Pieter Boone plans to accelerate his predecessor’s eight-year turnaround of the South African grocer by boosting online sales and focusing on stores that cater for lower-to-middle income consumers.
Just a week after its CEO, Pieter Engelbrecht, teased the launch of its own mobile service, Shoprite Group has provided details of the launch K’nect Mobile, its mobile virtual network operator platform.
Pick n Pay can expect some competition from rival Shoprite when it comes to offering a mobile data and voice service.
Telkom will charge users of its new Telkom Pay wallet, which is built on top of WhatsApp, a flat fee of 2.5% for transactions and card top-ups.
Telkom has launched a digital wallet that allows users to pay others and get paid themselves using their mobile phone and WhatsApp.
TechCentral reported on Tuesday that Pick n Pay was set to become the first mobile virtual network operator on MTN’s network. The companies have now published details about the PnP Mobile initiative.
In the latest profile in the CxO Insights series, TechCentral speaks to Richard van Rensburg, chief technology and security officer at Pick n Pay, and how technology is shaking up the retail sector.
Instead of being handed a lengthy paper receipt at the point of sale, Pick n Pay customers can now have their till slips automatically sent to their e-mail address or to the Pick n Pay app on their phones.
Pick n Pay plans to launch Pick n Pay Mobile as well as Boxercom, under its Boxer chain, the retail group said on Tuesday during its interim results presentation for the six months ended 30 August 30.
South African retail giant Pick n Pay said on Tuesday that it is acquiring on-demand online grocery service Bottles.