Alternative lenders fund more online businesses than ever
The South African e-commerce sector is booming - and it's attracting growing numbers of SMEs and retailers looking to establish an online business, with a surge in requests for funding from the sector in recent months, says alternative lender Merchant Capital. A study...
Let’s ensure SA’s e-commerce growth is inclusive
E-commerce in South Africa has more than doubled over the period from 2018 to 2020. By Steve Briggs, chief sales and marketing officer at Seacom The Covid-19 pandemic has boosted demand for home deliveries, with research by World Wide Worx revealing that online retail...
Orderin relaunches as delivery-as-a-service platform
Food delivery app Orderin has relaunched as a B2B delivery-as-a-service platform. Founded in 2012, Orderin's new model focuses on delivery-as-a-service, as well as providing all the software (SaaS) organisations of varying sizes need to power their on-demand...
Pick n Pay adds capacity
Pick n Pay has opened additional capacity in response to the high demand in online shopping on its scheduled delivery platform www.pnp.co.za. In Gauteng particularly, where the third wave is resulting in more people distancing and isolating, Pick n Pay has increased...
Picup introduces premium driver network for businesses
Picup, a crowdsource delivery and tech company, has introduced Picup Plus, a premium service aimed at businesses that require drivers to represent their brand. Picup Plus was specifically designed for business clients that require the delivery experience to align with...
Chat commerce set to disrupt e-commerce
Technology advancements, particularly those in the user interface area, have made the chat channel far more user-friendly and accessible to customers. This is helping drive growth in the channel, giving companies a confidence boost when it comes to supporting it as...
Cellucity partners with Pargo
Delivery in South Africa is not easy. Many South Africans live in outlying areas where there isn’t a well-developed infrastructure in place to get online orders to customers in a way that is both convenient and affordable. For this reason, Cellucity partnered with...
B2B ecommerce is changing sales and that’s important
For years, ecommerce has been a disruptive force. All you have to do is take a walk through any city centre and look at how brick and mortar stores are faring. More and more businesses are moving online. By Robbie Kearns, senior regional vice-president of Salesforce...
Telematics: A driving force for e-commerce
There has been unprecedented growth in online retail globally since the start of the pandemic. South Africa is no exception. With the vast majority of consumers and businesses having little alternative but to go online this has triggered exponential growth in...
The future of retail is digital
E-commerce has gone from strength to strength in South Africa over the past year off the back of the Covid-19 global pandemic and rapidly accelerated digitisation. In fact, findings from World Wide Worx' Online Retail in South Africa 2021, found online retail in South...
E-commerce and fintech boom to benefit SA consumers
The acceleration of ecommerce as the global Covid-19 pandemic revolutionises buying trends is giving rise to exciting new developments in the financial technology industry. According to research by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),...
How telematics is driving e-commerce in SA
If ever there was a time for the e-commerce sector to adopt telematics technology, it would be now: COVID-19 has disrupted the retail landscape, with more South Africans now choosing e-commerce as their preferred shopping channel over traditional brick-and-mortar...