Two of South Africa’s Leading eCommerce Businesses Combine

Kalahari.com and takealot.com, two of the leading general etailers in South Africa, have announced that they are merging their operations. The move was driven by the fact that, without scale, SA etailers simply can’t compete successfully against the local brick and mortar retailers and foreign companies such as Amazon and Alibaba. “After many years of

Kalahari.com Named South Africa’s Favourite eCommerce Website

Kalahari.com has been named South Africa’s favourite ecommerce website by uAfrica at the eCommerce Awards held at the eCommerce Conference 2014. Yuppiechef.com won the award for Best eCommerce Store and Zando won in the best shopping process and customer service categories. Bidorbuy emerged winner in the eCommerce Services Platform category, and Poetry won the award

Kalahari.com Selects SAP’s Hybris as Online Commerce Platform

hybris, a SAP company and the world’s fastest-growing commerce platform provider, announced that kalahari.com, South Africa’s largest online retailer, has selected the hybris Commerce Suite to power its retail vision forward, strengthen its position as an innovative market leader, and fast-track market growth selling both digital and physical goods via its online stores and marketplaces. A 2013