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Facebook Adds New Shopping Tab to App
As part of Facebook’s plan to create a place for users to discover businesses and shop for products, it is testing a dedicated shopping tab within the main app. “During the COVID-19 pandemic, the shift to online shopping has rapidly…
eCommerce Spend Up 30% Amid Pandemic
COVID-19 lockdown regulations coupled with store closures have resulted in several consumers turning to online shopping for essential products and services. Average eCommerce spend recorded on FNB Merchant devices grew 30% year-on-year during the 1st half of 2020 compared to…
Gozem Launches eCommerce Delivery Service in Togo and Benin
Ride-hailing service, Gozem has launched a new mobile service that’ll allow users to order groceries, gas canisters and other essential items. This new service comes at a time of social distancing, lockdowns and curfews across the world due to the…
South Africans eCommerce Spend Surpasses R14 bn in 2020, says Expert
10 years ago, South Africa (SA) was a very different place. Ordering a cab required a phone call well in advance to reserve a meter taxi and local eCommerce amounted to R2 bn for the year. Fast forward to 2020…
South Africa’s eCommerce Market to Reach $3.5 Billion in 2020, says Researchers
eCommerce has broken barriers as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic’s lockdown restrictions. Statista believes that the South African market will reach just over R62 billion this year, and show a compounded annual growth rate of 10% for the…
Pick n Pay is Using Machine Learning to Change How People Shop
Pick n Pay has announced that it will use machine learning to automatically personalise discounts for Smart Shoppers – a move that is expected to help more customers save more on their grocery shop. Using this advanced technology, Pick n…
eCommerce Surges by 139% Amidst Pandemic, Research Shows
South Africa’s eCommerce industry is booming retailers were forced to take their operations online due to lockdown and safety restrictions. Now, with lockdown restrictions easing, the temptation is to throttle back on online efforts and go back to the ways…
4 Ways to Boost Your eCommerce Business
South Africa’s eCommerce industry is booming as a result of retailers who were constrained from operating normally due to lockdown and safety restrictions. Now, with lockdown restrictions easing, the temptation is to throttle back on online efforts and go back…
Scam Attempts on Gumtree Have Surged During South Africa’s Lockdown
British classifieds platform popular with South Africans, Gumtree has seen an increase in scams during the country’s lockdown with criminals and fraudsters benefiting from scamming people over a distance. Estelle Nagel of Gumtree says that “The pandemic has seen more…
eCommerce Activity Reaches Record High – Offering Hope for Local Economy
eCommerce is said to be providing a ray of hope for South Africa’s local economy with transactions hitting a record high in May and June. And, while there will be some levelling off, DPO South Africa says the new love…
Why Real-time Analytics are Crucial to Online Retail
In the digital age, data is a currency all on its own. The retail sector has lagged in leveraging the value of real-time data, due to a number of factors. However, given the current economic climate, they can no longer…
Telkom Launches Digital Marketplace App to Help Small Businesses Grow
To help the growth of small businesses in South Africa, Telkom Business has launched Yep! – a digital marketplace where customers can safely and confidently search and purchase from small, trusted businesses – available on Google Play and Apple’s app…
Web Skimming – A New Way to Steal Payments from Online Shoppers
Researchers from cybersecurity and antivirus experts, Kaspersky, have uncovered a new technique for stealing users’ payment information on online shopping websites – a type of attack known as web skimming. Web skimming is a popular practice used by attackers to…
How COVID-19 has Influenced Online Shopping Habits
All things considered, it’s no surprise that eCommerce has fundamentally changed over the past few months. The COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged consumers to switch to online shopping and contactless payment alternatives to abide with social distancing practices and lockdown regulations.…
South Africa’s Massmart Warns of Bigger Half-Year Losses due to Lockdown
Massmart, a South African super-retailer and owner of Game stores, says it is expecting its half-year loss to widen at least 50% because of a substantial hit to its sales from the nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Majority owned by American retailer…
South African Government Working on Plans to Re-Open Cinemas Across the Country
A new set of regulations gazetted by the SA government on Thursday shows that movie theatres might be opening again across the country sometime soon. Cinemas are currently closed, not allowed to operate during Level 3 of the national lockdown.…
