E-Commerce & Online Retail in Africa – The latest local and international trends and news on online shopping and stores.
While there is a great deal of interest in the potential for personalized, location-based marketing, South African retailers have been slow to benefit from it, says Paradigm Group. By Nolan Daniel, MD of Paradigm Group The retail industry is faced Continue reading SA retailers yet to harness location-based messaging
E-COMMERCE is going through an innovative phase of development as more individuals have access to the internet and more retailers take their businesses online. Internet users in South Africa reached 13.2-million in 2012, up from 11.2-million in 2011, according to Continue reading Sellers adopt savvy measures to entice online shoppers
Here you will see the latest trends in online shopping in South Africa and the impact which both good customer support as well as the credit card penetration is having in the online retail economy.
The South African market is going to be in a competitive space as larger players and international retailers and service providers continue to penetrate the market and seek to absorb sectors currently dominated by SMEs. How can the average business Continue reading The Best Way to Grow your Business in 2014
Online retail businesses are a popular option for entrepreneurs with minimal capital to invest up front. What’s more, online retail is a great business to run as a home-based, solo, parent or part-time entrepreneur. It can also be a fantastic Continue reading Costs of Starting an Online Retail Business
The ecommerce shopping cart is a software package that accepts customer payment and shipping information and facilitates the distribution of that information to merchants, payment processors, or others. At the surface, an ecommerce shopping cart is really something that every Continue reading Getting Started in Ecommerce: What’s a Shopping Cart?