Prior to the pandemic, Africa was identified as one of the fastest-growing consumer markets in the world, with household consumption growing even faster than GDP...
Smart point-of-sale terminals globally in service, where analytics and loyalty can be integrated directly to the terminal, will increase from 13,7 million in 2021 to 35 million units in 2026...
Approximately 58% of retail professionals say the pandemic accelerated new technology-related product launches at their company, according to the new report...
During the PayFast eCommerce Virtual Summit, investor and serial entrepreneur Marek Zmyslowski urged African businesses to employ a more level-headed approach to mapping online growth...
Lauren Hartzenberg 23 May 2021
In the age of digital transformation, it is critical to guide your target audience through the customer journey from interest to purchase...
Ndagi Job Goshi 14 May 2021
Afrikrea has partnered with DHL and Visa to launch Anka, a platform that provides African micro retailers and small businesses with e-commerce, payments and global shipping services...
South Africa's m-commerce up 35%, Nigeria is Africa's biggest e-commerce market, and Kenya primed for massive growth...
Trinitas Equity Partners, together with its partners, has acquired the South African beauty company, Avroy Shlain...
By 2025, e-commerce will expand by an additional $1.4tn, and account for half the growth in the global retail sector...
WATCH: uAfrica's Anita Erasmus and Jaco Roux unpack how Covid-19 has affected the business, the impact of the AfCFTA on e-commerce and the need for sustainable development within the industry...
Kantar's Norman Reyneker says that as companies define their future-fit commercial strategies, they must challenge assumptions related to the evolving digital retail landscape...
Norman Reyneker, Kantar 8 Mar 2021
Digital sales grew around 58% during the five days leading up to Christmas, despite earlier shipping cutoffs...
Despite the dissemination of vaccines in the months ahead, a larger portion of consumer spending will be impacted by recessionary conditions...
Ailsa Wingfield 11 Jan 2021
Salesforce data shows global online spend of $270bn...
For many industries, predicting the future during a pandemic would be difficult - if not impossible. Retail is different. Why?
Oliver Guy 13 Nov 2020
