GLOBAL
Digital sales grew around 58% during the five days leading up to Christmas, despite earlier shipping cutoffs...
GLOBAL
Salesforce data shows global online spend of $270bn...
SOUTH AFRICA
For many industries, predicting the future during a pandemic would be difficult - if not impossible. Retail is different. Why?
Oliver Guy 13 Nov 2020
SOUTH AFRICA
YeboBox is a new subscription service that delivers a monthly box of different homegrown snacks to nostalgic South Africans and Zimbabweans living in the UK...
GLOBAL
Digital sales are expected to hit all-time highs and lead to strained shipping capacity as retailers grapple with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic...
SOUTH AFRICA
E-commerce will permanently benefit from people wanting to, or being forced to, socially distance themselves. One of the sub-sectors in this space is online grocery shopping...
Ross Jenvey 22 Sep 2020
SOUTH AFRICA
Amazon has unveiled a new premium shopping experience on its mobile app, called Luxury Stores, that will focus on both established and emerging luxury fashion and beauty brands...
UNITED STATES
Walmart is partnering with Zipline to launch a drone delivery operation in the U.S. Initially, the service will make on-demand deliveries of select health and wellness products...
GLOBAL
A new global report highlights challenges and opportunities for retailers as the Covid-19 pandemic drives permanent shifts in consumer behaviour now and beyond the holiday season...
SOUTH AFRICA
Amazon veteran Paul Misener shared insight into how the e-commerce giant approaches innovation and the profound role a diverse workforce plays in this process...
Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Jul 2020
SOUTH AFRICA
Skip the checkout queue and roll out when you're done...
SOUTH AFRICA
Retail sector investment into mobile apps and platforms has been accelerated by the global pandemic...
Leon Coetzer 10 Jul 2020
GLOBAL
Retail was in trouble long before Covid-19 hit. The past five years saw daily reports of store closures and retailer bankruptcies. The growth of online commerce eroded many retailers' top-line revenues...
Frederic Dimanche 6 Jul 2020
SOUTH AFRICA
According to the latest Catalina data, strong upticks in numerous categories show that shoppers continue making fewer trips to grocery and drug stores, while spending more per visit...
