Dis-Chem is rebuilding its app and replacing the e-commerce platform underneath it, targeting an early 2027 launch.
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About 12 000 Shoprite employees are on generative AI tools, and the group has built its own gateway to keep the model bills down.
Woolworths grew online food sales 18.3% while Checkers Sixty60 managed 34.7% off a far larger base.
Shoprite has closed its R&A Cellular deal, taking 51% of the point-of-sale platform serving spaza shops.
Sixty60’s R11.9-billion contribution places it among the most significant digital retail platforms in South Africa.
The popular Checkers Sixty60 on-demand shopping service grew sales in the first half of its 2025 financial year by 47.1%.
Shoprite Group’s Checkers Sixty60 online shopping platform continues to grow an astounding rate.
Checkers Sixty60 grew sales by 81% year on year in the 52 weeks ended 2 July, and now plans a R99/month subscription service.
Shoprite Group plans to expand its online grocery delivery service to 80 more stores in the next six months, adding to the 266 stores already in the network.
Shoprite Holdings said Checkers has entered into a joint venture agreement with its delivery partner, RTT Group, as part of a push to grow its e-commerce business.