot while others have found new jobs.

    In January, Takealot CEO Kim Reid said that US investment firm Tiger Global Management will have an approximate 41% stake in the merged businesses. Media company Naspers will have an equal stake to that of Tiger Global Management.

    Takealot CEO Kim Reid
    Takealot CEO Kim Reid

    Meanwhile, management and shareholders will own the remaining stake of the merged unit, Reid said.

    Reid will remain co-CEO of Takealot along with co-CEO Willem van Biljon.

    The Kalahari brand was launched in South Africa in 1998 with the Web address Kalahari.net.

    The website quickly became a popular online destination for South Africans looking to buy books, music and VHS titles.

    By 2005, Kalahari’s product categories were expanded to include flowers, travel, event tickets, games and electronics.

    In 2011, Kalahari.net changed its web domain to Kalahari.com and in 2014 Kalahari unveiled a new logo.

    According to data from Effective Measure, Kalahari.com was South Africa’s biggest e-commerce website in December 2014 with 2,3m visitors to the site. Meanwhile, Takealot.com had 1,7m visitors.  — Fin24

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