https://www.bizcommunity.com/e-commerce South Africa E-commerce news 15 E-commerce news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/e-commerce en-us Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:09:05 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/will-ai-put-your-brand-on-the-festive-shopping-shortlist-969824a Your festive campaign may be ready. The creative is approved, the offers are loaded and the media budget is allocated. But can your brand answer the question a customer is actually asking? 1-272494 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:18:00 +0200 Bizcommunity E-commerce South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/beauty-retailers-face-a-festive-sales-crisis-unless-they-fix-customer-confidence-969604a As beauty retailers prepare for Black Friday and festive trading, the conversation turns to offers, campaign budgets, gift sets and sales targets. Alongside those plans, I believe we need to ask a fundamental question: have we given customers enough confidence to choose? 1-272324 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:38:00 +0200 Bizcommunity E-commerce South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/smaller-baskets-faster-meals-here-how-south-africans-are-reshaping-grocery-shopping-858453a South African households are shopping more frequently but taking fewer items home, as consumers become increasingly deliberate about how they allocate their grocery budgets. 1-272259 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:15:00 +0200 Bizcommunity E-commerce South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/tfgs-bash-turns-3000-stores-into-sales-machines-driving-r551m-in-sales-303918a TFG (The Foschini Group) is using its physical store network as an increasingly important part of its digital retail strategy, with Bashstore generating R551m in revenue in FY26, up 306% year on year. 1-272243 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:13:00 +0200 Bizcommunity E-commerce South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/retail-marketers-face-a-huge-ai-shift-in-2026-181176a For much of modern marketing, the campaign has been the core unit of work. Teams identify a target audience, shape an offer, choose the right channels, launch the campaign and assess its impact once it is over. 1-272168 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:58:00 +0200 Bizcommunity E-commerce South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/black-friday-2026-3-things-retailers-must-fix-now-or-it-bad-news-742192a The online retailers who win Q4 are the ones who do the hard work in September. By the time November comes around, it is too late. 1-271632 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:23:00 +0200 Bizcommunity E-commerce South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/takealot-seeks-manufacturing-entrepreneurs-for-r17m-challenge-297607a The Takealot Group has launched a 10-week accelerator aimed at helping South African manufacturers turn established products into scalable businesses, with the top three participants set to share R1.7m in prize money. 1-271640 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:23:00 +0200 Bizcommunity E-commerce South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/sas-fmcg-market-is-expanding-but-momentum-is-weakening-742262a South Africa’s FMCG market is still growing, but finding that growth is becoming more complex. Financially constrained consumers are changing where, how and what they buy, while retailers and brands are increasingly competing beyond their traditional channels. 1-271572 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:38:00 +0200 Bizcommunity E-commerce South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/retailers-face-a-trust-and-liability-test-as-ai-shopping-agents-emerge-742252a Venture capital is pouring into AI-powered shopping agents as payment networks, browser developers and AI companies compete to shape how autonomous systems will search, compare and purchase products. 1-271542 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:34:00 +0200 Bizcommunity E-commerce South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/dhl-absa-to-expand-cross-border-trade-for-african-smes-075905a DHL Express and Absa Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand DHL’s GoTrade programme across Sub-Saharan Africa, combining logistics and financial expertise to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking to trade across borders. 1-271417 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:01:00 +0200 Bizcommunity E-commerce South Africa