Ding, dong the site is dead
David Finkelstein, director of worldwide marketing at KEMP Technologies, provides six tips to ensure your retail website stands up to the strain of online Christmas shopping. For many online retailers the spike in sales in the weeks running up to Christmas is...
Online retailers and festive season hiccups
Online retailers tracking website performance now and putting the right tools in place, will be well prepared to cash in on peak sales periods and grow their market in future, says Riverbed, says Brent Lees, senior product marketing Manager for EMEA at Riverbed...
Black Friday grows African e-commerce
JUMIA, Africa’s largest online shopping mall, kicked off Black Friday offering special deals and discounts of up to 75% across its large assortment of products, including best-selling electronic devices, home and living products, groceries, service deals, sport...
Shop in the US with PayPal, USaddress.com
PayPal is partnering with USaddress.com to make online shopping in the holiday season even easier. Why should only Americans enjoy the amazing holiday discounts? PayPal has launched a partnership with USaddress.com to enable customers in the majority of sub-Saharan...
SA’s first online pub shop launched
Three South African entrepreneurs (hailing from Centurion in Pretoria and Fourways in Johannesburg) have launched what is the country's first online pub accessories and novelties buying experience. Based in Pretoria, and delivering nationally, Pubstuff boasts a range...
Pick n Pay launches Christmas site
Pick n Pay has launched its Christmas campaign, designed to encourage South Africans to embrace the traditional Christmas festivities.The online destination offers everything consumers could need for a hassle-free, South African Christmas.
Move to omni-channel this festive season
As the market intensifies in the build up to the festive season, retailers in particular, need to communicate more intuitively and intelligently to connected consumers, says Lynette Hundermark, MD of Useful & Beautiful. It would seem that investing in...
Gumtree revamps automotive section
Gumtree has made big changes to their highly-trafficked automotive section, by monetising the channel and becoming an automotive platform of note. They recently introduced an ad management and customization dashboard for professional sellers. “While we haven’t seen...
Save with PayGate fraud protection service
Payment service provider PayGate says its automated fraud protection service PayProtector continues to save online businesses from lost revenue due to online fraud attempts, says Brendon Williamson. “At one regional airline in Africa we reduced their incidence of...
E-tailers aren’t heroes of e-commerce
The Web has entered a new, participatory and social phase. Some have dubbed it Web 2.0, others refer to the third wave of the net, but one thing is clear – consumers are the producers of the web, the not-so-silent partners of the e-commerce world. The early stages of...
The Internet has changed users
The way we think, read and shop has changed for good. The way we shop online and the way we operate offline are distinctly different things. Our minds have become used to toggling between screens, with some purchases better suited to fast data-point shopping...
Hellofood reaches download milestone
Hellofood with its affiliated brands Foodpanda, and Delivery Club, has recorded five-million downloads of its native mobile applications. Lately the company has continuously increased its focus on mobile, after releasing its next generation food ordering app in July....