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Shippers And Forwarders Are Bracing For An ‘E-Commerce Tsunami’
Despite ongoing concerns about import charges involving discount retail sites, the expected Black Friday peak signals “an unstoppable tsunami for freight forwarders”.
‘Unbelievable’ Temu Ads Are Flooding Our Social Media Feeds, But Is The Company Legitimate?
There are ethical issues that need to be raised over massive online sellers like Temu and Amazon, especially if you want independent, smaller businesses to survive.
Is Superbalist Copying Local Talent’s Ideas For A Profit? [Images]
Superbalist is in hot water after two local designers found the large e-commerce website had copied their designs to sell a cheaper copy for a profit without any compensation or acknowledgement.
South Africans Are Getting Fed Up With Poor Online Shopping Services
While the allure and ease of online shopping may be great, it’s not worth the stress of receiving a damaged order, or worse, not receiving it at all.
SA Shopper Blows Almost R700k On One Black Friday Purchase
This year’s Black Friday sales saw some really big spenders with a few South African shoppers dishing out hundreds of thousands of rands in a single transaction.
List Of Interest-Free SA Retailers Grows Longer
More and more local brands are adding buy now, pay later options at checkout, making it easier than ever to shop quality products, without breaking the bank.
SA’s Online Shopping Habits Revolutionised By Lockdown
More than ever before, South Africans are choosing e-commerce over instore purchases, and it doesn’t look like that’s set to change anytime soon.
SA Online Shopping – What People Are Snapping Up
Last week, it was announced that all goods (other than tobacco and alcohol) may be sold through e-commerce platforms. South Africans wasted no time getting stuck in.
How And Why Those Awful ‘Wish’ Adverts Suddenly Appeared On Your Facebook Feed
Many South Africans were introduced to Wish over the Black Friday period, as weird and sometimes obscene adverts appeared on our timelines. Here’s why.
How Much Money Takealot Made On Black Friday
Takealot was expecting to go big during Black Friday, but after their website went down for most of the day how did the e-commerce site do?
Yuppiechef Is Opening Its First Real Life Shop In Cape Town Next Month
After serving customers online for 11 years, popular local retailer Yuppiechef are taking things to the next level. Bit of a drive for the CBD dwellers, though.
Takealot Is Crushing The E-Commerce Industry In South Africa
Takelot is really hammering its competitors, with the latest numbers showing the e-commerce site only increasing in popularity.
Guess Who Won The Best Online Shopping Site In SA?
South Africa’s e-commerce options are becoming increasingly more user-friendly, and these awards singled out those at the top of the class.
These Latest Trends In E-Comm Design Are What You Have Been Looking For
Have you caught onto the online shopping trend that has swept the planet? It’s probably about time you did, and these are the kinds of people who make it easy as pie.
Say Goodbye To Those F#cK!nG FaNcY Passwords
Anyone who has ever seen the movie Catfish or its MTV spin-off show knows that you can never be quite sure what’s cracking online. Here’s how that’s about to change.
Everything You Want To Know About The Founder Of Alibaba
Business Insider has a look as Jack Ma went from being a poor school teacher to creating one of the most profitable businesses in the world.
Slideshow Explains E-Commerce And The Future Of Retail
One of the greatest things about living in Cape Town is that we have the best of both in so many different spheres of life. This means we get to wake up each morning and decide what world we want to live in: the physical or the virtual.
Jack Daniel’s Launches Radical Online Store
Up until now, the only place to purchase bespoke Jack Daniel’s fashion wear or collectable items was by making the trip to the JD Hardware Store in Lynchburg Tennessee. Now, local Jack fans can do their online shopping and enjoy free delivery to anywhere in South Africa, from Sandton to Springbok, thanks to the newly launched JD online store.
73% Of Online Shoppers Do At Least Half Their Shopping Online, And Other Interesting Trends [INFOGRAPHIC]
Online shopping has made life a lot more pleasant. There are no queues, no creepy shop assistants awkwardly approaching you to offer their assistance, and you can sit on your ass in your underwear on a Sunday morning with a cup of coffee. Lab42 recently compiled a survey of 500 online shoppers, to try and discovery the trends that are driving us away from brick and mortar shops. The result is a pretty sweet infographic.