South Africans still prefer physical shops as opposed to buying goods online, according to a PwC survey released on Tuesday. In 2014, the value of online retail sales in South Africa was R5,3bn, retail
Big companies are splashing unprecedented amounts of cash into e-retail in South Africa, with the likes of online merchandiser Takealot.com recently raising R1bn of investment for expansion in the country and sub-Saharan Africa, and Naspers ploughing R5,6bn into e-commerce around the globe
