Hungry Lion mobile coupon campaign a hit
Home-grown fast food franchise Hungry Lion is breaking new ground with a series of mobile coupon offers, racking up an impressive one million redemptions in their mobile activity thus far, delivered via wiGroup’s mobile transaction platform, wiPlatform. “Hungry Lion...
Getting into the customer’s pocket
The imminent m-commerce boom presents great opportunities to improve business by engaging with the customer on a more personal level, says Stanchion Payment Solutions product manager, Carol Simpson. While mobile penetration in South Africa is high, uptake of mobile...
YouDEAL, Syncrony grow mobile shopping
Syncrony, a national provider of web design, content management services and custom web development, has provided its client the OnTheInternet Group (which operates YouDEAL.co.za), with a responsive mobi site. The new YouDEAL.mobi Web site will meet a growing...
Simplified PCI DSS compliance
Card payments are not just something that e-commerce websites and banks have to be concerned about. No matter what kind of business users have, if they accept or process any kind of credit or debit card payment online or offline; or even just collect, transmit and...
Europcar’s B2B portal addresses demand
Europcar South Africa’s business-to-business (B2B) booking Web site will provide its corporate Web site users with improved ease of use, facilitation control and report accessibility. “Europcar harnesses technology to deliver world-class solutions, letting technology...
Gemalto releases 2013 Netsize Guide
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has released the new 2013 Gemalto Netsize Guide, for those interested in how mobile payments are changing the way people shop, transact and bank. The new guide is the 11th edition since it was first published and is aimed...
Retailers urged to practice e-commerce
The number of consumers in South Africa making use of online shopping platforms is likely to increase over the next few years, due to the escalating cost of transport, as well as the rise of mobile phones used to make purchases. This is according to Fatima Sullivan of...
Dis-Chem launches e-store with iGroup
iGroup, the innovative technology-driven digital solutions company and provider of e-business solutions, recently announced that Dis-Chem, the South African pharmacy, health and beauty retailer, has launched a new online store running on iGroup’s zeroPoint enterprise...
E-commerce reaches tipping point in SA
As South African e-commerce gains momentum, retailers can expand their reach significantly by adding online and mobile channels and picking the right technology and fulfilment partners for the journey. Digital participation curve According to a 2012 report by...
TAKEALOT.com rolls out daily deals
If the launch of their brand-new mobile shopping app wasn’t exciting enough, the team at TAKEALOT.com have just introduced a new initiative offering customers even bigger savings on selected products on a daily, first-come-first-serve basis. SAVEALOT Daily Deals...
eBucks launches online booking engine
eBucks, the rewards programme offered by FNB and RMB Private Bank, recently launched its new Online Travel Booking Engine, increasing its offering to include more travel service providers and travel products. “Travel remains one of the favourite redemption categories...
Gemgem appoints Fontera as online partner
Fontera Digital Works, one of South Africa’s only independent development houses with an international footprint, has signed a partnership agreement with Gemgem, an online-based sample box marketer for new and expectant moms. The partnership sees Fontera developing...