TFG personalises e-commerce with Oracle

TFG (The Foschini Group) has chosen Oracle to support its digital transformation strategy with the consolidation of 22 brands into one online marketplace. With close to 3 000 stores, TFG migrated its brick-and-mortar offering to a hassle free digital platform and now...

Live chat not well used by SA’s etailers

ChatMarshal.com, an outsource live chat and chatbot agency has researched 1 000 online shops and e-commerce web sites in South Africa and found that 98% of consumer-facing websites don’t use live chat, even when the benefits are obvious. David Marshall, founder...

i-Pay kept going on Black Friday

Even though local retailers braced themselves for Black Friday, the onslaught on systems still resulted in all the major payment mechanisms buckling under the pressure. Instant EFT payment provider i-Pay remained available and stable while handling the resulting...

Try-before-you-buy men’s styling service

Crate ov Clothes is a online styling service for men designed to take the hassle of out shopping for men. Crate ov Clothes is a convenient and easy way for men to shop for clothes without having to set foot in a retail store. Unlike the usual online shopping...

Jumia, Amadeus launch Flight Marketplace

In commemoration of World Tourism Day 2018, Jumia is is partnering with Amadeus on a new flights marketplace. The platform aims at enabling travel agents, airlines, and travel websites to bring all flight content online, to offer customers the best available prices...

A Black Friday dress rehearsal

For any major production, whether it be theatre, a musical concert or a wedding, a ‘dress rehearsal’ is important to make sure things run smoothly on the big day. It’s the ideal way to put everyone through the paces and deal with any possible...