TFG amps up for Black Friday
Amp up your expression and score big on Black Friday thanks to a fun interactive face recognition app game from TFG (The Foschini Group) Rewards & More. Amped Up was developed for TFG's customer rewards program, Rewards & More to generate pre-sale excitement...
Is your website ready for Black Friday?
When running an e-commerce website, downtime is the equivalent of locking your doors to the public. Not only are you not doing business, but you're also actively pushing your customers into the arms of the competition, writes Sven Hammar, CEO of Apica Systems. Amazon...
Google Shopping could shift SA e-commerce landscape
Google Shopping has delivered excellent results for global brands and with a South African launch immanent, Clicks2Customers Tich Savanhu and Andrew Smit, look at what local brands should be doing to ensure they are not left behind when the virtual doors open. What is...
Do’s and don’ts of online shopping this festive season
With the festive season around the corner, lovers of online shopping are starting to get itchy fingers at the thought of all the gifts they will be purchasing at the click of a button. However, they're being cautioned to keep their money safe in the process. Online...
Drones, collection points to boost e-commerce
The unique demands of the South African online shopping context require innovative thinking around delivery and returns, which is why the eCommerce team at The Foschini Group (TFG) has introduced third party collection points and is considering the use of drones, in...
Best of Black Friday on PriceCheck
Black Friday, the annual retail-shopping bonanza, falls on Friday, 25 November this year, and South Africa's online retailers are looking to harness the growing local interest in what has become global retail's biggest day out. According to Kevin Tucker, founder of...
Computop and PayU brings global e-commerce home
PayU, a payment service provider (PSP) in emerging markets, and Computop, an international PSP, have announced a partnership that will provide South African retailers with payment solutions for high growth international markets. Retailers are now able to effectively...
SA merchants join Visa Checkout
More than 100 merchants are among the first wave of South African online retailers that have joined Visa Checkout. These include Aramex Global Shopper, Discovery, Emirates Airline, TicketPro, WebTickets and YuppieChef. Shoppers can now enjoy this digital checkout...
PriceCheck celebrates 10 years of SA e-commerce
Since the launch of the PriceCheck platform in 2006, local e-commerce has grown from a place to peddle consumer electronics to vast online storefronts where consumers can buy anything from washing powder to Apple Cider Vinegar. Fuelled by a combination of technology...
Me-commerce: adapt or risk failure
South African retailers have little time left in which to change from traditional models to next generation 'me-commerce' models. Lee Gill, JDA Group vice-president: retail for retail strategy globally, says South Africa's traditional retailers had to face the fact...
Online sales system streamlines inventory
Gumtree has pioneered a new stock inventory management system that could give small and medium businesses (SMEs) an affordable competitive edge. Gumtree ProTool for Goods, which costs a non-contractual month-to-month fee of R199, enables smaller businesses to...
CompareGuru simplifies financial services
For time-constrained South Africans, choosing between financial products and service providers can be a laborious and challenging task. Despite the increasing access to all sorts of information online, it remains a complex and daunting process to sift through various...